Rexel Matador Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Just an idea I had... I'm currently building my fourth bass. It's generally going very well given the short time I've been doing it and I'm sure if I continue to hone my craft and amass better equipment I'll one day produce something someone might like to buy. In the meantime, though, I'm just making them for myself, which is all well and good, but surely the real challenge is making something to fulfil someone else's needs. As a consumer, I'm very forgiving of my own shortcomings! So I was just wondering - if there's anyone else out there at a similar stage, i.e. able to handbuild a serviceable bass but not feeling ready (or perhaps even willing) to go into business with it. If so, perhaps we could come up with an arrangement where we build an instrument for each other? In theory it wouldn't be limited to two people - an even number could pair off and an odd number could just go round in a circle. Obviously there would need to be further discussion to hammer out all the details, expectations, etc, but I just wanted to put it out there and see what people think. It may well have been done before on here - I wasn't sure how to word a search for something similar! I know there are more dedicate builder's forums out there, and I might try there in due course, but I've found the community here very encouraging and it's as good a place as any to start. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I like the idea, sadly I cannot take part as since my school day efforts I have been banned from using a hammer and chisel if anywhere near wood! Good luck though as I genuinely do think that it is a good idea, we all think we know how to do things and we all assume others do things the same was as us, it is not until you sit down with someone you find out that they have been doing things completely different to you, and making that work for many years! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moffat Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Good luck, hope it works out. I'll be meeting with a Luthier next month about a couple of projects, 1 should be pretty straight forward, the other not so. Edited January 28, 2020 by dave moffat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Fabulous idea, a really unique thread. I'm not your guy but wait with baited breath to see how this goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Brilliant idea. I'm really looking forward to see how this project develops. Again i'm no luthier so can't help you i'm afraid but def hope you get a reply Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 That's a fab idea. In a similar but different vein, I've exchanged various bits of amplification gear I've built with a luthier friend for a couple of of his basses in the last few years. I think it's encouraged both of us to refine our craft by bouncing ideas off each other, but beyond that, it's just plain been a lot of fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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