MoJoKe Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hi, I posted this yesterday on the pinned luthiers list, but no-one has spotted it yet! I need to find a luthier in Exeter/South Devon, anyone got any contacts or recommendations please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 [quote name='MoJoKe' post='65748' date='Sep 26 2007, 10:43 AM']Hi, I posted this yesterday on the pinned luthiers list, but no-one has spotted it yet! I need to find a luthier in Exeter/South Devon, anyone got any contacts or recommendations please? Thanks![/quote] Mansons ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJoKe Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 [quote name='Paul_C' post='65756' date='Sep 26 2007, 10:57 AM']Mansons ?[/quote] I don't know about anyone else (and apologies if anyone here works for them!!!), but I found the prices high and the attitude a bit superior when I went in there for the first and last time about a year ago. I'm 47, been playing bass for 32 years and don't look like a poor student or schoolkid (who probably actually have access to [b]more[/b] disposable income than me!!) and was researching the options for a new lightweight rig, which I HAVE now since bought (MB), but was treated a bit like a no hoper window shopper. Funnily enough, on my first and last ever visit to the BassPlace in London, I was treated the same only more rudely. I was wearing a suit as I had been to a business meeting around the corner, so I suppose I should have changed before going in!! I sell Business Phone Systems (anyone need one!?!?) in my day job, and the addage always has to be "never assume!". Strikes me this happened on both occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I have a friend who makes acoustics if that's any help. Assuming that it's electric that you want I'll ask him for a recommendation next time I see him. elom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 There's the guy that makes those [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/buglefish-bf4-manta-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ170153198906"]Buglefish(?) basses[/url] in Somerset. I have no idea if he's a commercial luthier or not or whether it's realistically near to you (I don't drive). I'd love to try that out. I love the ethics behind owning a locally made instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJoKe Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Thanks guys. The need is fairly simple... I have a Dean Edge 5, which was a temporary addition to the collection in lieu of the possibility of a new, or finding a secondhand Wal 5ver as soon as I can afford. I have tried several times to set up better/lower myself, but not entirely happy with the neck, so need to see if someone else can do a better job of it, or whether I should trade up again futher towards my goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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