Custom upright electic Bass

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Way off Astrophotograhy, but of a similar creative bent. To whit, hand made instruments.

My Bass guitar teacher from way back, Chris Frazier, IMO one of the finest Bass players in OZ, got himself a custom made left hand upright electric bass made by an Australian master craftsman.

This thread in another place describes the adventure in detail of the manufacture of this fine instrument, with a video of its capabilities at the end.

Its great to see Australian craftmanship excell on the world stage and match it with the best.

Edit; WOW, we have a musical craftsman in our very midst (Dave Ulbrick, DavidU), check THIS out.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Thanks for that Fred. It looks like Bill Paulin has a great job and a great place to work. I'm also in awe at the amount of work that goes into well made instruments and the skill involved. Even if I wasn't a wannabe bassist I'd find it facinating.

Personnally I'm still drooling over my new Tacoma acoustic bass guitar. It looks and sounds beautiful. It will a long time, if ever, before I can do it justice. A bloke I play with keeps on at me about getting an upright bass. I point out that he can carry his banjo on his motorbike but he wants me to get an instrument that needs a van to move.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

David. Yes, Acoustic DBs are monsters to lug around, IMO not worth the effort given modern alternatives (well, unless its played in a close enviroment, within an acoustic group, or in an orchestra etc).

The Tacoma Bass does look awesome, but I would imaging some amplification would be required with any sort of audience over 1 or 2 .

Im a bit biased, my tastes are not too subtle. Loud, drop-tuned low B is more my scene, gut rumbling gear, but I do appreciate the effort that goes into instruments that rely on craftmanship rather than electronic processing .

[fringe_dweller]

man oh man i dream of having a large shed /workshop and start messin about that works real nice, gawd i hate YT sound quality tho, ex chris ex adelaide? i have a mate who he taught in the 80's, got his old custom cargill fretless offa him, thats a nice bass, i think if i played bass agin (unlikely) i would go for a schapman stick

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Edit; WOW, we have a musical craftsman in our very midst (Dave Ulbrick, DavidU), check THIS out.

yep dig that ol school point to point circuit free class A jazz! i'm jonesing for a firebottle, that would be mighty fine

'we're not worthy'

[DavidU (Dave)]

LOL, yeh well it keeps me off the streets.