Phil Mailloux Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Thanks guys! I'm still very surprised by the voting pattern that the members took. I was so sure that most guitarists wouldn't vote for a bass, how wrong was I!! That's got to be the first time in the gotm thread that I didn't see any comments along the lines of: "I didn't vote for the fretless because the builder took the easy way out and didn't fret it" On a different note, do you guys know that this is the first bass to win GOTM since January 2003? That's 32 months! All you bass players out there, that proves it, it can be done! Get out your tools now and finish them off!! Happy building everyone and thanks again. Quote Link to comment
MikeB Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Beautiful bass Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 the other parts of the build made up for it being a fretless. it was no "simple" build... Quote Link to comment
erikbojerik Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Props to you Phil Well done and well deserved, have fun playing it. My bassist friends tell me that fretless takes some getting used-to. I knew you'd finish before I did. Mine's still "in the white" as they say. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Churchyard Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Thanks guys! I'm still very surprised by the voting pattern that the members took. I was so sure that most guitarists wouldn't vote for a bass, how wrong was I!! No you were right. I wouldn't have thought I would vote for a bass but such a stunnigly beautiful piece of work deserved. At least it was a six-string bass Quote Link to comment
Gorecki Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Phil it's a great looking bass and besides it being obvious you did a good amount of planning, you have vision. I would have never thought about using multiple woods on a neck to cause the contrast you have and the little pickup winder and custom pickup covers made my vote an easy take. Quote Link to comment
crafty Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Dude, how could we not vote for it? It's visually the most stunning instrument I've ever seen, even if it's not made up of the most figured woods in the world, and the level of handbuilding down to the pickups just won me over. True craftsmanship, no shortcuts, that's GOTM. That's Phil Mailloux. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 That's Phil Mailloux. to me,this is what i think of as "phil mailloux" Quote Link to comment
Phil Mailloux Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 That's Phil Mailloux. to me,this is what i think of as "phil mailloux" ← Actually, let me clear this up now. I'm a chef in everyday life, plus I just think the swedish chef is the funniest muppet of them all p.s. that's some pretty impressive compliments Crafty Quote Link to comment
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