Hi everyone...
I have been reading this site for some time now,
I am very impressed by a few things...
first of all I adfmire the intense passion everyone here has for creating their instruments, "I too share this burning passion for building guitars"so I it seems that I may be at the right place....
secondly the aura of openly sharing info is a very classy thing and a special trait that is shared by true artists and craftmen... I have learned a lot from just reading your posts here thank you all....
third of all it seems that there are some really experienced and talented people on this site. Hats off to this sites creators I am happy to be a member here now and hope to learn alot more from you gentlemen and share what I know with you...
I am a guitar "player" who has evolved into a guitar "designer builder" because most of the custom shop stuff I bought was not as spectacular as I had dreamed it would be... then I took a pen and paper and calculated the cost of parts etc and what I was payiny for this stuff and I felt like a fool....
Because I had very limited tool skills and was more a Player/ designer and development person I was stuck in my tracks until one day God blessed me with a very gifted friend. Destiny brought us together.. he is a master builder from Russia named Victor and we both shared a burning love for high performance electric guitars...
He could build but he wasnt a player or designer I was all those things but couldnt build so we were a match made in heaven... soon we started turning out prototypes that were really smoken... My goal was to build the perfect guitar I had in my mind "for my own use" (because I was still actively performing).... next thing we were turning out some great prototypes and each got closer to the guitar in my head...
Because we werent rich we sold those guitars to fund the construction of the next generation of prototypes.. well soon there was buzz about the instruments and when we finally succeeding in building my "perfect guitar" all of a sudden everyone wanted to buy it... so My friend and I found ourselves blessed by destiny to take a step towards a dream and create a "Guitar company".. and thats what we did and now 4 famlies make a living from this very small company that builds "very special electrics"...
We are based in Europe and our workshop is in the Ukraine.... our instruments are like offspring of "Starts that mated with Lambourginis" ... very high tech high performance virtuoso instruments with amazing playability but with a classic feel and familiar friendly aura....
Well we are still at the embreo stage but I must admit that I am very excited, I really love to build guitars....
And now we have discovered that we build killer basses too!....
So now that we slowly grow I find myself dealing with customers that want top dollar instruments equivelent to Ken Smith etc...
Our shop has 4 Luthiers with a masters degree in Luthiery and our registered company name is "Grand Master".... all of a sudden I need to buy 5A quilt from America and I had no where to turn for info and that is when I stumbled upon this stite.....
I looked over the info and contacted chuck from Durawoods and I will be his customer.... Now I just need to give the right dimensions.... none of my master builders speak english so its rough... "this probably sounds so funny to all of you :-)"
I want to order flamed maple to build the necks in "neck through basses" the basss will be 7pc neck through... We are building 2 of them a 6 string and a 5 string.... now I am asked by the guys at Durawoods "what dimemsions do you want"....
I really dont know.... how long a piece do ya think I'll need ? And how thick wide what ever? Can you please give me a suggestion on what I should order or ask for?
I know this sounds goofy, but my guys at the shop know what their doing and usually just get their own wood from the Ukraine "but now that I have to buy all this premier wood from the USA and I am having a problem figuring out the dimensions" I will use for these necks in these 5 and 6 string through neck basses.. Can some one please offer a suggestion for me?
Secondly I will be buying some quilted tops for these basses ... taking into consideration the long top horns in these Patutuuci stlye basses would a 22 inch top be long enough?
Please forgive the elementary questions... I am sincere but as I said these basses are not my area of expertice....
Here are a couple of guitars that we built that are my designs.... hope you like them....
http://www.sahibinden.com/pls/sahibinden/A...It?AdId=1381189
http://www.sahibinden.com/pls/sahibinden/A...It?AdId=1233646
that site is like a Turkish ebay site....
Any way hello once again I am happy to have discovered this site sorry for all the stupid questions but at least I had the balls th ask them, right? hee hee he
Nice to meet every one I think I will learn alot here....
stay well
ACG
Please feel free to contact me anytime by email at acgunduz@mynet.com