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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:33 pm

No, not the basses.

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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:09 pm

Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
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Unread post by Kahn » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:12 pm

Sick man, post pics ASAP

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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:29 pm

Kahn wrote:Sick man, post pics ASAP
Will do. This is definitely sooner than I expected him to start building. I assume the build process will take awhile, but he said he had a 32" neck shaped and ready to go. I think it may even have frets already. I'm bringing my camera when we visit the shop in a couple weeks, so I'll have an update soon!
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:12 pm

GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:42 pm

bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
I first called him in October, and the first time I met him was his birthday in February.
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:50 pm

GSR wrote:
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GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
I first called him in October, and the first time I met him was his birthday in February.

so it's already been a little more then a year since your order. hasn't seemed that long.
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:57 pm

bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:
bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
I first called him in October, and the first time I met him was his birthday in February.

so it's already been a little more then a year since your order. hasn't seemed that long.
This is definitely sooner than I expected him to start building. I assume the build process will take awhile, but he said he had a 32" neck shaped and ready to go. I think it may even have frets already.
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:04 pm

GSR wrote:
bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:
bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
I first called him in October, and the first time I met him was his birthday in February.

so it's already been a little more then a year since your order. hasn't seemed that long.
This is definitely sooner than I expected him to start building. I assume the build process will take awhile, but he said he had a 32" neck shaped and ready to go. I think it may even have frets already.
would your guess be like 1-1 1/2 maybe? or probably 2?
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:09 pm

bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:
bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:
bassman462 wrote:
GSR wrote:Just got off the phone with Carl to confirm the final details. He has a bunch of necks in the shop, and he needed to know what I wanted so he could pick one of them out for my bass. He has a 32" neck shaped and ready to go that we're going to use. We confirmed a hook scroll, dark woods, a single active pickup, and a kahler tremolo if we can find one. Pete Hilton was in the shop with him, and Carl said they were gonna get started right away. We're going to visit Carl on the 4th for his birthday party in Brooklyn. I'm so excited.
has it already been a year? didn't you make the order then go to meet him and go to his birthday?
I first called him in October, and the first time I met him was his birthday in February.

so it's already been a little more then a year since your order. hasn't seemed that long.
This is definitely sooner than I expected him to start building. I assume the build process will take awhile, but he said he had a 32" neck shaped and ready to go. I think it may even have frets already.
would your guess be like 1-1 1/2 maybe? or probably 2?
It's hard to say. I'm still not sure how long one bass takes Carl. He builds in groups, sorta. He'll probably work on mine for a while and then switch to another one, then another, then go back to mine for a while, etc. I know when a bass gets close to completion, it becomes his sole focus.

Here's a 32" scale bass with dark woods and the hook scroll, which is what mine will have. Who knows what it'll look like though.

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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:20 pm

Or it could look like this.

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Unread post by i am sam2 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:44 am

thats absolutely gorgeous...get that one
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Unread post by Kahn » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:52 pm

So sick. I want a custom electric guitar like that

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Unread post by GSR » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:57 pm

Kahn wrote:So sick. I want a custom electric guitar like that
He does guitars, you know. :lol:

http://www.ctbasses.com -> pictures -> guitars.

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Unread post by Kahn » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:44 pm

too expensive for me

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