[lofreek]

...at least for now.         After getting approval from Maryland Heights zoning, and spending thousands on architectural drawings, the bids I got for the room addition were well in excess of what I paid for my house. Even if I had the cash, it is not feasible. I would be better off having a custom home built, designed around the studio.

After recovering from the trauma, I decided to move in a different direction. I have added some basses to my arsenal, including a beautiful hand made 5 string Upton double bass with a low B. I am slowly reclaiming my long forgotten bow chops. I also did a major upgrade to my portable recording system, with a MOTU 896mkIII firewire interface and Glyph RAID drives.

I have tons of production work right now, so not having a room isn't cramping my style, but I'm still weighing my options.

Here are some photos of two of my new basses (the finished four string is not mine, this is a photo from the builder's website. the others are of mine under construction)




My new Fishbone 5 string fretless under construction;

[Bob in St. Louis]

Aww, that sucks Larry, sorry to hear that. 
There was an incredible amount of time, money and energy spent on that project I'm sure.

Bob

[Scott F.]

....the bids I got for the room addition were well in excess of what I paid for my house

Welcome to the wonderful world of construction. You've picked up some darned nice consolation prizes though 

[drummerwill]

 Dude Both the acoustic and the electric look absolutely fantasic!

   The electric remiinds me of the "Alembic" (not sure of spelling) a friend of mine has, just a great sounding instrument.
    Does your custom made have active pickups?
    I love that look with Dark wood strips on the neck. Congratulations!

   Have fun
   Willie

[lofreek]

The electric is constructed similarly to the Alembic, which for over thirty years has set a standard. The "hippie sandwich" lamination approach has numerous structural and tonal benefits, not to mention visual beauty. The bass has a Duncan Basslines pickup and some very specialized active electronics. Notice the unusual bridge, which is patented. Here is their website:

http://www.fishbonebassguitars.com/

The owners are both former engineers at St. Louis Music Electronics (Ampeg, Crate), so their combined electronic skills are equal to their luthiery skills.

 

[gixxerific]

I work in the construction industry. I you would like I could get some people to look at your plans that would do a qualtiy job for cheap on the down low, meaning cash, no overhead is a godsend. Work is tight I'm sure they would jump at it. Let me know, trust me doing a job on the side can save you substantially sometime near half.

Dono