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The name of the person who sent us this to the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox identified himself as “wellREDman” (which if separated out spells as “well red man”), who shows that even with almost zero budget to work with, you can still build something cool.
wellREDman writes:
[This] is neither an expensive luthier commission, nor an authentic restoration, but I am hugely proud of what I have managed so I’m sharing it anyway.
I work as a care worker in a special needs unit for kids on the Autistic spectrum, one of the things I do is run after school clubs along the lines of “School of Rock”. When I am coaching rock’n’roll I find that I am forever swapping between bass and guitar i.e. demonstrate the bass line, then play the guitar part to accompany them while they practise, and vice versa.
The obvious solution is a twin neck guitar/bass, but as I make minimum wage and the school is charity funded there is no budget for that kind of indulgence.
So what you see is my very first attempt at luthiery, I had a Precision copy that had been donated and bought, a cheap Telecaster copy from eBay, and cut and glued them together, I had to make the scratchplate from a blank and remodel the headstock of the bass to match the guitar. The whole thing came in at under £160.00.
Nicely done, wellREDman!
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Love It!
Oh yeah, really admire your profession as well. It takes a special, gifted person to understand and work with children truly blessed.
Deacon
Where Are The Pots For The Bass?
I only used the bridge pickup on the guitar and wired the bass pickup where the neck pickup should be , so i can use the selector switche to choose between bass or guitar or both, and the pots work for both, I was expecting to have to be more inventive with the wiring but luckily the volume outputs for both are the same
That’s awesome! You’ve inspired me to try my hand at making one. Nice job!
Very nice.I’d Lovr Bass & Strat Guitar(with changed HHeadstocksof course!) What would U charge fir a Midel like this?
Seriously, that is cool stuff there. Very nice!
Any reason why you put the bass over the guitar? If the guitar was above wouldn’t the balance be slightly easier when playing it?
Super cool my man! Love your work, both on the build, and your profession.
I play guitar slung low anyway, and I play bass fingerstyle so that felt better up high
very nice work on this instrument, and as a parent of autism-spectrum children, SUPER KUDOS on your work in that area!
Great piece of work! – Just goes to show building a workable and decent looking original twin neck doesn’t have to cost the earth.
I just can’t express with words how much I enjoy what you’ve done here. I’ve managed to collect several fairly expensive guitars over the past 50 years, through buying, sellimg, and trading, but I can no longer afford to do that anymore. But as I have need of something just like this, and as I do have an inexpensive bass that a friend recently gifted me, I’m all for tackling a project similar to this one! All I need is a non-contoured guitar to cross my path (along with a few shop tools,) and I’ll be trying my luck at it. Thanks for the inspiration!