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Both curious (and a bit of market research as we'll be making some straps). The ribbon artwork is only 2" wide... so a wider strap means putting a border on them. So just trying to find out what people like. 

How wide do you like your bass guitar strap?

Aww mate. Sad to see this going. You were one of our very first customers! In fact this was one of the very first batch.

PS: Buy this man's bass! It has pedigree!

Any XL Guitar Gig bag should fit it. Or if you wait 3 months. We'll have one out specifically for it.

New gig bags (these will be included with all CHB basses going forward)

1 minute ago, badastronaut said:

If only Bristol wasn't sofar away...

We'd be happy to have you dude! Love your youtube videos. Your Paul Gilbert one is kickass

If you're ever on Holiday in the UK - come visit.

Two updates.

We're looking for bassists to come to our office in Bristol and film bass demos. Jams. Songs. We're not fussy. Whatever you feel like doing as long as it has our basses in them.

Particularly if you're in the Bristol or surrounding area. Will pay for contributions (which is why locals are good - as it keeps costs down and showcases good west country bassists!). 

Please get in touch. We'd love to have you.

ALSO....

We have new t-shirts! Details below.

These are available to order from our website for £15.35.  Order here : http://chownybass.com/product-category/chowny/merch/

Building a bass isn't as simple as deciding on a spec. Sending it off to a manufacturer and immediately getting 12 basses back. If only it was. Dealing with the factories isn't easy.

We manufacture in fairly small numbers - but even we have minimum commitments in order to deal with the factory. And they're way more than 12.

To make a bass the process goes something like this : 

• Draw on the back of a piece of scrap paper something like what you want
• Turn it into a proper drawing
• Finding out the specifications and dimensions of the parts and then modifying the drawing again. There's maths. Maths is involved.
• Finding the parts. Again a problem with scale here - depending who your parts supplier is - parts minimum quantities can be very high.
• Choosing and sourcing wood (or picking something your factory has ready access to)
• Get samples made. VERY RARELY are they right off the bat. And as the one commissioning the design you pay (sometimes at a premium) for each sample.
• We've never got the product right first time with the factory. Generally 2-5 prototypes are made.
• Once all that's done you have got to get the product made.
• Then shipped (unless you're happy to pay courier prices)
• It's expensive and time consuming. It takes us generally 12 months at least to bring something to market. I doubt it's any different for Eastwood.

Now. None of this is to say it isn't possible. Just thought I'd offer some insight. You could certainly do it easier if you used an existing body (P-Bass/Jazz Bass) and neck. But then... what's the point? Why not just buy a cheap P-Bass and modify it yourself? 

If anybody has any questions about what making stuff is like... my door is always open. If anybody has a desire to start manufacturing basses en mass... my door is always open (it only benefits us to put work in the direction of our factories)

Laters!

55 minutes ago, geoffbyrne said:

Now.....if you did this in a 5er.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G.

Development costs for the pickups are too high. Especially since 5'er sales would only be about 25%-35% of the volume of 4s.

Sorry! 

Clearance Bargain (Exclusive Basschat price too) 

This CHB-1 bass was perfect except the top of the headstock got a small scuff that won't polish out during transit.

Brand new. 2018 Indian Made in Sapphire Burst.

£420 including shipping.

9 minutes ago, LeftyP said:

My Chowny SWB-1 is a great little bass but I've never been a fan of the big Chowny name plate on the headstock.  At first glance it could be a Rickenbacker!   Having recently fitted tape wound strings the neck and action needed to be altered so I took it to a local guitar technician.  He didn't like the big name plate either and made me a neat little cover (mahogany) for the neck brace hole.  He even contoured it to match the shape of the headstock.  No offense Stephen, but I think it looks much better.



No offense taken. The advantage of the TRC on the Chowny basses is that it makes them easily recognisable and gives them a bit of a retro look. So from a marketing point of view it works like dambusters!

 Sometimes people choose to make their own ones (we send people to Gig.INK who have copies of our TRC plans). 

Andertons do a quick look at the SWB Pro bass and our new Bass-Mosphere pedal.

New studio jam. Blues with Scott & Danny on SWB Pro basses.

New Studio Jam Video with Max Mees on bass.

And another

Little video demo of the CHB-2 bass by Andy Irvine @ The Daily Funk Club

Just now, MWH said:

Indeed sir,  that very one,

 your going to tell me next that Chowny don't market a lined but fretless model

We don't make a fretless CHB bass at all. That one was a one off. That's not to say we won't in the future.

Such a glamorous life owning a bass company. Here is how I spent my Sunday morning.

21 minutes ago, MWH said:

Mmm ?, so is that lined and fretless  like the one I missed, 

Nope. Regular normal bass. 

On 16/07/2018 at 20:11, MWH said:

Ooh !,  always wanted to learn how to play a knife-block, maybe one day,  still wish I'd bought that lined and fretless b stock chowney,  got any more iffy short scales around  ?

I've got a Sapphire Burst with a scratch on the neck that I can knock £50 off.  It's one of the new 2018 ones where we've moved production to India from China.

Still my favourite demo of BOTH our fretless SWB-1 *and* our Fuzzster Fuzz Pedal.

1 hour ago, Akio Dāku said:

Quite a few people felt this way as do I myself so what do you say @Chownybass fancy a follow up?

I don't mind. Don't want to monopolise your podcast though. 

More new videos on the 'tubes.

For metalheads Leo Moracchioli uses the Retrovibe EVO Davie504 for this Metal Cover of Rock Me Amadeus

And also Davie504 plays a bass solo with all the strings tuned to B here (same bass)

New video on the tubes!

I said “umm” and “like” too much

We sell them directly. It copes with sustained notes about as well as you would expect. It’s a analog Octave and suffers from everything that brings along with it. You have to work with the pedal a bit.