wishface Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Are there any? My new bass could do with a set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/26654-recommended-luthiers/ There's some in this thread in Bristol. Obviously there will be others but I can't really help with that. Just don't go to Emarty (now Weston music shop). I had my bass set up there, it took them a month and I swear all they did was change the strings. I was younger then, should have complained but I didn't. Anyway, hope this helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 a month?! there's only one music shop in weston now, and presuming it's that one they wanted to charge £2 for a piece of plastic to lock a strap in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That sounds exactly like the place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmh315 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=449523641821174 Bit far away but has a good reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 This guy is great and has a base in Bristol near the bus station. http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk I have no hesitation is recommending him in terms of price and quality of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 What about the other shop in Bristol near the bus station: rikaxxe (iirc)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1392970668' post='2374695'] This guy is great and has a base in Bristol near the bus station. [url="http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk"]http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk[/url] I have no hesitation is recommending him in terms of price and quality of work [/quote]He's very very very busy. Ideally I'd like something nearer because I don't like travelling around with guitars on buses (particularly as i don't have acase). I'm afraid Wiltshire is too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oooh actually. Try Clevedon Music shop. They're quite good in there. When I was in school I did one week work experience there. Not sure about Rikaxxe. Heard of it but never been in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392990919' post='2375017'] What about the other shop in Bristol near the bus station: rikaxxe (iirc)? [/quote] You'll have to listen to him lecture you about how he's one of few people in the world who truly knows how to set up a guitar properly. Never had a guitar set up by him though, I could never get past his bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1392992723' post='2375047'] You'll have to listen to him lecture you about how he's one of few people in the world who truly knows how to set up a guitar properly. Never had a guitar set up by him though, I could never get past his bullshit. [/quote]i know what you mean, but he seems a good guy. Maybe he's just trying to warn people from tinkering with stuff iof they don't understand it. I brought a bass from him on monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Wait a sec.. Is the new bass you want set up, the same one you bought from him? If so, why was it not set up when you bought it? and if you don't like the set up on the bass, would you really want to take it back to him? If this is a different bass then ignore me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 i've no idea if he set it up or not. He said bring it back in a couple of months and we'll do what needs ot be done. I'm just curious to see if anyone local could get it done quicker. It's only minor things. It's far from unplayable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hmm.. Seems to me like if it was in his shop he would set it up.. Maybe not the case though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not to defend the guy (i don't know him) but his vibe is very much "it's how you like it to be/play/feel". YMMV. What needs tweaking is the intonation, and a little fret buzz. Other than that the 9th fret D string doesn't sustain as long as it should. It's being caught on something lightly (no buzz). Aside from those things, it plays very nicely IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It sounds like he's telling you to take the guitar away, get used to it for a while, then take it back to tweak it to how you'd like it. That seems like sound advice actually. And yeah, he's not a bad guy, I just like to be told things straight I get turned off by any sort of sales patter at all. And grandiose comments like the one he said to me just make me lose faith in anything he says. Which is a shame as he's probably quite decent but I'll never know Eltham at Edge Guitar Studios that Pinball listed does come highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 When I first went in the shop he was dealing with another guy who wanted to ask about putting a deposit on a particular guitar and was told don't just buy something because you like the look, bring your guitar in and maybe we can bring that up to scratch. He doesn't strike me as the dellboy type. I tried a few basses and the one I brought, which I gather isn't the most spectacular make ever (i'm sure someone would tell me how crap the make/model 'really' is), but of the few basses i've ever played it's by far the best neck i've seen. It's smooth and has a decent sound. It cost me £165. Now he has a weird mix of stock, some of it grotty looking and I gather second hand. I've no idea what he paid for it. I've no idea whether it's true that cheap guitars can also be decent, and maybe i just don't know anything about it, but he seemed ok to me. I could well be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 He's right, cheap guitars can indeed be more than decent! You're changing my opinion of him now. If he's recommending sorting out someone's existing guitar over buying a new one then that's sound advice and thoroughly decent of him too. What type of bass is your new bass by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) It's made by a company called Revelation. I have never heard of them. Model number is RBJ67 (presumably that's the model number). It's a jazz style bass; 2 single coil pickups, don't know what make they are, sounds decent to my ears. Varnished neck, very smooth, no resistance playing. Thick body. Neck is about 20 frets. Don't know what strings they are but they are new and sound nice as well. D'addarios I think. He seems like a decent guy to me. Whether he's any good at setting up instruments I don't know. Where he gets his stock and what quality, in general, they are, again I don't know. I can only hope, for the sake of £165, he is! Edited February 21, 2014 by wishface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I hope you don't think I was saying he wasn't a good person or anything. I just think it's strange that the bass isn't set up (intonation right, string height is a preference) in the shop tbh.. But what you said about him makes him sound like a good chap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) No problem. Correct intonation is a preference? Edited February 21, 2014 by wishface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not that I know of. I meant that I'm surprised that wasn't correct where as string height is a preference so I wouldn't expect that to be to my likely from the shop. But stuff like intonation and the neck relief etc. I'd hope to be correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishface Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Perhaps I should have asked. But there you go. I didn't. I don't know if he worked on it or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 That's cool, as long as you enjoy the bass, that's the main thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='Myke' timestamp='1393005713' post='2375233'] Wait a sec.. Is the new bass you want set up, the same one you bought from him? If so, why was it not set up when you bought it? and if you don't like the set up on the bass, would you really want to take it back to him? If this is a different bass then ignore me [/quote] That is the guys standard way of working. He always says "See how you get on with it, let it settle down and bring it back in a couple of months and check its set up". He said that when I got my 12 string electric and I took it back and he fixed a crackly pot and did a set up. I've watched him with new and inexperienced players and he always gives them what he thinks is the best advice rather than just flogging them a guitar. He did me a very good trade in deal on mine. Nothing but praise from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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