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Admittedly i'm talking about a regular leccy bass here , but still

I'd say well excessive.

To give you an idea why, i had a luthier rout my bass for a pickup,  ( so he had  to make a template )  wire it to the pots, then i wanted the rear cavity enlarged ( matron ) becuase it was so small that getting access to 2 of the 3 pots was near impossible. Also, the rear cavity did not have a shelf so the cavity cover sat over the body and not in the cavity.

So he routed a shelf on it as well as making the cavity bigger.  I did the job of making the cavity cover myself, as he made a template for it.

That lot cost £150

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It’s in the EUB and DB section, should give a clue. And as Bilbo doesn’t play EUB....................

Laurence Dixon supplied and fitted a new adjustable bridge, reprofiled the fingerboard, adjusted the soundpost and reglued the body here and there and made the bass sound divine. All for £450. So I’d think £350 is a bit much for the bridge only.

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My luthier of choice doesn't like being supplied with parts - I asked him why, and his main concern was that substandard materials make precision work much more difficult, and he doesn't want to put himself in a position where he is having to stand behind a job which fails at a later date due to something beyond his control which he than has to rectify at his expense or risk damage to his reputation.

He quoted me £200 to supply a despiau blank, fit adjusters to it and fit it to the bass when I asked him about replacing my bridge.

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8 minutes ago, SubsonicSimpleton said:

My luthier of choice doesn't like being supplied with parts - I asked him why, and his main concern was that substandard materials make precision work much more difficult, and he doesn't want to put himself in a position where he is having to stand behind a job which fails at a later date due to something beyond his control which he than has to rectify at his expense or risk damage to his reputation.

He quoted me £200 to supply a despiau blank, fit adjusters to it and fit it to the bass when I asked him about replacing my bridge.

That's a really good point, and something I have experienced too.

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Monks Eleigh on the other hand is about 40 minutes up the road. I think from memory Peter charged me about 250 quid to glue the back of my bass back on (it was falling off), replace the  soundpost, fit and supply a new bridge (not adjustable) which had to be thinned down quite  a bit.

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