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[Dave Higham]

Hello Ashbory fans,
I’ve never played an Ashbory – I’ve never even seen one, apart from photos, but I’ve known about them for quite a long time.
I’m a very ‘bassic’ bass player but my real passion is luthiery. I’m getting near to finishing my 3rd bass guitar and, as I don’t like making the same thing twice, I thought “why not an Ashbory?” for the next one. So I’ll probably be here asking questions and hoping that the people who’ve done it already will be able to help me out.
As far as playing it is concerned, I think that jumping from the usual bass guitar to silicone strings, short scale and fretless is going to be a bit of a challenge! We’ll see (but not in the immediate future – I’m a slow worker).

[g1]

Have you got any details/pics of your other builds?

[tho x. bui]

Compared to building a "regular" instruments, building an Ashbory is really, really easy: no frets, no truss rod.  Action is not picky, and intonation is obviously a non-issue.

You do need to know how the electronics work, but at least for me, it has been a really easy build.  I can work pretty fast, and can whip out a solid body guitar in about 3-4 weeks of evening time and a violin in about 6-8 weeks if I have too.  For an Ashbory, I can do it in probably 2 weeks, most of it is waiting for the varnish to cure.

For me, it's a fun and stress free project; and turns out a super cool instrument. If you have questions, I'd be glad to give some pointers.

Tho X. Bui

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