Marcel
,@marcel
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Marcel replied to the topic "New Electric BUild" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Are there any big downsides to having a longer scale length on an electric guitar?
You need a bigger case for it. 😝
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Marcel posted a new topic "Spalted maple top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
About 5 years ago I made a guitar with a spalted maple top. I love spalted maple!
Another guitar with swamp ash body, wenge fretboard, Seymour Duncan humbuckers and Grover tuners. -
Marcel posted a new topic "My first scarf neck guitar" – 4 years, 9 months ago
This was the first guitar with a scarf neck that I made at home.
Swamp ash body, walnut cap, wenge fingerboard, Tonerider P90 pickups and Grover tuners. -
Marcel posted a new topic "Birthday present for my good friend Ab" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Six years ago I made a guitar for my good friend Ab (abbreviation for Albert) for his 60th birthday. Swamp ash body, figured maple top, maple neck with a ziricote fretboard.
Seymour Duncan Hot rodded humbucker pick-ups, Grover… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Decorative guitar" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Hey Marcel, Don’t you have a spare key to her house? She’ll never know!!
No, I don’t. And my brother in law is a very big and strong guy.
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Marcel replied to the topic "Decorative guitar" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Perhaps you could talk her into it one day. Haha, no I won’t. I don’t make guitars and basses for a living so I don’t mind too much about the money. In this case I was ok just to get… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Strat and Jazz bass for a school" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Thanks for your kind words John. Yes I’ve built some guitars and basses over the last 10 years. Will post some more of it soon.
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Marcel posted a new topic "Decorative guitar" – 4 years, 9 months ago
My first (and until now last) attempt to put some color on a guitar. Stained it cherry red and spayed it with a spraying can.
My sister in law loved it so much she bought… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "My first home build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Thank you John!
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Marcel posted a new topic "Strat and Jazz bass for a school" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Shortly after finishing my first build at home I started working on a Strat model and a Jazz bass. Strat: Mahogany body, maple neck and fretboard, Tonerider Pure VintageTRS1 pick-ups, Gotoh tuners and bridge.
Jazz bass: Mahogany… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "My third bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
He certainly was!
The first coat was a sealer, the others a satin finish. -
Marcel replied to the topic "My third bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Apart from his fabulous skills he was a very nice man. Last time I saw him was when he visited Amsterdam and we spent a nice afternoon chatting about all good and bad things in life. Shortly after that he… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "My first home build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Like Bob Ross always used to say: we don’t make mistakes we only have happy accidents. 😝
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Marcel liked forum post "My first home build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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Marcel replied to the topic "My second bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Well John, after my 5th course I decided to try it at home and over the years I’ve made several guitars and basses. And some of them worked out really well.
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Marcel replied to the topic "My first home build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
From a distance it does, but I keep seeing all the little flaws.
But as I said one learns from his mistakes. -
Marcel replied to the topic "My third bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
And this is a video of Billy spraying my bass.
He truly was a spray gun wizard!
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Marcel replied to the topic "My third bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Here’s a video of the building process.
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Marcel replied to the topic "My fourth and final bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
I also made a video of it.
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Marcel posted a new topic "My first home build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
In July 2004 I went to Scotland to build a guitar in a week on the course of guitar maker Mark Bailey. And with that I was hooked. In the years since, I went to him four more times, all… Read more»
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