Waterstone Thunderbird 8 string

[Dave W]

Thanks guys...But...what is really messing me up...is my machinist is not coming through..he like 12-14 8 string bridge and tailpieces 1/2 done...and I have NO idea when they will be....so...He's useless and unreliable.......unless I have those in my hands...my custom bass building days are done...I cannot find a competant machinist anywhere in Chicago......I'm unemployed and have absolutely NO money to continue on....will be unloading some started pieces on Ebay in a day.

Joe, are you familiar with eMachineShop? I don't know how competitive they would be for what you want, but it can't hurt to get a quote. Obviously you would need to order enough to bring the cost down and that might not be possible until you're employed again. Still, might be worth keeping in mind.

[Bionic-Joe]

I'll look into it. Right now..I'm dealing with some Major financial issues...Very bad...... Hopefully I can get through it without having to sell my basses....I can deal with losing a Hiwatt or 2... Paypal/Ebay   IRS crap. After this month...No more Paypal...no More Ebay.......

[drbassman]

Baz... perhaps you, Carlo, Bill and Scott should team up and take over Gibson...!

No QC issues then...

What a great idea!  At least we'd produce something more marketable than most of their current stock!  Maybe we can swoop in after the Federalies shut them down....

[godofthunder]

 That emachineshop looks pretty interesting, If I am at my wits end I may looking to using them for my bridges.

[Bionic-Joe]

Well...I got a line on a new machinist from Gary....sounds promising. My old boss "Frenchie" as we called him behind his back (He's from France) had started 12-15 8 string bass bridges with 60's T bird style 8 string tailpieces...he totally blew me off...I Just started doing some freelance model making so as soon as I get a chance...I need to try this new guy out!