Tombalek overview

A little more details for you if you are still interested. Remember, the next cycle starts in Jan '15 :-)

Tombalek trip

I was at the Tai Seng (off Paya Lebar) premises yesterday to visit Tombalek GR&E.

Tombalek offers you the chance to create your dream instruments (guitars/ basses) from the ground up. Practitioners start with blanks & slowly materialize that elusive custom shop-esque dream squeeze over a period of 3 months.

So at the end of it all, you bring home a fully functioning instrument of choice crafted entirely by you.

The premises are equipped with machines & a full range of tools to help you see through your woodwork.

More importantly, you will receive a personal attention from founder/ luthier, Mr. GJ Kung in seeing your work through.

While I was there, I managed to get a glimpse of the wood available which ranges from raw blocks to work-in-progress materials. See that slotted piece there? It's Madagascar rosewood, something you won't be able to source in the open market any more due to trade regulations. No worries though, all working timber at the premises were acquired legally, namely through individuals who don't quite know what they posses in hand but were willing to trade them off.

So if you are interested in this adventure, do browse through the available course over at Tombalek's homepage & sign up quickly because only a handful of vacancies are left for the upcoming January 2015 slot: TOMBALEK