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
2 comments:
will there be a custom "the guitar addict" signature model in the near future? :)
I have a few self-assembled guitars (DIY Kit). But creating one from scratch does interest me. Anyone else keen?
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