I do a hell of a lot of work in CAD, especially with guitar building. Geometry, maths and a degree engineering are important to me. This section of p[D]c is dedicated to writing about the various designs and methods I use and why.
My interest in Aria basses is a relatively new one, however I have always had a deep respect for the quality of Japanese made instruments. I first encountered the SB-Integra as part of the Aria/Matsumoku range whilst researching the Aria SB bass for my “SB Black n’ Gold” project. Although it is at the time of writing not yet an active build project, the history of the SB-Integra is being collated and documented with the intention of eventually turning it into a build.
When I bought my first guitar at the age of 14 I was already heavily into electronics. Repairs, modifications and upgrades are a natural extension of this and I have done a lot of work both to my own and other people’s instruments. This blog documents general day-to-day work I carry out on instruments from simple string changing (a surprisingly neglected topic) to electronic overhauls and repairs.
After moving to Finland I was left without a workshop however decided to take on a long-term project to build a new instrument as and when materials and workspace presented themselves. I chose to make a bass that was not overly complicated on the basis of both cost and the lack of permanent workshop space. I settled on recreating a classic Aria design and set to work last year….
The blog has already been active for over half a year on Blogspot and has been directly ported across. The existing blog content didn’t transfer 100% correctly (confusion between tags/categories, images still hosted on Blogger, for example) the majority of the content is now over on this side of the fence.
I’ve started writing a lot more of late and am really enjoying occupying my time doing so. I hate Facebook’s tendency towards self-aggrandisement and the plain fact it is just a large advertising network. Blogger was fun for a while since I didn’t have the attention span at the time to really implement anything with WordPress.
Thankfully WordPress have made inroads towards making their system even more user-friendly for the attention-deficit and generally concentration-poor such as myself. Hoo-rah!