Great end to week

Yesterday the whole workshop gang went to a concert at Trampverkstad (peddle workshop). An off grid woodwork shop. Magnus, who plays my 4th bass was playing with Ulrika and band. The bass is now more than half a year old and has settled in nicely. Ulrika is a delightful, captivating performer and Magnus is an excellent bassist. The bass sounded fantastic.







During the interval we had a little tour of the trampverkstad upstairs. So exciting, it really me wondering how one would go about making a bass in that environment. We had very interesting discussions with Magnus Jakobsson and he gave us a couple of bandknivar (spoke shaved) to take back with us. He has so many vintage tools which people often just give him.

I look forward to getting back to bass building today.



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  1. Herbert Kramis2 June 2025 at 13:04

    So nice to see Magnus, playing your bass nr 4! If you see him, say hello from my side! And what a work shop! It reminds me at my father's workshop, he was a wood wheel maker and as a child I was every day in the work shop, doing some wood work too:-) Have a nice week working on my bass!

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