Luthiers in Dublin (/anywhere this side of Ireland)

[DeadStar01]

Does anyone know of any professional luthiers in dublin? I don't have a hope in hell in making a guitar by myself (failed in woodwork and metalwork ), and google isn't showing up any results for luthiers of a modern style, most of them seem to focus on design rather than actual attributes :/

 

So anyway, yeah, cheers to anyone who knows anything, thanks!

[hooglebug]

design rather than attributes!? what?

 

what kind of thing are you looking for exactly? i dont know of any luthiers in dublin but i know of one here

[DeadStar01]

design rather than attributes!? what?

 

I mean, they focus more on the appearance of guitars than features like pickups and in-built effects.

 

And where do you live?? I don't mind travelling a bit out to find one

[hooglebug]

people generally dont focus on in-built effects as its largely useless. a relatively small amount of guitarists would find it useful to have something in a guitar rather than on the floor.

 

and any luthier im sure would use whatever pickup a customer asked for.

 

im in yorkshire - a bit too far out i imagine hehe

[DeadStar01]

Yeah, yorkshire is quite a walk

 

But like, I can't find any left handed guitars with a non-locking kill switch, so that's one thing I'll have to get someone to install, and there's the pick up change I want done (s-s-s is a bit shit). It'd be pretty handy to have a delay switch on board. I kinda hate having to stand in front of pedal layouts all the time btw

[hooglebug]

well thats kinda the point in getting a custom guitar - you get what you want

[Neil.]

deadstar i know a few, but i doubt they're what you're looking for. They only do specific types, namely, semihollow ones. I was going to work with one who's a friend of my neighbours to do a sort of MoC-JackWhite hybrid, but it fell through.

 

My suggestion would be to go out to xmusic and ask them. If my memory serves me correctly, the guy in charge of the guitar section is called steve. They're mega mega mega helpful, and i'm sure they'd know someone. Plus, it's an awesome shop anyway.

 

edit:

or, if you know EXACTLY what you want, just get hooglebug to make it. you wont need to see progress, cos all the stuff he's done so far has been handcrafted from imported exotic win.

[Phill]

Sounds like he just wants a couple of mods done to an existing guitar.

[Neil.]

if its simple stuff like pickups, i could do it., otherwise, that place xmusic is the way to go. http://www.xmusic.ie

[DeadStar01]

Wait, X Music can do altercations!?

[Neil.]

they've a repair department, but it depends on what you're looking for. They can be pricey, but do good work. I had my bridge repaired there a while ago. what have you in mind?

[DeadStar01]

I was thinking about getting the kill switch put in first. Do you know if they'd have a non-locking one themselves or would I have to get the parts first or would they help me find one?

 

And yeah, Ste's a legend

[Neil.]

i dont know. i dont work for them. I doubt they'd do it, but i'm sure they'd know of someone who would. A Killswitch is pretty easy to do, but bare in mind that you're going to get ripped off pretty much anywhere you go in ireland.

[cheddatom]

Wait, X Music can do altercations!?

 

I wouldn't go in to a shop and ask for an altercation.

[DeadStar01]

I wouldn't go in to a shop and ask for an altercation.

 

Sorry, typo