On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:00:52 -0600, Steve Turner
wrote:

Can you be a decent luthier without also being a player? I'd love to
try my hand at making guitars (an electric bass is actually the first
thing I'd like to try) but I have NO idea how to play them. I can't
help but think that would be a detriment to knowing whether or not the
instruments you were making were any GOOD...

Can you build a high chair if you're an adult? An Indy car if you're not a
driver?
Ok, that's a stretch, but I've known a lot of pickers and none of them had a
clue about wood working...

One of my kids was learning to play and he used a web site for tuning, using the
mic from his web cam.. ;~]
I'd guess that could also be used to test a guitar that you made.. (His WAS an
electric bass, BTW)


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