Bond Guitars | Finally online

[GTailly]

Website from our Quebec most know luthier is finally online.

Go check him out! Bond Instruments

 

[musikizlife]

That 8 is most definitely interesting to say the least.
Theres alot of tonal possibilities right there lol

 

[JamesM]

Very, very busy instruments.

 

[GTailly]

Might actually be better to give you his Facebook page haha. Those are not the best pictures and his best instruments IMO.

He is actually building a bass for Evan Brewer and it looks fantastic at this point.

Louis-Philippe Bond Luthier | Facebook

 

[nangillala]

Can I get an Electraglide from him?

 

[vicpic777]

Website from our Quebec most know luthier is finally online.

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I didn't know him :S very nice guitar btw !!

 

[Pikka Bird]

Eerrmm, the tuner placement on the six???

 

[JamesM]

^Not at all uncommon on bass guitars

 

[McBrain]

He should probably work on a new name for his singlecut model.

 

[GTailly]

haha I forgot to mention though, I am NOT really a fan of his work so don't be afraid to offense me.

I posted the thread only because I thought some people might like his work and I wanted to spread the word a bit about his website.

 

[engage757]

I am sure they are nice, but I agree. WAAAAAAAAAYYY too busy. I really dislike these a lot.

 

[Dead Undead]

Fuck that noise, I love these. They look awesome.

 

[Rain]

Those are some monstrous looking instruments o.o In a good way.

 

[Hollowway]

Yeah, there's the buckeye and black and white ebony together and I can't tell if that's too busy or cool looking....

 

[Enselmis]

^Very very cool.

 

[GTailly]

Those are some monstrous looking instruments o.o In a good way.

Well I like to see that people's opinions are pretty diversified. I am not quite surprised though as tastes are subjectives and music makes no exception to this rule.

Again, what I find pretty funny is that a luthier builds what his client asks him to and not the contrary. So in regards to the 8 string posted in the OP the actual client (Simon Girard from Beyond Creation) wanted his guitar to look like this and he carefully chose the specs of it.

To some guitars might look busy while their own guitars will look too simple for others.

It all relies on tastes we have as individuals.

 

[danger5oh]

I'm sorry, but even as a Filipino, those guitars are way too busy for me. That being said, I still want to play one lol.

 

[GTailly]

^

The man is a bass player himself and he tried out for my band a few weeks ago at a rehearsal. I had the chance to play on one of his first custom 6 string bass. Only thing I can tell you is that it actually looked way simpler and played like a dream. Everything was so smooth on it.

 

[OlisDead]

Even though they seem really well done, it's not my cup of tea. Way too busy, as some people already mentioned.

 

[Explorer]

So, are you faulting his other customers for wanting builds like that... or faulting him for accommodating customers who wanted builds like that?

In other words, if he was willing to build something more to your tastes, does it matter if the other customers wanted busier combinations when you can get something simpler? Or is his being accommodating a reason to rule him out because he will accommodate you too?

I clearly don't understand the reasoning....