New Bass, New Multitool

gustophersmob · **on:** January 22, 2017, 02:59:23 AM

Howdy!

I've been away for a bit, but have some new stuff that may be worth sharing. In this post I've got a new multitool that came with a new Gibson bass I got a few weeks back. As near as I can tell, it looks like this was made by cruztools. It has several hex wrenches, flat and Philips drivers and a nut driver for the truss rod. As a multitool lover, this was a nice surprise to go along with my new instrument.

irona · **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2017, 03:03:44 AM

Very nice! I've been looking for something like that for drums, but i've come to the conclusion that all I really need is a drum key since I play jazz, not timpani or marching band percussion

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2017, 03:48:22 AM

Nice to see another Gibson man. Best guitar I every owned was a vintage Flying V. Man I loved that baseball bat neck.

I've seen a lot of guitar/bass tools but I haven't seen that one. I'll have to look into it.

Here's a little known Def factoid for you, you know, since no one asked.....

Shortly after high school I was invited to attend the Atlanta School of Music Luthier course, which is very hard to get into. Unfortunately at the time I had absolutely no money so I didn't go, but who knows? I could be working for Fender or Gibson today if I had, or more realistically, been fired from either or both of those and building my own custom guitars!

Def

gustophersmob · **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2017, 03:56:39 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on January 22, 2017, 03:48:22 AM

Nice to see another Gibson man. Best guitar I every owned was a vintage Flying V. Man I loved that baseball bat neck.

I've seen a lot of guitar/bass tools but I haven't seen that one. I'll have to look into it.

Here's a little known Def factoid for you, you know, since no one asked.....

Shortly after high school I was invited to attend the Atlanta School of Music Luthier course, which is very hard to get into. Unfortunately at the time I had absolutely no money so I didn't go, but who knows? I could be working for Fender or Gibson today if I had, or more realistically, been fired from either or both of those and building my own custom guitars!

Def

Yeah, I'm definitely a Gibson fanboy. My dad has a 1954 J-45 that I've been around my entire life, which of course influenced me. I've had my own 1996 J-45 for almost 20 years now, and now this bass is added to the club. There is just something about the Gibson quirkiness that appeals to me.

I worked for a luthier for about 6 months until I realized that getting paid in old guitars doesn't really keep your belly full. Oh well, its definitely fun and I would love to have been able to make a living at it.