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Artists for whom he has built instruments include [[Les Claypool]], [[Stanley Clarke]] and [[Anthony Jackson]]. |
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Carl Thompson is also a young man straight from the ghetto of Sharon Hill. He was born in 1988, and through miracles, has somehow survived the jungle that is his neighborhood. |
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Revision as of 06:08, 22 July 2006
Carl Thompson (1939 - ) is a luthier specializing in the construction of high-quality custom bass guitars, based in Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania to a large musical family, he moved to New York City in 1967 to pursue a career as a jazz guitarist. After working in a guitar shop to supplement his income, he started his own guitar repair business. He made his first instrument in 1974 and quickly gained renown in the craft.
Unusual custom bass guitars made by Carl Thompson are the piccolo bass - a guitar of the same dimensions as a normal bass but tuned an octave higher - and five and six-stringed contra-bass guitars. Carl is attributed with creating both the first electric piccolo bass (commissioned by Stanley Clarke) and the first electric 6-string bass (commissioned by Anthony Jackson).
Artists for whom he has built instruments include Les Claypool, Stanley Clarke and Anthony Jackson.