Have you designed your own bass?

[Martin Sheridan]

I've always said that the good thing about making basses is that you don't have to make the same one over and over, but the bad thing is that no one has the same idea of what a bass should be.

I've never believed in reinventing the wheel and I'm not interested in going radical, but for the first time in my life I'm thinking about designing my own bass (or basses). I've always tried to make basses that players want, and indeed I think I've learned more about making basses and bass set ups from players than any other source. But now I'm thinking of designing my own bass....of incorporating the elements of basses that I've liked into one bass...if that's possible. Anyway, I'm at the beginning.

Have you designed your own bass? What was your thinking and planning process like? Would you do it again? Did it turn out the way you wanted.