„My
first bass guitar was an old Jolana for 250 crowns. Nothing special really. The
second one cost me 1000 crowns and it definitely wasn’t value for money. It was
back in 1984. I was a secondary school kid and I did not have enough money to
buy a good instrument.
 My
bass teacher, Fedor Freso, showed me how and gave me a hand when I was making
my first guitar. I had no idea that some day I would make more of them.
 I
experimented a bit, using a test-error method, and made samples. They correspond
to the spirit of the times, access to knowledge and spare parts being scarce.
(See one of the experiments: the „Paddle“ model).
 Yet,
my hobby slowly grew into obsession and I made more and more instruments. I'd
be happy if I didn’t make some of them ;-), but thanks to them I've learnt a few
things I would never find in manuals.
 I
have also learnt a lot from Bruno
Urban, with whom I am happy to have been working since 1995.
I
am still ready to experiment, so each piece from my workshop is unique.  The
workshop is still a handcraft manufacture with necessary equipment only. All you
touch on my instruments is genuine handwork (apart from the hardware, of course).“
Each
instrument produced at the Kamil Greben
workshop
is an original, manufactured according to specific requirements.
©
2003 Kamil Greben | design © 1984
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