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Old 02-18-2012, 01:23 AM   #1
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New Custom Bass Rod

Just finished building a new bass rod. It has a very nice custom wrap and cool custom reel seat. This rod is a sure beauty. Asking $150. I 13 hours into this rod. She is ready to be fished come tomorrow when she finishes drying. B-Rod 1.jpg

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Old 02-18-2012, 01:51 AM   #2
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Just curious.

What's the average start-up cost on rod building equipment? I've always been interested but have never really dug into the details.
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Old 02-18-2012, 02:20 AM   #3
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Beautiful looking rod, I like that cross wrap!


Its an expensive habit, that's for sure. I personally have at least 1k invested in it. But on the other side of things, I have also saved myself some coin, and I have all green and gold custom bass rods with the Baylor logo. You can however start off with a hand wrapper for cheap, and get set up with epoxy, thread, blank, grips, guides, and reel seat for under $150. It can be as cheap as you want it, but once you decide to get into it though, you'll find yourself buying more tools, and higher end parts. Heck, I still remember I dropped $110 at Squidco on a set of guides alone.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me. And by far the best tool is the rod building forum on bloodydecks.
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Old 02-18-2012, 06:59 AM   #4
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Old 02-18-2012, 08:20 AM   #5
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Just curious.

What's the average start-up cost on rod building equipment? I've always been interested but have never really dug into the details.
You know what they say " if you gotta ask...."

Jeff nice work on the wrap. whats the stats on the rod?
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Old 02-18-2012, 12:31 PM   #6
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Thanks. It is 7' med/hvy rated 10-20lb. It has a light tip on it.

It cost me about $400 to do my first rod. You're looking at $230 up for a power wrapper. Yeah between me and my buddy, we have about $2k in stuff right now. Its funny bc he bought two sets of guides that rang up at $206
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Thanks. It is 7' med/hvy rated 10-20lb. It has a light tip on it.

It cost me about $400 to do my first rod. You're looking at $230 up for a power wrapper. Yeah between me and my buddy, we have about $2k in stuff right now. Its funny bc he bought two sets of guides that rang up at $206
SICs will do that. nice work! i have no need for another bass rod but will you wrap for people?
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Old 02-18-2012, 06:38 PM   #8
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Yeah, if you need a rod for something else, I am the man. I am currently wrapping a super seeker for a buddy of mine for YT.
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Old 02-18-2012, 07:40 PM   #9
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Old 02-19-2012, 11:20 AM   #10
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beautiful rod.

Jorge,I have a hand wrapper,Rod dryer, and lots of threads if you would like to borrow it.I would not recommend going out and dumping coin on a power wrapper first time around.I have wrapped about 7 rods total all for function over asthetics but they still looked good.the last rod I re-wrapped was my Grandfathers calcutta.
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Old 02-19-2012, 11:25 AM   #11
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Calcutta CANE btw not shimano.Thats his name on the butt wrap,That long stretch of white took a while,wish I had a powerwrapper for that one.

I still need to hand a fish on it.
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Old 02-19-2012, 04:56 PM   #12
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I've wrapped a few rods in my time, and never had a power wrapper. I went the cheap route and got the foot pedal and sewing machine motor. I had a friend with a machine shop that machined me a cup that fit into the motor and drilled and tapped some holes (3) in the cup for chucking up the butt of the rod, worked great. The drying motor on the other hand was a pain. Used to use a Big Boy rotisserie motor but really needed something a little more continuous duty.

Nice job on the rod, really looks good.
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Old 02-20-2012, 08:00 AM   #13
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Great job! I'm still learning. Great hobby to scratch the itch when you can't get on the water. I have a power wrapper but find myself using my old setup. Don't want to threadjack, but for those interested in a simple, inexpensive setup to get started here you go:

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