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A self-proclaimed troublemaker in his youth, Chris Benavente considers himself extremely lucky to be his own boss |
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Brian, the owner of The LowEnd bass shop, works with Chris as a designer of the Instruments and handles the pickups and electronic tonal characteristics. Brian is also functions as Benavente's marketing, sales, and artist relations. Brian does the majority of tweaking the electronic package and pickups tone. Brian brings with him the knowledge of how basses should sound and feel, having run a boutique bass shop since 1995. He's learned what works and what areas need changes with the basses he's played and come through the shop. Brian came to meet Chris through an eBay transaction in 1999. Since then, he and Chris teamed up to try and design/build instruments for players that felt like a part of them and to be flexible for all styles. Brian is always busy with some new body style or electronic modification to make Benavente's that much better. This makes him a perfect match with Chris (who can be left to concentrate on woodworking). |
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and to have the opportunity to utilize his talent for making high quality, hand-crafted musical instruments. Born in Los Angeles, CA, the Benavente family moved to Oregon in 1984 "Just in time to keep me from doing something stupid that could land me in jail”. Currently residing in Grants Pass, OR, Chris now thanks his parents for the move to an environment with a slower pace and fewer distractions. “It's probably a good thing that nothing ever happens here due to how much time I have to devote to the business”. While initially attracted to building guitars care of a high school wood shop class, Chris made stops molding fiberglass, building custom entryways, and working as a CNC machinist before arriving at his true calling…building basses. While some of those jobs helped give Chris an understanding of the building process, his first real lesson in luithiering came in 1995 after reading the book “Build Your Own Electric Guitar” by Melvin Hiscock. That, combined with a little fret training from a local repair person, was the extent of Benavente's initial training. Later, while in college, Chris needed a project for a CAD/CAM class, and since he had always been fascinated with fretted instruments, decided to build a set of pickup rings. After realizing that he also needed a guitar to mount the rings on, he decided to build a guitar as well! The results were so good that he decided to pursue the craft, and Benavente Guitars was born.