Entrepreneurs in Bushwick: Pelosi Basses
Anthony Pelosi of Pelosi Basses.
Deidre Schoo continues her series on entrepreneurs in Bushwick with Anthony Pelosi of Pelosi Basses:
Describe your business.
Probably best described as monkey business, my business involves the creation of handmade musical instruments. Most of my sales, at this point in time, are through word of mouth and consignment in shops.
How and when did your business start?
My business officially started in 2003. I want people to appreciate a product that starts with love and ends with love. Just ignore the kicking and screaming that goes on in the process!
When did you move your business to Bushwick?
My business moved to Bushwick in 2006.
And what brought you out here?
The smell of the waste management plant on Thames Street…just kidding! Really…the space was good for me and I was ready to pursue my business further.
Do you have any funny, quirky or weird stories about the neighborhood?
Well, there’s lots of them. Some probably aren’t appropriate for most people. I like to recall the man pissing behind a car on Porter — in fact, that was just today — or the dog vomit strewn throughout the stairwell of my building. There’s also the paranoid guy that was talking to the TV in a local diner. I told him that he should leave and was thanked by the owner. At the same place I also heard the owner tell someone “Oh you couldn’t do nothing” after hearing that a patron of the diner was locked up in Rikers for 3 years. The list goes on and on.
If you have a new business in Bushwick and would like to be a part of this project please email Deidre.
Wow, a guy who works with tools and his hands to create something tangible, something of value. How un-hipster-like. I’m sure he’ll be priced out in a couple of years.
Very cool basses!
I think you have a manual labor obsession.
No, just a healthy respect for useful skills and craftsmanship.
True musicians understand the pain-staking work of making it right. You can buy a Fender and run your hand down the neck. It feels like it’s going to cut you. A machine cuts and assembles those guitars and people put minimal attention into it’s completion. Why do orchestral players play 100 year old instruments? hmmmm You keep driving your V.W. bug. I’m going for the Rolls-Royce. -Jeff