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Ten String ThunderBird (5x2 multicourse)


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Spondon:  Not much except I'd build the body.  Belly contour, side jack.   Balance is about the same as most Thunderbirds but it's a heavy neck and tuners.  Most multis are neck heavy unless you spend a lot of money on tuners.

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Gotoh Resolites and Stealths, insanely light and priced that way.

WoodinBlack:  Well it does have a Ric headstock and that's their preferred setup for Eighters.  Plugging and redrilling is a PITA but worth it. 

 

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15 minutes ago, dadagoboi said:

Spondon:  Not much except I'd build the body.  Belly contour, side jack.   Balance is about the same as most Thunderbirds but it's a heavy neck and tuners.  Most multis are neck heavy unless you spend a lot of money on tuners.

Much as I expected, thank you.

Will you continue to buy in the necks then?

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1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said:

Much as I expected, thank you.

Will you continue to buy in the necks then?

You're welcome.

The Ibanez necks are excellentt quality and readily available. I prefer to buy anything I can't make or have made better.  There's no actual 'production' , almost everything I build has some degree of customisation depending on customer preferences and how I feel about incorporating them.

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6 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

You know they come as 8 strings don't you? 

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I have a Dean Edge Eighter. Neck is dual trussrod  49 mm at the bridge 3 piece maple.  I also have a Dean 4 banger.  Neck IS NOT dual trussrod  three piece maple or 49 mm.

That said, you can build a decent eighter with a single trussrod one piece neck, but not without at least a 45mm wide nut..IMO string spacing will be too tight with anything less

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5 hours ago, dadagoboi said:

I have a Dean Edge Eighter. Neck is dual trussrod  49 mm at the bridge 3 piece maple.  I also have a Dean 4 banger.  Neck IS NOT dual trussrod  three piece maple or 49 mm.

That said, you can build a decent eighter with a single trussrod one piece neck, but not without at least a 45mm wide nut..IMO string spacing will be too tight with anything less

Obviously you know more about the construction of these things, but my dean is a 45mm nut, and the spector was quite a bit less. Also it had I believe a single truss rod. It was a better bass to play than the dean (but in my case 4 times the price so I didn't keep it, but maybe I should have).

 

 

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52 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Obviously you know more about the construction of these things, but my dean is a 45mm nut, and the spector was quite a bit less. Also it had I believe a single truss rod. It was a better bass to play than the dean (but in my case 4 times the price so I didn't keep it, but maybe I should have).

The Schecter Stiletto Studio 8 only has a 40mm nut. Which gives me some hope I can mod my Dean Edge 4...

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2 hours ago, dadagoboi said:

It's easier for me to chord a multi string with a wider neck, very tight spacing between root and octave(s), and minimal neck relief. 

Exactly the opposite with me on the neck width, but then I once a bass goes past 45mm overall at the nut or 17mm spacing at the bridge I have already lost it a bit!

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On 15/09/2018 at 22:14, dadagoboi said:

Dialing in the beast.

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Absolutely amazing work so far!
I too have just realised that I probably need at least an 8 string in my life now...

Can I ask what shape the gold bass is on the right in this pic? I can't seem to find it on your site.

Cheers,
Eude

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1 hour ago, eude said:

Absolutely amazing work so far!
I too have just realised that I probably need at least an 8 string in my life now...

Can I ask what shape the gold bass is on the right in this pic? I can't seem to find it on your site.

Cheers,
Eude

Thanks,!

The gold bass is a one off, started out as a 4 string.  I rerouted the neck pocket and dropped in the neck from my BigBottom 12er when I was developing the current 12er bridge/tailpiece.

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BigBottom and NR 12s

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23 minutes ago, dadagoboi said:

Thanks,!

The gold bass is a one off, started out as a 4 string.  I rerouted the neck pocket and dropped in the neck from my BigBottom 12er when I was developing the current 12er bridge/tailpiece.

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BigBottom and NR 12s

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Thanks for the info, I REALLY like it as a shape, very cool.

Eude

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Putting a cork in this one.  Turned out the 10 string spread was a bridge too far for the ThunderBuckers, which after all were designed for five strings maximum. I put it aside to ponder and took a long vacation to California.

Upon return I got a set of Aguilar G3 40 series which do the job very well.  Slight routing /touchup was necessary and it's gone to the happy customer.

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