Cabal Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) Discuss or disregard: [url="http://www.longbowbass.com/"]http://www.longbowbass.com/[/url] Cheers, Jake M Edited December 14, 2008 by Cabal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I love the bit where it says, "Choice of 34", 32" or 30" Scale Length (No extra charge)" I don't know whether to ask him for a 48" scale or a 10" scale - either shouldn't be too hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabal Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) Actually i like it, but then i already own one of these: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31715"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31715[/url] Edited December 14, 2008 by Cabal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Looked at these before, but they're somewhat expensive considering there's no shaping to the back of the neck, it's essentially a square cross-section length of wood with two strings attached. And two strings? That's way too may... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Three strings is the way to go. So intuitive. Super-wicked for slap; It's all just Root, 5, octave in one fistful- or any other three-string chord for that matter! Two is okay. I've got to like the purity of the concept, but I'd tune them a fifth apart, so E,B rather than E,A. barre "chords" ahoy! and it increases the range somewhat. (Thinks) D,A for drop tuning might be better... They don't say how many frets-worth of fretless fingerboard there is; Double octave? Theoretically you could play it right up to the pick-ups if the surface allows! Does it have a truss-rod? Didn't see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='354407' date='Dec 14 2008, 05:54 PM']I love the bit where it says, "Choice of 34", 32" or 30" Scale Length (No extra charge)" I don't know whether to ask him for a 48" scale or a 10" scale - either shouldn't be too hard [/quote] I'd like to see the place where you can get strings made for the 48" Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) Standard Upright bass strings should do at a pinch. If not I'm sure [url="http://www.newtonestrings.com/"]Newtone[/url] would make a custom set Edited December 14, 2008 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabal Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 How about this then: [url="http://www.balloonbass.com/"]http://www.balloonbass.com/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjb Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) I'm with BigRedX on the shaping - for the money I'd like to see the neck finished properly. Edited December 15, 2008 by rjb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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