bass_dinger Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 https://reverb.com/uk/item/53221267-unknown-maker-unknown-5-string-bass It's on Reverb.com. It has stripes. It makes me sad. For my own education, could the luthier have used a commercially available body-mounted tuner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 "Striking looks" As in you could use it as an axe in a gang fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPJ Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Interesting. I alway assumed (although never actually checked) that strings got slightly narrower from ball end to the open end. If that is the case than that would give an interesting playing dynamic to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Here, "unknown" means "sidled away before the blame could be allocated". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 The 'break' angles and friction where the strings exit the bridge to the machine heads will make for interesting tuning issues (unless there have been modifications). I think I will give this one a miss.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I reckon the balance will be off kilter with all of the weight South of the strap button and it's likely the headstock will whack you in the face if you're not careful. (Mind you, if you buy that, you'll probably deserve it!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 5 hours ago, prowla said: I reckon the balance will be off kilter with all of the weight South of the strap button and it's likely the headstock will whack you in the face if you're not careful. (Mind you, if you buy that, you'll probably deserve it!) I've been wondering about putting strings on a rake for a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nation Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Using the original 4x1 tuners to boot, so it looks ever-so-slightly more rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I think that was on eBay a while ago. Seems like all they've added most of the saved length back on to the rear of the bass, that's probably only a few cm shorter than it was before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 On 01/05/2022 at 12:22, alyctes said: I've been wondering about putting strings on a rake for a while... Careful what you wish for, it could be done 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 hour ago, 3below said: Careful what you wish for, it could be done Nothing like calling a spade a spade... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 hours ago, 3below said: Careful what you wish for, it could be done Dig that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 13 hours ago, alyctes said: Nothing like calling a spade a guitar... Corrected that for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 He has talent in spades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 30/04/2022 at 17:48, bass_dinger said: For my own education, could the luthier have used a commercially available body-mounted tuner? Yes, it would have cost around £300 for a 5-string though because you can't get the dead cheap AliExpress headless kits in 5-string. Could have done five singles though. Warwick and (IIRC) Kramer both took a similar approach to headless, so it sort of works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 03/05/2022 at 18:35, 3below said: Careful what you wish for, it could be done The only card he needs is the Bass of Spades… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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