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[quote name='OldGit' post='86061' date='Nov 9 2007, 05:10 PM']Absolutely!
Good stuff Argh,
Can we avoid all the "that's not a bass" stuff this time?[/quote]

THANKS OG!!!

Now lets get you a 7 string......

:) :huh:

Do you want the stats? All the geeky sh*t we know and love?

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[quote name='ARGH' post='86082' date='Nov 9 2007, 05:35 PM']THANKS OG!!!

Now lets get you a 7 string......[/quote]

Oh I'd love to look after the Doodle, or it's cousin, for a few years :)
I didn't sign up to play on my own or do chords though (that's why I play bass:)) but I think I now have more open approach having moved from a 4 to a 5 ..

Bass guitar mag this month has a feature on ERB player Stu Mckinsey and his 10 string ..
[url="http://www.subcontrabassist.com/"]http://www.subcontrabassist.com/[/url]

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[quote name='OldGit' post='86045' date='Nov 9 2007, 04:48 PM']9's not so big :)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNYrPKO06c0&NR=1"]14 string bass project[/url][/quote]

Seems he aint the only one

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375139"] 14 strings on Talkbass [/url]

I know which one has more chance of success!!

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[quote name='wmsheep' post='86327' date='Nov 9 2007, 11:04 PM']Seems he aint the only one

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375139"] 14 strings on Talkbass [/url]

I know which one has more chance of success!![/quote]

Ah but that looks real .... "13 strings'" 14 stringer will probably be made of B&Q shelf pine, not actually work and be tuned "any notes you like,It's just tuned to itself" just like his 13 string project was ....
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENB1TjeskwE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENB1TjeskwE[/url]

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Its intonates very well actually. Obviously if I change string guages we will have to redo the bridge,but as there aint THAT many string makers with the balls to make 18s,15..or viceversa 150s,165s +....etc,Im quite happy! :)

Stats

Forgive me Jim if I am wrong,but this is what I remember!

Woods used:-

Body:Tulipwood.......thats solid Tulipwood NOT a top or veneer
Neck:Walnut,Sycamore...Thruneck...with a Mahogany back
Fingerboard:Purpleheart....3 Octaves of it..YES 3 OCTAVES
Headstock:Walnut with Ebony top

Tulipwood pickup cover,Tulipwood/Ebony bridge/string retainer (Brass strip to hold the ballends) Ebony nut.

Gotoh Machineheads,Hipshot Detuner at F sharp machinehead...SUB E folks..f***ing low!!!),9v 2bnd eq...thats going to be upgraded to a 3 bnd Bartolini as and when it appears in the UK,I wanted the instrument ASAP because of an audition. Coil split (Push/pull volume pot) Humbucker/Single coil selection.

Conklin Snakeskin strings (Steel roundwounds) .150-.015 (see how I go..I might go heavier in given time)

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[quote name='Wil' post='86054' date='Nov 9 2007, 05:02 PM']+1.

Congrats on the bass, looks good! How is it tuned/whats the range?[/quote]


F sharp to A sharp...with sub E being possible via the Hipshot....

Its weight,is about 11.5-12 lbs...My Fender P is more ungainly that the 9,in fact the 9s headstock is smaller,it balences quite well..

2 days in,and i plugged it in to my full stack (Tech21).......the room rumbled.

Its going to take a few months to get up to scratch on this,it IS a different...superior...instrument to play,and as and when I feel competant upon it,you will see and hear the results!

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Dont feel inadequate..

I have been blessed with goalkeepers hands,and..freakishly some would say! The lefts fingers are 1/4-1/2" longer than the right...

Im as mortal as the next guy or girl....But I have been blessed with a desire to play this instrument.

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That is truly amazing, what a beautiful looking instrument.

What rig do you use ?.

I got hooked on ERB's a few years ago after seeing a guy at a music show playing a 9 string, being able to play notes lower than a conventional bass, and all of those high notes is so cool.

You're only limited by your imagination, not by your instrument.

Congratulations on a fantastic instrument, I really mean that.

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Tech21...with matching 1x15 and 4x10 cabs.....Neutrik cables...little else.

I like a dirty sound,and Ive always liked Tech21 gear ever since I tried their Bassdriver DI...

plugged it in on a halfway point in a gig,the room rumbled...its quite defined.

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