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11-15-2009, 03:37 PM
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Pictured is a Japanese Atlansia bass. Is it just me or is the thumb rest brilliant? It would basically feel like a fifth string for your thumb to rest on to facilitate playing the E string with your fingers, and you could rest your hand anywhere up or down the strings. Notice how its distance from the E matches the string spacing. 
I'm going to try to make something similar for a P bass.
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11-15-2009, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | That is an extremely interesting bass. I like the idea. And the pickups look sweet, too. Link ple-az?
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11-15-2009, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | | I would totally use on of those.
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11-15-2009, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Logan,W.V.(not up some holler) | | | Link!!!!!!!!! |
11-15-2009, 03:47 PM
| | | | Sorry, I don't have a link! Search Google for "Atlansia bass." |
11-15-2009, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | I'll save you guys some trouble. HERE YA GO!
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11-15-2009, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sartor
I'm going to try to make something similar for a P bass.
| If you do, post pics!
I was thinking of trying to do so myself, but am trying to locate parts.
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11-15-2009, 03:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Turlock, CA | | | Atlansia
I have been bugging these guys for Months!!! I want some of their tuners for my FrankenSteinberger but I think they are having production issues. There is also a bit of a language barrier. Their designs are freaking Awesome - they really strike me as much art as function.
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11-15-2009, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lobey If you do, post pics! | Will do! I'm still part hunting, too. |
11-15-2009, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | | Nice. I was thinking of doing this for my 5er since I play it more than my 4 banger. I'd love to tighten up my skills on finger style anyways, plus I've been itching to build something for a while. I totally sliced my finger at work last week with a 6 inch straight knife, and I'm off of bass playing until further notice. It doesn't stop me from doing side projects!
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11-15-2009, 03:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest | | | Wow! Thanks for the link. |
11-15-2009, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by lobey I totally sliced my finger | Ouch! There's nothing worse than a musician hurting his/her fingers or vocal cords. Hope it heals up without complication! |
11-15-2009, 04:00 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Fantastic idea!
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11-15-2009, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sarasota, Florida | | | I'd use one of those. |
11-15-2009, 04:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Atlantasia makes some really really cool stuff. One of the very few forward thinking design oriented instrument companies out there. I've always dug their pod style pickups...think of all the options!
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11-16-2009, 02:19 PM
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Great idea!!! 
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11-16-2009, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sartor Ouch! There's nothing worse than a musician hurting his/her fingers or vocal cords. Hope it heals up without complication! | It's doing better already, and I did it last Thursday. Still having a hard time bending it, but its getting better.
Any progress on your idea?
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11-24-2009, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lobey It's doing better already, and I did it last Thursday. Still having a hard time bending it, but its getting better.
Any progress on your idea? | I'm glad you're healing up.
I managed to find the necessary parts at my local hardware store for ~$5. I bought a steel bar a bit thicker than an E string and not prone to bend, and two copper lugs to hold each end firmly in place:  x2
The steel bar stretches from the bridge to the neck, just like the image in the first post of the thread. I screwed the assembly into a cheap P bass a string-spacing away from the E and I'll have to cut away a small part of the pickguard to allow room for the neck-side lug. I'll post pictures when it's finished. It ain't pretty, but therein lies the beauty of it!
NOTE: G&L and Music Man bridges are a little wider than Fenders, so it might be trickier to get the thumb rest a string-spacing away from the E. This shouldn't be an issue with a stock Fender bridge or a Badass.
Also, pickup height and width has to be taken into consideration, though if the thumb rest is the same height as the strings (washers can be used if necessary) it won't be an issue.
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11-24-2009, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | That's all fine and good until I have a few drinks and try to play the thumb rest like a B string. 
Looks like a great idea! Well thought out. 
This, on the other hand... 
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11-24-2009, 04:10 PM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | | Those are some really cool designs. Very different. Not quite sure about that two string, though.
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