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06-08-2007, 08:20 AM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | | 10 string octaved project
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I thought you guys might like a sneak preview of this project. (Plus I think this pic is pretty nice.) This is a 10-string octaved with bridge and tailpiece that I'm making on my milling machine. It will have two Villex singlecoils.
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06-08-2007, 08:31 AM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | Looking very nice so far. |
06-08-2007, 08:59 AM
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06-08-2007, 09:17 AM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | Cool, photos of the bridge? |
06-08-2007, 09:24 AM
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Endorsed by Fentanyl/Percocet/Valium and other legal painkillers ;-) | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Evansville, IN (new to area!) | | | Very nice - an octave 10-string is something I wanted for a long time and have had to make due with effect solutions (in the 90's my old Bass Whammy, currently my Yamaha MagicStomp EB) which, while tracks and sounds surprisingly well, simply isn't the same. I thought many times about picking up a Dean Edge Hammer 10X but it's a good chuck of change for something that could be a "one trick pony". If I were in a trio situtation, that'd be a different story... |
06-08-2007, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Fla. | | | That is a beautiful instrument. I'll be very curious to see it when it's done. That quilt is stunning. Did you design that body style yourself? Alembic-like, but somehow nicer, IMO. That's saying alot, I know. Nice work!
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06-08-2007, 11:36 AM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JC Dillon  That is a beautiful instrument. I'll be very curious to see it when it's done. That quilt is stunning. Did you design that body style yourself? Alembic-like, but somehow nicer, IMO. That's saying alot, I know. Nice work! | Thanks, yes that's my body design 
I actually talked to Dean about getting a 10-string bridge from them. It was reasonable priced but didn't come in gold. So I opted to make my own from brass. I'll take a couple pics tonight. |
06-08-2007, 04:47 PM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | So, as requested here's a couple pics of the bridge system. The main block is height adjustable at either end. The 5 saddles are adjustable for intonation. The octave intonation is fixed (got lazy for this one).
String the bass strings first, then the octave strings into the same tailpiece slots.
The saddle heights are preset to match the radius of the fingerboard.   
Last edited by Son of Magni : 06-08-2007 at 09:08 PM.
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06-08-2007, 11:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | Oh man, I cannot get enough of your work.
i may have to save my pennies and give you a call in a couple of years. |
06-09-2007, 06:54 AM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | Nice! |
06-10-2007, 08:35 AM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Nice. How do you intend to finish the brass?
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06-10-2007, 10:07 AM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotjones Nice. How do you intend to finish the brass? | I leave them in the white / let them patina naturally. If I were going to seal them what would you recommend? |
06-10-2007, 02:19 PM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | | Done (kinda)
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06-10-2007, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NE Dallas,Tx,Usa,Earth, M.Way | | | nice bass
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06-10-2007, 03:24 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | |
06-10-2007, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: north of chicago | | | I like it
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06-10-2007, 04:41 PM
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Builder: ThorBass | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH | | Man, you guys are so verbose! It's hard to get through all your posts 
But glad you like it! |
06-11-2007, 08:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Brunswick NJ | | bridge tutorial? or a free bridge?  |
06-11-2007, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | As always, you have made one killer looking bass. I love your work and it just keeps getting better.
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06-11-2007, 11:41 PM
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