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07-21-2009, 09:55 AM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | | Aaaaw! Another ERB! "Stratos" 8 strings fretted
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It looks like I have to route for swimming pools, not neck pockets. 
These are the specs:
34" scale
19mm spacing at bridge, 80mm nut
24 frets
solid Wengé body
Zebrawood neck
Cocobolo fingerboard
custom humbucker in the sweetspot
probably tuned B-Bb or F#-F. |
07-21-2009, 07:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: lex,ky | | | i`ve been wanting to do a 11 string,after seeing this im thinking i might,looks great
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07-23-2009, 09:44 AM
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07-23-2009, 09:51 AM
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07-23-2009, 10:44 AM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | Glad you guys like it!
I'd take it but I'll probably end up selling it with its 10 strings brother. I'll just keep it for all August since I have a couple of small fairs where these beasts could be show stoppers |
07-28-2009, 09:20 AM
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07-28-2009, 09:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | | whats the tuning range on the big mutha?
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07-28-2009, 09:49 AM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | | The 10 is F# - Eb and the 8 is actually B - Bb but can be tuned higher or lower. |
07-28-2009, 11:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: MS Gulf Coast | | | How the hell do you play something like that?!? |
07-28-2009, 12:09 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | I'd love to try that 8er fretted, even if just to see if I could do it.
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07-28-2009, 12:12 PM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | | If you can play a sixer then you can play an 8er... and the high F sounds really sweet for slapping, paradiddles and chords.
For a fretless with such a wide fingerboard there are more problems as you really must be able to play in tune without looking at the fingerboard too much... the fingerboard width can make you think your finger is on the dot while it's not. |
07-28-2009, 12:18 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | How wide are they at the nut?
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07-28-2009, 12:26 PM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | 80mm for the 8 strings and 90mm for the 10 but the 8 has 19mm spacing at the bridge (like a Jazz bass) while the 10 has 16mm (more or less like Ibanez sixers). |
07-28-2009, 12:28 PM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | CTMullins: Hei, don't ask... I only build them. 
They aren't as hard as you can think... once you get used to the number of strings it can really widen your note choice and your melody attitude. |
07-28-2009, 12:29 PM
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Endorsing Artist: FBB Bass Works/Barker Bass | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Monroe Twp, NJ | | Very nice work, that 10 is a beauty .....
I don't spend much time in this Luthiers forum, so I'm not sure if you are building for the enjoyment of it only, or selling these basses. Custom orders a possibility? |
07-28-2009, 12:31 PM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | I build them for my own enjoyment but I also sell them  - drop me a line, maybe I can help. |
07-28-2009, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Santa Cruz | | | Looks like it requires seriously big hands!
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07-28-2009, 05:52 PM
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Bass Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Europe | | | Don't know... I have pretty large hands but I'm sure it can be easily played by smaller players without much effort since the spacing is tight. |
08-02-2009, 07:37 AM
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08-03-2009, 05:13 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Very very cool!
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