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11-09-2009, 07:46 AM
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A neckthrough. A continuous finger board that goes from the nut, over the pickup(s), to the end of the bass body and serving as a string through anchoring. Ebony nut and saddles.  |
11-09-2009, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | You mean like this Shuker? OK, the bridge doesn't look wooden but you get the idea. 
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11-09-2009, 09:17 AM
| | | | Ooh, that is sweet. I don't think I'd want a bass with only piezos, but it sure is pretty to look at. I like the way they describe the fingerboard--the "infinite octave" fingerboard. Of course, you need infinitely small fingers to play the infinite octaves, but it sounds cool anyhow.
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11-09-2009, 09:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: S. Carolina | | | Looks like the the Holy Bible is right... "there is nothing new under the sun."
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11-09-2009, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | It has a Seymour Duncan humbucker under there as well. I want. 
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11-09-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by velvetkevorkian  It has a Seymour Duncan humbucker under there as well. I want. | Once you put a pickup in there, that limits how high up the fingerboard you can play, as if you try to play between the pickup and the bridge then it won't work. Though I guess it's intended as an aesthetic thing anyway.
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11-09-2009, 11:16 AM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Look up pagelli. Beautiful examples of this.
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11-09-2009, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malta (Europe) and Britain | | | My Wishbass has a 3 octave plus fingerboard - as do most other Wishbasses. The upper reaches aren't really much use in practice, I find. |
11-09-2009, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotjones Look up pagelli. Beautiful examples of this. | Very nice! 
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11-09-2009, 01:41 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | IF that is a Snakewood fingerboard I can't imagine how much it cost........t
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11-09-2009, 02:17 PM
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We know you would be doing the fretboard in BLOODWOOD, of course, and piezo only, I am sure. Right?
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11-09-2009, 02:22 PM
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Brownchicken Browncow | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by velvetkevorkian Very nice! | that's the bass i picturing after reading the OP.
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11-09-2009, 03:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: S. Carolina | | | Yes, that is loverly, indeed. And I love that whitewash antiqued finish on some of the others that I have seen other European luthiers also utilize. Great stuff and fine fretless design. IMHO. |
11-09-2009, 04:04 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GODSBASSMAN t,.
We know you would be doing the fretboard in BLOODWOOD, of course, and piezo only, I am sure. Right? |
It would be one possibility for sure. 
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11-09-2009, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by velvetkevorkian You mean like this Shuker? OK, the bridge doesn't look wooden but you get the idea. | Ive played this monster at Shuker Towers - its just an amazing instrument. The neck is a tiny 17mm thick, total dream to play, or would be if I could play without frets... 
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11-09-2009, 06:19 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tjclem IF that is a Snakewood fingerboard I can't imagine how much it cost........t | It's snakewood. One enormous, perfect piece of snakewood. 
Here's are some ebony brothers.  
Dang I love those things.
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11-09-2009, 06:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | Didn't Ritter make one as well?
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11-09-2009, 06:56 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Yes, Ritter has made some, a few years after Pagelli. Armen has done one also.
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11-09-2009, 07:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lima - Perú | | | Why snakewood is so pricey?
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11-09-2009, 08:29 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by eleonn Why snakewood is so pricey? | Because of both beauty and scarcity. It is very attractive, but it cracks when it dries. Good pieces large enough for even a guitar fretboard are rare. Even small sticks for making pens are expensive.
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