8 String Bass In Progress

[nateo]

looking very nice... great p/up routes.

Ya hear that Geoff? GREAT pickup routes.

And whoever came up with the bubinga overlay on the headstock and pickup mounting system should probably be given a chocolate bar.

Coffee Crisp, please.

-Nate

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Here you go.

How's that ramp coming along?

Work on Thursday?

 

[pilotjones]

That thing is going to look killer once you get some finish on it!

I was right!

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Thanks Pete.

Here's a couple, a full shot, and one that shows the figuring better.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Here's some oblique shots showing the 3" thick body.

 

[full_bleed]

WOW that looks pretty damn good. How thick is that body?

 

[tplyons]

WOW that looks pretty damn good. How thick is that body?

Read the post... 3"

 

[Zetora]

Wow now that is a beautiful bass, like the huge truss rod cover (if thats all it is, suits it very mush so)

Looks amazing.

Zet.

 

[full_bleed]

Read the post... 3"

I did I'm sorry I must have just missed it

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Wow now that is a beautiful bass, like the huge truss rod cover (if thats all it is, suits it very mush so)

Looks amazing.

Zet.

No, it's not a cover. There's no cover for the truss rod right now. It's just decorative.

 

[Suburban]

The truss access slots are very neatly hidden, I dare say. Like if they were not supposed to be hidden, but just hid by themselves.
Pretty!

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Here's a shot of the truss rod access.

 

[Zetora]

Well that is one very nice headstock, and I wouldn't of noticed it was there really. That is a sleek headstock indeed.

You better enjoy that bass it looks good enough to have tonnes of fun on it.

Zet.

 

[pilotjones]

Here's a couple, a full shot, and one that shows the figuring better.

One advantage of the 8-string "aircraft carrier" fb, it gives plenty of room to show off the wood figure, even fretted. Nice.

So, are you going with some sort of glued-in nut? It's hard to picture, but it looks like you're not doing a zero fret, which I had thought was likely. It looks like your highest treble and lowest bass strings will have a pretty serious break angle.

I like the truss access. I was thinking of something similar but different,opening to the backside. What do you think of the possible downside of directly allowing moisture direct access to the interior of the neck? That's something I've been trying to settle for my own design, no solution yet, short of providing some sort of cover.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

One advantage of the 8-string "aircraft carrier" fb, it gives plenty of room to show off the wood figure, even fretted. Nice.

Yeah, that's one of the great things about it indeed.

So, are you going with some sort of glued-in nut? It's hard to picture, but it looks like you're not doing a zero fret, which I had thought was likely. It looks like your highest treble and lowest bass strings will have a pretty serious break angle.

It'll be a glued in brass nut. No zero fret though. There should be an extensive break angle. I was thinking of using something to make it the same for all the strings, but I don't know that I want to put a piece of metal like that on the headstock.

I like the truss access. I was thinking of something similar but different,opening to the backside. What do you think of the possible downside of directly allowing moisture direct access to the interior of the neck? That's something I've been trying to settle for my own design, no solution yet, short of providing some sort of cover.

Well, barring something getting poured down that slot, I'm not sure that there is any advantage to a truss rod cover that way. Humidity is going to get right past the cover anyway. I know that Conklin doesn't use a cover, nor does Dingwall, Bee or JP. I just went with that.

 

[Sheldon D.]

Whoa Geoff! Looking good!

I know a place in the beautiful Broadway area that you can plug it into an Eden

This place will also have a push/pull next Tuesday.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Thanks a lot Sheldon. As soon as it's ready I'll have to head down to Broadway with it, but probably not until I'm back from the Czech Republic.

 

[wilser]

Agent Smith,
That thing is HUGE!!! I love it! I'm a sucker for big butts and big basses.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Haha. Thanks Wilser.

 

[Sheldon D.]

Thanks a lot Sheldon. As soon as it's ready I'll have to head down to Broadway with it, but probably not until I'm back from the Czech Republic.

Cool. I'll Czech it out when you return