8 string for Scott Fernandez

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Hi Friends. I'm starting this new thread with a great project for a great player.

Scott Fernandez needs no introduction. He is one of the bassist with better projection in this moment, because his playing style, personality and humanity.

Like everybody knows, he plays BIG basses; a 12 string single course and a 18 string triple course. Also, he plays a 4 string, too

With this new 8 string, we'll try to create something very versatile, an instrument capable to be played with all kind of techniques (fingering, slap, tapping...) but flexible at the same time, to adapt most of Scott's ERB songs.

Also, it is going to be so compact at the same time, because the Headless system.

 

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These are the specs:

-8 string bass
-Prat Reverse shape
-Headless
-36" to 34" multi scale with fanned frets
-Birdseye maple, 28 frets
-7 pieces neck: padouk with curly maple stripes
-Curly maple body cores, with full camphor burl top and back
-Villex pickups
-Noll 3 band totally parametric preamp
-ETS headless system

 

[Splods]

I've been listening to a lot of Scott's stuff recently, I'm glad you are posting this. I' going to love watching this take shape.

Now pictures!

 

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This is the drawing:

 

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The camphor burl for top and back:

 

[Splods]

Gorgeous, this is going to be killer.

 

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So we continue with Scott's bass. These are the 2 pieces of padouk and wenge I chose for the neck:

 

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Then, with the band saw, I cut all the pieces I need (4 padouk, 3 wenge):

 

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And finally, I pass all these pieces for the drum sander, and I glue all together:

 

[Splods]

I wonder how much this will weigh in relation to his other Prat bass

 

[pratbasses]

I wonder how much this will weigh in relation to his other Prat bass

Is going to be much lighter The 18 string I built for him is a BEAST!!!

 

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Ok, so after a few days. glue is dry. So I was using the jointer to clean it:

 

[Epitaph04]

Awesome.

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Great!

Subscribed!

 

[Hopkins]

I always enjoy when there is a Prat build thread to follow, Oscar does exceptional work.

 

[DiAnnoMih]

That is one big bass... Looking forward to it.