Club Bordwell

[spade2you]

yeah, it has a Wishbass/CT thing going on

J/K

Sure does. Too bad it will never sound as good as Fender.

 

[DaveAceofBass]

Sounds cool Alienation!

Here are the specs to mine that is also about to start!

Ball-Bass 5-string Fretless

CUSTOM BODY STYLE
Custom Modified Ball bass shape (Wider Ball with maybe a stubbier lower horn) It would even be cooler if the bass body was even just a little bit wider than the norm.

Hollowed out body option to builders discretion on body weight to neck dive.


Dimensions
Scale length: 35
Neck shape:
Thickness at 1st: .850(standard)
Width at nut:
String spacing at Bridge:
Body thickness: 1.4, 1.525(required for battery), or 1.625(required for Push/Pull knobs)

Construction
Neck: Wenge/ thin Maple accents
Fingerboard: 2 tone Maple - Invalid Link Removed bottom piece of maple
Fingerboard Radius: 0(Flat)
Nut: Stabilized Ebony
Full faced top: Yes

Body woods
Top: Burl/Quilted Maple
Accent: Thick Wenge / Thin Purple Heart (On both sides of the body core)
Core: Ceder
Back: Birdseye Maple
Headstock Plate: Burl/Quilted Maple
Back of headstock: Birdseye Maple
Cavity cover: Birdseye Maple

Hardware
Color: Black
Bridge: Hipshot style “A”
Tuners: Ultralites
Truss rod: two-way adjustable
Fretless: 24 (black side dots?)
Strap locks
Output: 1/4" Face mount

Electronics
Pickups: 2 Kent Armstrong dual coils wired together to make a quad coil under one Wenge cover
Preamp: 4 Band Z-mode Audere preamp 1 vol.
Controls: Wenge wood knobs
Gig Bag
Standard gig bag:

Notes:
Body Layers
Burl-Quilted Maple \ Thick Wenge\ Thin Purple Heart \ Ceder\ Thin Purple Heart \ Thick Wenge \ Birdseye Maple

-ScottM

Sounds like a way cool build. I'm very interested in this one--especially the hollowed out Ball bass.

 

[Cliff Bordwell]

Normally, I'm not a fan of a single cut on a 4, but that one seems 100% appropriate for some reason.

This is the 1st "SCB" 4-string and I am with you, single cuts never
seem quite right on a 4-string. I did a lot of changing around of the
shape to work with a 4-string. I am glad you guys like the results.

 

[spade2you]

This is the 1st "SCB" 4-string and I am with you, single cuts never
seem quite right on a 4-string. I did a lot of changing around of the
shape to work with a 4-string. I am glad you guys like the results.

Gotcha. I must admit that I had assumed it was going to be a 5 string when I was looking at it previously.

 

[rythman6969]

Sure does. Too bad it will never sound as good as Fender.

lol

 

[scottm]

Thanks DaveAceofBass.

The top on that "SCB" 4-string looks insane! Cliff's updated website makes the wait for one of his basses go by really fast.

I want another one with a carbon fiber neck now

-ScottM

 

[spade2you]

I want another one with a carbon fiber neck now

-ScottM

I believe Cliff is looking into that. I've kinda pitched the idea that it would be kinda cool if he'd do partial graphite necks (using graphite as a big center strip) that way he'd be able to do 4 strings on up at varying scale lengths and string spacings. I dig the idea of graphite necks, but obviously us custom folk have fairly different desired specs, which would typically require a ton of molds.

 

[scottm]

(using graphite as a big center strip)

Wow, that sounds like a good idea. Has everyone ever done that before?

-ScottM

 

[spade2you]

Wow, that sounds like a good idea. Has everyone ever done that before?

-ScottM

Not sure. I think so, but I don't know so. It would mostly be an issue of finding a graphite company that could do it. He had mentioned the idea of graphite to me in conversation once and my gears got 'a grinding. I know Bee offers a 5 string and a 7 string neck, but you only get the one neck option. How long did we hear people complain that Modulus wasn't offering 19mm and/or 34" scale?

I thought of things from the custom bassist perspective and figured this would be kinda cool and still uber flexible from an options perspective.

 

[scottm]

Not sure. I think so, but I don't know so. It would mostly be an issue of finding a graphite company that could do it. He had mentioned the idea of graphite to me in conversation once and my gears got 'a grinding. I know Bee offers a 5 string and a 7 string neck, but you only get the one neck option. How long did we hear people complain that Modulus wasn't offering 19mm and/or 34" scale?

I thought of things from the custom bassist perspective and figured this would be kinda cool and still uber flexible from an options perspective.

Yes, that is an awesome idea!

-ScottM

 

[spade2you]

Yes, that is an awesome idea!

-ScottM

Glad you dig it. Heh, I'm worthless as heck with a screwdriver, but I have a fairly active imagination. The only limit would be thickness, in theory. Hopefully this idea works out. I know I'd definitely order one. Even though, I just placed the Rami on order, I've got my mind set on a fanned 6 and a fretless 8 ERB.

 

[rythman6969]

 

[scottm]

SWEET!!!!!!

Have you gotten it yet?

-ScottM

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Wow- that's gorgeous. Did you bass the design after Wolfehollow's Marchlewski (I probably misspelled both of those) bass?

 

[rythman6969]

Wow- that's gorgeous. Did you bass the design after Wolfehollow's Marchlewski (I probably misspelled both of those) bass?

you mean this one? no ,I never saw it before now, but it looks awsome! wonder why I think that.

 

[rythman6969]

SWEET!!!!!!

Have you gotten it yet?

-ScottM

yes I did !




pm'd ya

 

[spade2you]

Wow- that's gorgeous. Did you bass the design after Wolfehollow's Marchlewski (I probably misspelled both of those) bass?

I thought it was a little closer related to Big O's Stambaugh visually.

 

[Alienation]

you mean this one? no ,I never saw it before now, but it looks awsome! wonder why I think that.

That's an interesting find.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I thought it was a little closer related to Big O's Stambaugh visually.

Now that's just crazy talk. No more crazy pills for you, pharmacist or not.

 

[Alienation]

The "Grape Ape" has been posted.

I like it.