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Crazy custom basses

#23
How many strings can one put on a single neck bass?

Warrior holds the current record with no less than 15.

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look at that head...

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#24
Warrior also make these double neck 4 string/12 string basses in "normal"...

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and fretless versions

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#30
Originally posted by DEFELDUS
umm, just a guess...

but wouldnt that top neck be unuseable in the fretless area? wouldnt the strings hit that first fret? :hmm:
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Not if the fretless area is level with the top of the frets.

A member that used to post a lot, Bass Guitar, had a bass modified so that the first 7(or 9, can't remember) 'frets' were fretless, and this part of the fingerboard was even with the tops of the frets on the fretted part. He could get mwaahh in the first few positions, fretted accuracy above that, and could get a metallic slap tone in any position.
 
#31
Originally posted by embellisher
Not if the fretless area is level with the top of the frets.

A member that used to post a lot, Bass Guitar, had a bass modified so that the first 7(or 9, can't remember) 'frets' were fretless, and this part of the fingerboard was even with the tops of the frets on the fretted part. He could get mwaahh in the first few positions, fretted accuracy above that, and could get a metallic slap tone in any position.
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ah, good idea. i never thought of that. :)
 
#33
Here's a pic of the 18-string Modulus bass played by the late Allen Woody. He used it when he was playing with the Allman Brothers on the song "Whipping Post." This photo is from 1991. Other photos of Woody's 18 and 12-string basses are [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

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#35
Originally posted by embellisher
Not if the fretless area is level with the top of the frets.

A member that used to post a lot, Bass Guitar, had a bass modified so that the first 7(or 9, can't remember) 'frets' were fretless, and this part of the fingerboard was even with the tops of the frets on the fretted part. He could get mwaahh in the first few positions, fretted accuracy above that, and could get a metallic slap tone in any position.
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I'm almost positive it was the other way around. It was tuned F#-C, and the first 5 were fretted, and the rest was fretless.
 
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