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Extended Range Bass (Club??) Thread

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Anderson J said:
Yes. He sold it to Taiwright, here on TB. I bought it from Tai. It was for sale 6 months before I bought it. Seems a little odd, it was for sale so long. As soon as I saw it, I snatched it.
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I remember that it was hanging around for a while ... congrats on the purchase! But actually, it's not that surprising that it took a while to sell it .... aside from the lunatics posting in this thread, not all that many people are interested in a 9 :ninja:

I wouldn't imagine that there are more than a couple of dozen 9 strings that have ever been built ... I can only come up with about 10 or so that I know of, but of course I'm old and feeble-minded ....

That is a really sweet looking bass, how do you have it tuned?
 
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I'd check with Fred himself, he might be able to recommend someone OR do it for you....not sure if he's into that kinda thing or not.

I have known Pedulla to epoxy some non-pedulla basses with thier "diamond coat", but if they agree be prepared to shell out a bunch of $$$$. A friend of mine got them to epoxy the neck on his Fodera 4 fretless a few years ago, but I know it cost him almost $1000 with shipping costs.
 
#424
Anderson J said:
Can anyone recommend someone who could epoxy the neck ? HG Thor does not want to attempt removing the custom nut.

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custom nut? pics? :)
 
#425
pointbass said:
I wouldn't imagine that there are more than a couple of dozen 9 strings that have ever been built ... I can only come up with about 10 or so that I know of, but of course I'm old and feeble-minded ....
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i'm pretty sure bill conklin has actually done quite a few by now - undoubtedly more than a couple dozen. that is speculation on my part, however, based on how i know his business is doing, and potentially inaccurate.

the number of 9's in existence is probably in the coule hundreds range, at least. still not a lot, but more than, say, the number of doubleneck 7 strings :D. :hyper:
 
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john turner said:
i'm pretty sure bill conklin has actually done quite a few by now - undoubtedly more than a couple dozen. that is speculation on my part, however, based on how i know his business is doing, and potentially inaccurate.

the number of 9's in existence is probably in the coule hundreds range, at least. still not a lot, but more than, say, the number of doubleneck 7 strings :D. :hyper:
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That's a lot more than I would have thought, but as previously stated ... "old and feeble-minded" :rolleyes:. But in reality, even if the actual is 300 basses, that's nearly inconsequential compared to 4's & 5's .... Rondo probably sells 300 4 strings a month ....

As far as double-neck 7's are concerned, no one would ever be crazy enough to try one of those ... :hiding:

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#428
A very enjoyable thread, Pointbass; quite civilized, too. My meager offering consists of an econo Korean 6 string bass that I recently defretted. The string spacing is very tight (~15mm), so it is easy to fly around on. I'm quite happy with the results but I reckon a poly finish for the finger board is in order in the near future.
 

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john turner said:
ooo, yeah, that's a nice touch.

a wood nut, though, seems unwise to me. despite how nice it looks, might want to replace it anyway - bone or brass or something less likely to break over time. i don't know, might not be an issue.
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I'm pretty positive that board is all Acrylized. If that's the case, the stuff will hold up better than bone or corian, etc.

IMO/E the epoxy treatment of the Acrylized wood is a waste. Simply use tripoli to buff the board to a high gloss and it should have similar tone & feel
 
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I dont have a clue where to buy any strings for this thing
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Try [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. These are SIT strings, but Conklin sells gauges from .195 all the way up to .007 to fit long-scale basses. Also Snakeskin strings, which includes the low F# but not the high D# if you tune it that way. (I tune mine B-E-A-D-G-C-F-A#-D#).
 
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Anthbass & Stickk #'s 059 & 060 ...

Anthbass said:
A very enjoyable thread, Pointbass; quite civilized, too
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Thanks, but it has very little to do with me .... Mr. Turner indirectly implanted the seed in my head, as well as having a great deal to do with maintaining civility ... ;) I'm basically the "number-giver-outer" ....

But it has been nice to be able to chat some in a thread without the usual pot-shots being taken. It would also be nice to delve into some other ERB-unique issues like pick-ups, bridges, etc ..... as a fairly recent ERB convert (just a little over 4 years since my first 6) I know I've had many problems locating bridges besides Hipshot stuff, and I'm woefully inept with sourcing out electronics. I would guess that others have similar issues, and we ERB guys don't generally get too much in assistance from the other forums here ....

Stickk said:
I'm building an 8-string fretless (as in octaves, not 8 individual strings) that's equivalent to 26 frets. Does that get me a number?
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If you've got the b*lls to play a long neck octave fretless you don't need to ask permission to get a number :D

Post some pics as you progress ... :cool:
 
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pointbass said:
But it has been nice to be able to chat some in a thread without the usual pot-shots being taken. It would also be nice to delve into some other ERB-unique issues like pick-ups, bridges, etc ..... as a fairly recent ERB convert (just a little over 4 years since my first 6) I know I've had many problems locating bridges besides Hipshot stuff, and I'm woefully inept with sourcing out electronics. I would guess that others have similar issues, and we ERB guys don't generally get too much in assistance from the other forums here ....
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Yeah, that's a pretty good idea! I'm curious what kind of pickups everyone else is using. Which manufacturer does 6+ PU on a regular basis? Maybe a bit more insight what seperates ERB-PU from regular PU (not only the size)...

I'll start with mine :)
Manufactered by me (just like the bass :smug: ), singlecoils with neodymium magnets, 8,4KOhm and 7500 turns on the neck. They're clear and transparent as hell with some serious growl. The output is not as much as I would like , so there are some things that will be improved in the future.
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