Extended Range Bass (Club??) Thread

[spade2you]

Indeed, the sustain of your back pain, most likely though.

Oy, between that and my old Peavey amp, I sometimes feel lucky I didn't permanently screw up my back. That damn amp was much heavier than anything I have ever used and somehow was designed so only one person could carry it.

 

[john turner]

eh. i don't really care that much about weight. -shrug-

 

[Ziltoid]

Well u can start caring about it alot and for the health of ure back send me a few conklins ?

 

[john turner]

lol. uh, no.

 

[Ziltoid]

Well i can't say i didnt tryed

 

[Darkstrike]

eh. i don't really care that much about weight. -shrug-

Says Dr. Manhattan........



Seriously, I don't mind heavy basses, but after a long day at work, its nice to play one that's light on your back.

 

[Ben Lesser]

Hey, another New Brunswicker! Cool.

Anyway, I'm thinking of re-stringing my old Ibanez SR506 F#-G. I've got all of my high C needs covered on my Stambaugh (and it sounds better in that range than the Ibanez, anyway). I'm using a lot of low notes in my band, so it'll help to have the low F#, maybe, and at the very least, it'll make it easier to reach the strings that I am using.

Thoughts?

 

[Ziltoid]

Thoughts?

We New-Brunswickers are superior, here's my toughts

 

[7string]

What really got me was the size of the cases. I think I recall my drummer's brother's gutiarist having a Washburn Dimebolt with a case about as long and a little wider than my usual bass cases. As we loaded stuff for a gig, I was amazed how heavy the dern thing was. Much heavier than my bass case and about twice as heavy as the regular guitar cases.

I had a white 4 string Jackson concert bass and the case balanced perfectly when the bass wasn't in it.

Add the bass and the thing just nose-dived and I had to carry it two-handed most of the time.

 

[82Daion]

Here's the current progress on my Skjold fretless 6:

Should be done in August. I can't wait.

Nice to see a new pic of your basses, JT. I love the "melt" on the left in the bottom pic.

 

[john turner]

thanks chris, and that's quite a sweet bass you got coming there. is it going to have a clear finish?

yeah, i need more, and better, pics of the basses. i'm thinking you mean the bass in the 5 - bass rack, right? that one started out as a fretted with purple heart board, but i had bill make me a new neck on it, to sorta match the fretted neck of my doubleneck. originally it was going to be a fretted too, but then i got the maple-and-wenge melt on ebay and so i told bill to make it fretless. unfortunately it had the slots cut already, so it's lined. not much for lined fretless, tbh - the lines mess with me - but still it sounds fabulous. lane poors are awesome for fretless.

 

[spade2you]

Still sucks that you can't get Lane Poor pickups any more.

 

[82Daion]

thanks chris, and that's quite a sweet bass you got coming there. is it going to have a clear finish?

yeah, i need more, and better, pics of the basses. i'm thinking you mean the bass in the 5 - bass rack, right? that one started out as a fretted with purple heart board, but i had bill make me a new neck on it, to sorta match the fretted neck of my doubleneck. originally it was going to be a fretted too, but then i got the maple-and-wenge melt on ebay and so i told bill to make it fretless. unfortunately it had the slots cut already, so it's lined. not much for lined fretless, tbh - the lines mess with me - but still it sounds fabulous. lane poors are awesome for fretless.

I was thinking the leftmost bass in the individual stand towards the center of the pic-it's the one to the left of the maple/wenge bass. That's one of your older ones, right?

The Skjold will have a trans-red finish on the top, but it won't go all over the body-it'll have a faux-binding effect like this bass. I'm with you on the lines on fretless-I'd rather have it blank.

 

[john turner]

I was thinking the leftmost bass in the individual stand towards the center of the pic-it's the one to the left of the maple/wenge bass. That's one of your older ones, right?

oh, yeah. that's my main fretted, and my 2nd conklin custom, got it in '94. that was the first time he had done a melt on the fingerboard, and it was also the first instrument he made with a 7 pin out for the piezos, to go to a rack unit that controlled the pan and volume for each string. bill dickens ended up getting that too, and only a couple other instruments, as far as i know. that rack unit is sorta cool, the only "conklin" rack unit around. i might end up putting it in my rack, just to have it there .

 

[bThumper38]

Well I played six for years, Played a seven string for a couple years, than back to four string, now back to six againView attachment Photo 8.jpg

 

[john turner]

Still sucks that you can't get Lane Poor pickups any more.

yeah, they are awesome pups. i love em - glad i was able to retrofit my main fretted with them from the barts it originally had. huge improvement.

 

[Ed Goode]

Getting the numbers to a more current page

000 - john turner (ERB Godfather)
001 - pointbass
002 - MTMTEX
003 - sei24bass
004 - madbassplaya
005 - BIG CHEETO
006 - Thunderitter
007 - embellisher
008 - JAUQO III-X (director of C#0 division)
009 - spade2you
010 - voodoobassist
011 - Pstewart
012 - Gothic (ERB Club Emeritus)
013 - tjclem (luthier discount )
014 - CraigG
015 - elros
016 - CrispyDelicious
017 - James Hart
018 - El-Bob
019 - Baird6869
020 - paulo silva
021 - Jon Busuttil
022 - Thunkinfunder
023 - uglybassplayer
024 - BillytheBassist (ERB Club Emeritus)
025 - Flintc
026 - ehque
027 - fullrangebass
028 - Mark Wilson
029 - Out of Toon
030 - Bryan R. Tyler
031 - Darkstrike
032 - jkdahlman
033 - Ben Lesser
034 - demolisher
035 - Ric5
036 - Brian7StringNY
037 - Fret18
038 - Honk'n Down-low
039 - NoobOnRoad
040 - GorillaSalsa
041 - King V
042 - 7string
043 - The Insane
044 - Lokire
045 - realbadgroove
046 - 6stringbassist
047 - Stealth
048 - Lo end PUNCH
049 - FissioN
050 - Lefty@best
051 - 82Daion
052 - RLK
053 - AlCaldwell11 (awesome player)
054 - ChiliPepper
055 - Bygde
056 - Krause
057 - Gard
058 - AndersonJ
059 - edbutler3
060 - Gawd
061 - eekmeg
062 - Steelpulz
063 - CrippleMrDanion
064 - 7StringBassist
065 - samt
066 - matthewfoote
067 - MistaMarko
068 - bThumper38
069 - Juneau
070 - Anthbass
071 - Boss Bass
072 - xjeremiahx
073 - Krause
074 - BSR6P-Bob
075 - bstringkyle
076 - Ziltoid
077 - Mudfuzz
078 - Triarii117
079 - Jonah
080 - Bassius
081 - doublebassdude

 

[Ed Goode]

bThumper38 #068

Nice looking bass!

 

[Juneau]

Thought I would join Chris here as a fellow Skjold player. Here is my 6!

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[Ed Goode]

Juneau #069

Amazing bass (and great pics of it, too!)