Extended Range Bass (Club??) Thread

[Dr_Bassius]

what's your price point?

 

[Ed Goode]

Bassius #080 ....

Welcome Denson! For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to hear Denson Angulo play, be sure to check out his web site ..... fantastic musician

 

[Ed Goode]

There are really only two things stopping me from seriously checking out a 7+ string.
-Styling
-Price

With regards to style, most 7+ string basses are more or less custom made, or at least built by smaller luthiers. Notable exceptions are the Conklin GT7, Galveston and some random Chinese/Indonesian imports. As far as price is concerned, to get a playable 7 string bass you'd be looking at $500+ even for used gear.

Everyone has their own tastes when it comes to shape/size/appearance of any instrument. With your criteria for specific woods and a shape/size that'll be acceptable, you might well be looking at a custom build. Those costs for a 7 string custom would be at least in the low-to-mid teens, depending on which luthier/builder you selected.

There are many inexpensive 6 string basses available that are very playable, a quick peek at Ebay will give you many options. Now, whether they meet your styling needs is another issue ....

 

[Electra Player]

There are many inexpensive 6 string basses available that are very playable, a quick peek at Ebay will give you many options. Now, whether they meet your styling needs is another issue ....

I'll check it out.

If I can't find one in my budget, heck, I'll build a 6.

 

[Dr_Bassius]

Bassius #080 ....

Welcome Denson! For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to hear Denson Angulo play, be sure to check out his web site ..... fantastic musician

hey thanks...


i like my number...but does that mean i need an 8 string?

 

[doublebassdude]

Newbie to Talk Bass and a newbie to this thread, but an extended range bassist none-the-less! Bought my first 6-string BG back in the late 80's and although I own 4 and 5-stringers have pretty much played a 6 exclusively since about 1989!

I also own and play an Ergo 6-string EUB and a Conklin 7-string BG regularly as well and am considering a 9-string bass just as soon as the budget allows!

An earlier thread asked about technique and whether all ERBassists are slapping & tapping freaks, and although I can and do slap & tap from time to time, as a working bassist in a country rock band, its all about the groove!

If there is an ERB club, what # am I? LOL

Thanks
~ Scott

 

[Ed Goode]

doublebassdude #081 .... Welcome !

Full list of #'s in Post # 566 .....

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Check this out.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554075

 

[J. Crawford]

Would my Peavey Ridge BXP 4 string be considered extended range? I.E., it has the open E, the 12th fret octave E, and a 24th fret octave E.

Im just wonderin.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I wonder if that's the original bridge- there's a ton of extra fretboard spacing on the side of the B string.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Would my Peavey Ridge BXP 4 string be considered extended range? I.E., it has the open E, the 12th fret octave E, and a 24th fret octave E.

Im just wonderin.

Sounds like a typically tuned 24 fret 4-string, right? I wouldn't consider that an extended range as 24 fret 4-strings are massively common- there's probably more of them than 21 fret 4-strings at this point. Tune it in 5ths and it would be extended range

 

[ehque]

Tune it in 5ths and it would have more range than a 5. Most people would call that ER.

 

[elros]

Check this out.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554075

Yes, I've been looking at that one for a while. Saw it first at the basschat.co.uk forum.
There's also a fine used fretless Conklin 7 over at Bass Northwest. Me wants.

 

[john turner]

time for the new pic. new couch...same basses . with an additional one that's on there just for grins.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

The basses are okay, but man, what a couch!

 

[john turner]

inorite? i could live on that thing. like god's couch, except without all the cloud smell.

 

[René_Julien]

inorite? i could live on that thing. like god's couch, except without all the cloud smell.

Where are the cats?

 

[Ed Goode]

Would my Peavey Ridge BXP 4 string be considered extended range? I.E., it has the open E, the 12th fret octave E, and a 24th fret octave E.

Im just wonderin.

Sounds like a typically tuned 24 fret 4-string, right? I wouldn't consider that an extended range as 24 fret 4-strings are massively common- there's probably more of them than 21 fret 4-strings at this point. Tune it in 5ths and it would be extended range

Tune it in 5ths and it would have more range than a 5. Most people would call that ER.

Yup, I'd have to agree .... 24 fret 4's are standard stuff these days .... tuning in 5th's however, changes the story completely ....

 

[J. Crawford]

Alrighty. Just wondered.

Not to sound nooby, but what do you mean when you say "tuned in fifths"?

 

[James Hart]

Alrighty. Just wondered.

Not to sound nooby, but what do you mean when you say "tuned in fifths"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifths_tuning