Extended Range Bass (Club??) Thread

[uglybassplayer]

New (custom?) or used? I thought they stopped offering the claro walnut model a while back.

Used, won in an eBay auction last week. IIR, seller said it's a 2002. Here are some pics from the auction...

 

[spade2you]

Used, won in an eBay auction last week. IIR, seller said it's a 2002. Here are some pics from the auction...

Gotcha. Cool. Always was sad that this config didn't last long.

 

[Flintc]

I wonder if a 6-string bass is still considered an ERB, considering that even Fender seems to be going there, and it's a standard off-the-shelf model for many brands from Ibanez to Modulus to Peavey to Schecter.

In any case, I get plenty of happy mileage out of my 9-string bee:

 

[Want a 9]

Hey Paulo,

You pretty much have my dream bass there. I hope to one day own a Jerzy Basic IX myself.

 

[ehque]

Here's mine. Again.

 

[paulo silva]

ready to build one.

hey Tom,
and how about a nine string fretless monster
your design is very interesting and with nine strings, I think it would be a great instrument.

Hey Paulo,

You pretty much have my dream bass there. I hope to one day own a Jerzy Basic IX myself.

if you want, come and spend some vacations here in sunny Portugal in the summer and you can play the bass all you want

 

[tjclem]

9 strings. What a beast! How wide are they at the 24th? What is the string to string spacing at the bridge on those ultrawides?

 

[paulo silva]

Tom, in the 24 fret the total distance of the neck is 13,1 centimeters.

the others spacings are:

the scale length is 35.
the spacing in centimeters are:
at the nut 7,1 centimeters or 71 milimeters.
67milimeters of usable space between string to string (not center to center)
the string spacing at the bridge is 17,5 milimeters

 

[fullrangebass]

I would like to apply for a membership number

I've had three 7str basses so far, but I've come to a realization that I'm in my "comfort zone" with my 5str and 6str basses

Usual "No pic, no bass" rule, applies here, so I oblige

That's my 6str bunch. I am sure I don't need to add the 5str bunch as well

 

[Ed Goode]

I think we've got everyone so far ....

#023 uglybassplayer
#024 BillytheBassist
#025 Flintc
#026 ehque
#027 fullrangebass

Full list of names & #'s in Post #31

 

[Mark Wilson]

I'm in.

Conklin GT-7

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[Ed Goode]

I wonder if a 6-string bass is still considered an ERB, considering that even Fender seems to be going there, and it's a standard off-the-shelf model for many brands from Ibanez to Modulus to Peavey to Schecter.

We're a pretty diverse group

Extended range is all in the mind and approach, IMO. String count isn't the only factor ... for example, it'd be very difficult to say that one of Skip's 39" scale 4 string Knuckle basses or Jauqo's low C# basses wouldn't qualify as "extending" the range of the bass

Just looking at the "What kind of bass do you play" poll http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426626 shows that 6 string basses represent about 11% +/- of the total of 4 string basses ... not an overwhelming % by any means, but a definite increase in recent years, to be sure. And 7 string basses are less than 1%, 8 strings below 0.005%. Beyond 8 strings, somebody with better math skills than me has to figure out the percentage (maybe 0.003%??) ...

 

[Ed Goode]

Mark Wilson # 028

 

[john turner]

Apparently we DO need numbers ...

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
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
025 - Flintc
026 - ehque
027 - fullrangebass
028 - Mark Wilson

lol. of course you know who's member #00, don't you?

 

[Ed Goode]

lol. of course you know who's member #00, don't you?

Done and done

 

[Out_of_Toon]

Count me in, here's the build/info thread on my ERB:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512262

And I'm waiting for the GTBD-7 to arrive any minute now

 

[Gothic]

JT, P L E A S E don't post "the pic" again!!!


(Why won't anyone trade my sixer for a GT-7? )

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I've always loved ERBs- within my first year of playing bass I was watching Bill Dickens and Anthony Jackson and really wanted one for myself. Now after 13 years of playing, my only bass is a six-string with six-string fretless to match it being built.
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We're a pretty diverse group

Extended range is all in the mind and approach, IMO. String count isn't the only factor ... for example, it'd be very difficult to say that one of Skip's 39" scale 4 string Knuckle basses or Jauqo's low C# basses wouldn't qualify as "extending" the range of the bass

I remember asking Jauqo about that some years ago- my take on it was that it was not an extended range instrument, as the range was the same as a standard four-string- only the tuning was different. Range has always been to me the number of available octaves/note tones at your disposal. Many fours still qualify though- the Hyperbass for example has a greater range than many six-strings. Even retuning a four-string up in 5ths to be E, B, F#, C# would make it an extended range instrument (although difficult to play ).

lol. of course you know who's member #00, don't you?

I thought you didn't like clubs?

 

[Ed Goode]

Out of Toon & Bryan R. Tyler #'s 029 & 030

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I just turned 30 a week ago too