Hanewinckel Piccolo 7-string!

[Dave Grossman]

I've just put in my order for a new Hanewinckel Signature series Piccolo 7-string. Pete has a really wicked burl top that he's going to use. He's going to get me a pic as soon as he lays out the body on it.

That's the new Retro body style. It's not at his site yet ( http://www.hguitars.com/ ). It'll have a set neck. Bartolini pickups. Chrome hardware. The other woods, we haven't totally nailed down yet. I told Pete to pick what he thought was best. I've trusted his judgement in the past an he's never let me down. Oh yeah, it'll have lighted side-dots too!

It'll be tuned like my other 7-strings but an octave higher. BEADGCF

I'll post the new pics as I get them. Pete's going to try to have it done in time for NAMM.



Dave

 

[superbassman2000]

wow! thats cool!
isn't that tuning going to sound very similar to a 7 string guitar?

 

[bassteban]

I imagine it will be handy to have so much range in a piccolo. What will the scale length be?

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

wow! thats cool!
isn't that tuning going to sound very similar to a 7 string guitar?

I imagine it won't as the scale length is probably going to be somewhere around 29"-30" I would think.

 

[Dave Grossman]

I imagine it won't as the scale length is probably going to be somewhere around 29"-30" I would think.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. Yeah, it's a 30" scale length. I'll be using light-gauge GHS Progressives on it. An 080 on the low B string. Not sure what the high strings will be yet.

- Dave

 

[Dave Grossman]

wow! thats cool!
isn't that tuning going to sound very similar to a 7 string guitar?

A guitar scale length is about 25 1/2" (for a strat). Having a 30" scale length will give me a much different tone. Also, the tuning will be straight fourths.

Pete and I are also discussing a 9-string fanned fret bass. That's going to require a lot more design work on my part. That one is probably about 18-24 months away. I probably won't start on that one for another year.

- Dave

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Pete and I are also discussing a 9-string fanned fret bass. That's going to require a lot more design work on my part. That one is probably about 18-24 months away. I probably won't start on that one for another year.

- Dave

I can't wait!!!

 

[geshel]

Cool! Yeah, I was about to say (doubtful naysayer voice on) "A high F with a 34" scale? Bah! It'll never work!" (dnv off)

 

[Jean Baudin]

It needs a whammy bar and a hot pink paintjob.

 

[mark beem]

It needs a whammy bar and a hot pink paintjob.

 

[Dave Grossman]

It needs a whammy bar and a hot pink paintjob.

I will be! Nothing makes a $300 burl top shine like a few layers of opaque pink.

- Dave

 

[Dave Grossman]

Just got a preliminary pic of my top wood:

Ever see purple wood before?

- Dave

 

[PilbaraBass]

Just got a preliminary pic of my top wood:

Ever see purple wood before?

- Dave

Wow!!! I've been growing that SAME top in a Tub of yogurt in my fridge since 1997! I can't wait to make it into a bass guitar!

Seriously, I really dig it!

 

[temp5897]

I'm pretty sure that's blue/gray and not purple.

And yes I have some wood with actual purple in it. I think Carey Nordstrand has chestnut pieces with some wild colored streaks in them.

I bet the bass is gonna be awesome when it's finished. I like Pete's stuff quite a bit.

 

[Ed Goode]

Just got a preliminary pic of my top wood:

Ever see purple wood before?

- Dave

Dang, that is pretty, almost too pretty to cut (well, not really )

 

[B8ssMan89]

That bass is gonna be SEXY

 

[Ben Rose]

Your top wood is full of holes.

 

[JPJ]

Excellent top, Dave!

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Nice, whats your build time?

 

[Dave Grossman]

Nice, whats your build time?

Pete is going to try to have it ready for NAMM in January. So, about 5 months. That's tentative though.

- Dave