Headed/Headless Combo

[andvari7]

While cruising my favorite Steinberger information site (Steinberger World), I came across a page for an obscure prototype bass. It was a fretted/fretless combo, in one neck. You just turn a dial, and frets pop up. They said it was weak, because the neck was hollow.

Now, I have some ideas on how to fix the weak neck issue (all involving Kevlar), but how do you make such a device? I'm waiting for a response from Gibson (which I do not expect to be positive), but in the meantime, I figure I could get something from e'eryone here (whose opinions I value higher than even Gibson's).

 

[Linas]

I would watch who you tell about your idea, before you know it, someone will go and patent it and youll be **** outa luck. But i dont know who would be able to make something like what you are describing.

 

[Thonk]

Something like this

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someone beat you to the punch sorry

 

[andvari7]

Exactly. I was thinking of something more along the lines of a dial, but a switch of this sort works well, too.

 

[pilotjones]

Search the Luthiers' Corner. There's a pretty extensive thread from maybe a year ago where people gave different ideas to do this.