Headless six?

[elros]

Bass Lab:

Probably not particularly cheap either.

 

[Suburban]

$1500 for a headless 6? That money is enough to talk to a freelance luthier, but no more, alas. It covers the material and that's it - almost.

Either you build one yourself, from some scrap furniture or other solid planks, or find a used.
The first alternative saves the labour cost, and the latter is an interesting gamble.

 

[A9X]

A headless six would be a cool bass, but I'd sure hate to have to figure out how I would get strings for it. It's a big enough pain just getting 'em for my 'berger XL-2.

Status do 6 string double ball sets.
Most modern headless designs use a headpiece that allows the use of standard single ball strings.

 

[wulf]

That's one of the reasons I use Status strings on my headless Sei 6 - cheap, decent and easily available (via mailorder):

Are you based in the UK? How about calling up The Gallery and asking what they've got in second hand? That's how I got mine - I was thinking of getting one custom built but then found the bass pictured above. It was pretty close to what I would have chosen and had the big advantage that I knew it had the sound and feel I wanted before parting with any cash.

While not "cheap", it was probably about as inexpensive as I could have had anyone build that kind of instrument for me from scratch.

Wulf

 

[A9X]

That's one of the reasons I use Status strings on my headless Sei 6 - cheap, decent and easily available (via mailorder):

Are you based in the UK? How about calling up The Gallery and asking what they've got in second hand? That's how I got mine - I was thinking of getting one custom built but then found the bass pictured above. It was pretty close to what I would have chosen and had the big advantage that I knew it had the sound and feel I wanted before parting with any cash.

While not "cheap", it was probably about as inexpensive as I could have had anyone build that kind of instrument for me from scratch.

Wulf

That's a great looking bass Wulf. I'm really impressed with the aesthetics of the Sei designs, and I bet they sound and feel great, but until I actually play one (unlikely in Australia) then I'm managing to avoid any GAS about them.

 

[Fret-less Six]

Jake made my headless 4. I don't think he has made a headles six. You might have been thinking of mine.

I was def thinking of your bass...that thing is killller

 

[Andy Brown]

Wait, wait, wait....

...a headless Zon 6 w/ 19mm spacing???

a conventional Zon 6 w/ 19mm spacing??

would it have a composite neck? (Joe's doing wood now)

Yes, Joe said he's looking into it for me. If the mfr can supply the hardware, then I assume he'll build it.

 

[Lo end PUNCH]

I really like the Status Mark King Standard but they ARE expensive and Mark likes real tight spacing so that was out of my league in many different aspects, that is until I visited their site and saw that they now offer wide spacing. That got the juices flowing on the headless quest again. That Sei is amazing!! how's the sound? Does it have a good slap tone? beautiful Anyone know what the spacing on the Steinbergers gonna be or the body design type???

 

[wulf]

The Sei is lovely and certainly works well with slap (18mm spacing doesn't hurt, either). Where are you based? If it's near London, it would definitely be worth checking out The Gallery.

Wulf

 

[Lo end PUNCH]

I'm in Wisconsin USA, home of US Masters Basses(one of which I've had Built , I saw a SEI 6 on their site that was used last year for 1400!!! I could of cried!!! didnt have the dough, and when I did get it, it was gone!!