Let's see yer eight string!

Here ya go:



More pics-
http://www.curbow.com/store/gallerypages/8String/index.htm

Curbow fretless 8 string. Burled elm top over a one piece mahogany back. Quartersawn Rockwood Lite neck with a Rockwood fretboard. Bartolini quad coil pickups with an 18 V Bart preamp.

Thomastik Jazz Rounds for the bass strings, and GHS piccolo strings for the octaves.

Sounds amazing, and is a lot of fun to play.

Personally, I can't wait to check out Xush's new FBB 8 string singlecut.

 

I was at the FBB shop today and xush's 8 string is almost done and it looks killer!!

 

just go for a 12ver

 

My 8 string...Old-School style...

 

That's KILLER! (don't suppose you'd let me take it off your hands, eh?) btw, how did you make it stand on the wall?

I'll have a 10-string (double-five) in several months... I'll keep you posted, if that's of any interest to you.

Could somebody explain the 12-string to me? Isn't it the same as an eight but with two octave strings (in the same octave)? Why? If you're going to have three of each string, they should be three different octaves, dagnabbit.

 

Sorry, CJ, but I think I'm going to hang on to this one for a while. It's just too much fun, and was too great a deal. That stand is actually a tripod stand that came with a Ramirez classical guitar.
And for the twelve string, yes, it's the fundamental with two octave stringes in unison. Gives a chorus kind of effect. I'll take the 8...12s give a bit too much highs for my ears.

 

with a 12ver I feel you get a much fuller sound and amasing tone playing somethin simple and melodic or even some raw metal. Ive played some 8;s and just didnt think the tone that I wanted was there.

as for small fingers, mine are small and chubby but the nut on my 12ver is smaller than most 6 string necks and smaller thatn some 5 string necks so I dont seem to have much of a problem from my small fingers

 

Still in construction....


















**Couldn't resist!!**

 

A 12 string just fills up too much sonic room for my tastes. besides--I have a lot more facility on my 8 string than I could ever have on a 12. I also had mine set up so I could play each set of strings independently (think fretless guitar ).

Don't worry, Progzilla--JT will come in at some point and post pics of his 8 strings, even though they aren't octaves...

 

Actually, neither is the one I have pictured...

 

Oh, I know. It still looks cool, though.

 

Spalt rocks!

 

Hey patrickj, that is a SWEET top!!

 

Thanks! It's not totally bookmatched, but it's close enough for rocket science

 

this is what I'm using presently:


It's a great bass in the mid-range niche. Taught me to love 8-string. Hate to part with it, but it's for sale now.

Something interesting should be taking its place soon, hopefully.

I've played Bassmonkeee's 8 fretless. Very nice! A totally original concept, very very cool. Lovely sitarish drones up in there.

Adron's Hagstrom is cool too; major vintage vibe. Probably the closest spacing I've ever seen on an 8.

So, when are you moving to London, BTA? I was hoping you could make it over to our Bass Summit in Mobile...

 

it's like the Talkbass Get-togethers, but in my studio in Mobile.

Just a bunch of folks, a bunch of basses, a bunch of fun! Haven't really decided on when it will be, since we just had the GTG in Atlanta. Don't know if we could whip it together in 6 weeks or not. Maybe!

There's probably a thread about our last one on here somewhere...lemme check.

nope, not much there, so try here:
bass summit pics on my site

there's a link from there to another site, Linny LeCompte's (AGB webmistress)