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Useless bass features
- Thread starter Warpeg
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Apparently ANY control knobs.
A cappuccino maker.
A six string bass tuned one octave higher.
Anti feedback notch filter
A Darkglass distortion on board.
A 12 string bass tuned with each coarse one octave apart.
Locking tuners
Locking nut
Floyd rose bridge.
A cappuccino maker.
A six string bass tuned one octave higher.
Anti feedback notch filter
A Darkglass distortion on board.
A 12 string bass tuned with each coarse one octave apart.
Locking tuners
Locking nut
Floyd rose bridge.
From memory my '79 MM Sabre had that, a 3 bolt neck with a set screw under the heel of the neck that could be adjusted with an Allen wrench.
Edit: found a pic - the small hole at the bottom was for the Allen wrench.
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A smart phone jack. So when people say "Oh he's/she's using IEM you can just smile.
Yes, and I don't see any 'micro tilt' on new basses which says something about it's utility but nonetheless I am sure that a more elegant engineering solution could be designed. Agree totally about threaded metal inserts, again from an engineering perspective, but then again necks tend to be, in my limited experience anyway, more of a 'set and forget' item in which case the less 'correct' wood screws are probably sufficient if inelegant.
I want one of those!
Fretless fingerboard from the 7th fret up. Somebody did this at one time but I forget who it was.
Volume and tone knobs under strings.
Volume and tone knobs on back of neck.
Piezo frets.
Carbon fiber frets.
Ceramic neck.
Nylon-coated fingerboard.
Hydraulic bridge.
Tuners mounted at neck heel.
Volume and tone knobs on back of neck.
Piezo frets.
Carbon fiber frets.
Ceramic neck.
Nylon-coated fingerboard.
Hydraulic bridge.
Tuners mounted at neck heel.
A USB charge port so you can charge your iOS device
I hear that’s Ernie Balls next concept after the onboard fuzz thing wears off
I hear that’s Ernie Balls next concept after the onboard fuzz thing wears off
Proprietary pickup shapes with pickups which have very unique tone character.
22mm string spacing at the nut and 28mm string spacing at the bridge “the slap guys and girls will LOVE this!”
A four band preamp that is boost-only and only affects 600-1500hz, 1.6-5Khz, 6-12Khz, and 13-30Khz.
Reverse Fanned Fret: 31” on the bass side and 37” on the treble side. (I feel like whoever was doing R&D&M at Guild and Carvin in the 80s would’ve gone for this)
A hard investment in Piccolo Basses
lots of paid endorsements and daytime and primetime advertising on The Big Three networks.
Heat treated 4130 alloy steel necks and bodies
Balsa fingerboards for fretless basses.
22mm string spacing at the nut and 28mm string spacing at the bridge “the slap guys and girls will LOVE this!”
A four band preamp that is boost-only and only affects 600-1500hz, 1.6-5Khz, 6-12Khz, and 13-30Khz.
Reverse Fanned Fret: 31” on the bass side and 37” on the treble side. (I feel like whoever was doing R&D&M at Guild and Carvin in the 80s would’ve gone for this)
A hard investment in Piccolo Basses
lots of paid endorsements and daytime and primetime advertising on The Big Three networks.
Heat treated 4130 alloy steel necks and bodies
Balsa fingerboards for fretless basses.
...always-on high-pass filter at 400Hz.
