I know it could only ever be an art project, but a bass with active electronics that contains a tube, and the tube is visible through a “window” into the preamp cavity, might be incredibly cool.
Useless, but we’re talking art.
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- Thread starter Warpeg
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I know it could only ever be an art project, but a bass with active electronics that contains a tube, and the tube is visible through a “window” into the preamp cavity, might be incredibly cool.
Useless, but we’re talking art.
* Nine 'bolt' necks with microtilt side-to-side as well as front-to-back. Ideally the bolts should be of at least three different widths and lengths.
* Pickups 1mm from the bridge for the "too extreme even for Jaco" tone.
* Tuners of which some must be strung on the outside of the tuning peg, some the inner side to achieve a straight pull over the nut.
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Oh no, the active preamp in my Takamine TB10 actually does contain a tube (12AX7) and now I want to cut a window into it....
* Built-in Gizmotron thing in the ashtray pickup cover.
* All the features of those 1960s Italian "organ guitars"
* A variation on the talk box and Ian Anderson's flute technique that takes the humming you make via a throat mic and uses it to create harmonisation effects or volume swells, etc., as required. Requires built-in effects.
* Augmented reality link via AR headset which tells you whether your bass is in tune or not by the use of various visualisations such as colouring increasing proportions of the audience red it you are sharp, blue if you are flat, and all green if you are spot on.
* All the features of those 1960s Italian "organ guitars"
* A variation on the talk box and Ian Anderson's flute technique that takes the humming you make via a throat mic and uses it to create harmonisation effects or volume swells, etc., as required. Requires built-in effects.
* Augmented reality link via AR headset which tells you whether your bass is in tune or not by the use of various visualisations such as colouring increasing proportions of the audience red it you are sharp, blue if you are flat, and all green if you are spot on.
Truss rod adjustment that is via a screw on the back of the neck through a hole in the heel which acts on a gear that then turns the truss rod in the traditional way. This should use an otherwise unused type of interface such as a seven-sided long allen key required of 3.5mm (or not quite 9/64th of an inch) as seemingly used on my EKO Ranger 12-string. (OK, on the EKO it's six-sided, at least).
You should get a tiny wi-fi camera installed in the bass so you can broadcast it onto a back projection.
One of these might work:
Bird Box Camera Kits | Green Feathers
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My wife has suggested she do something similar (plus a bit of a steam punk twist) to a project guitar I have that I am unlikely to ever actually turn into a baritone or ultra-shortscale six string bass... It did seem to fix the deadspot on the 5th fret o the G string. It's now on the D string...
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I understand this pain as I had to drill out and dowel and redrill a bass with this as the screws (wood screws - ack) had stripped the holes too much after many truss rod adjustments.
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And a miniature smoke projector so you can externally visualise the soundwaves in the body cavity... how's that for useless? Oh wait that could actually be useful...
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Yes, that with the mini camera... My wife would probably build this for me (she's really good with soldering and electronics). I don't dare suggest it lest I come home one day to find my ABG modified.
I think we all want to see it
