What bass is this?

[Wadge]

The builder of knuckle basses turns up sometimes on this forum, so you could ask him a question.

With regards to the headstock, there was a tread recently about ugly and nice headstocks and some people commented on the fact that they thought they were ugly, some said they liked them. Myself, I'm not sure. THe builder (his name escapes me) even said that has has refused sales when the purchaser requested a redesigned headstock.

But astethics aside, I think that there is a place for a 38" scale. It might not be for everybody, but it is nice that there is someone out there building them and, although the debate about the correlation between scale lenght and clear sounding B string is not yet settled, one could imagine a powerful B string on it.

 

[bannedwit]

man, those people didnt read my posts in order, i eventually figured it out and even posted a picture of it...

After, i get a couple posts saying that it is NOT what i previously said it was, but failed to see my posts of me correcting myself

its all good... just read everything

 

[MrWalker]

His forum name is knuckle_head and he's a very nice person.

I think the issue about the headstock is a matter of personal taste and opinion. It's very unique, and I must say it's very efficient if you think about balance and saving weight.

Everything i've read and heard about these basses are good, but I know for a fact I wouldn't use it due to the scale length issue. But for those who need extended range downwards, it's a definite winner. No doubt.

 

[knuckle_head]

Re-post the pic! PLEEEEEASE!!!

Did you attend a Debris show? I haven't heard Mike play the bass live yet and have only seen promo pics of him with it...

Hiya MrWalker! btw - Quakes are a 39.5" scale length.

 

[severbass]

Skip from Knuckle (Link Removed) told me about this thread and I thought that I would tell you guys how great this bass is! The 39.5" scale takes a little getting used to, but now that I've been playing it awhile, playing a regular scale feels a bit small!! My band Debris tunes to G# alot of the time, so the scale is perfect. I could actually go way lower and get a good tone due to the custom string guages available (.185 for example). Anyway, to hear the knuckle on recording go to Link Removed and say hello!!