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Who makes curved-back basses (e.g. Spector)
- Thread starter tonemachine
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buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Yeah, I've played Warwicks, was never comfortable with them, although they are great sounding basses.
Yeah, that's right. Chunky necks. Sound awesome, though.
Also, looking at some warwick pictures, it looks like they, like spector, have the top horn stop shorter (relative to the 12th fret) than other basses. This effectively makes the nut and lower pitch frets a longer reach. I've even considered somehow extending the strap hooks on my Spector but fear extended leverage ripping the horn apart.
Bear with me, if this seems picky. I have a left hand/wrist issue so the longer reach is an unpleasant challenge and a lump of scar tissue on my torso, right in the middle of where I like to wear my bass so the curved backs fit it perfectly. Flat-backed basses tend to use that lump as a major pivot point so I then have to fight with them. It's managable for routine playing but I want to really step up my playing and a bass that pivots less will greatly help for the precision required for more fluid playing.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
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Sorry, couldn't resist......
Ibanez Ergodyne basses. Very comfortable.
This is the back of an Ergodyne EDA900.
This is the back of an Ergodyne EDA900.
Peavey Unity series Dyna bass was a neck through design with a sculpted curved body. I used to own a koa one,with a 5-piece neck through. You can still find these fairly cheap,too.
Take a look at the NS Design radius bass and see if it has enough of a contour
This is Ned Steinberger who designed the Spector NS2 and then he also designed the Steinberger basses, NS Design is his current company and his instruments are build at the same factory that's used to build the Spector production basses called the Euro....Ned has designed new violins, etc. and this is his bass.
If you're interested in an NS Design CR5 Radius, I have one available...
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My Ibanez SR500 lefty slides into me closer than my first crush girlfriend in high school...
Adamovic basses call it X-ergo, I call it the belly place.
From Adamovic basses website:
"The Jupiter and the SuperNova models have a carved back called "X-ergo shaping". The back is carved in such a manner that the bass wraps around your body adding stability and a more comfortable feel. Because of the carved back the instrument stays in the playing position even when you let go both of your arms. You can use all your strength for playing instead of for holding the bass in it's position. The results are: faster hand movement, longer playing time and a reduced chance of injuries."
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From Adamovic basses website:
"The Jupiter and the SuperNova models have a carved back called "X-ergo shaping". The back is carved in such a manner that the bass wraps around your body adding stability and a more comfortable feel. Because of the carved back the instrument stays in the playing position even when you let go both of your arms. You can use all your strength for playing instead of for holding the bass in it's position. The results are: faster hand movement, longer playing time and a reduced chance of injuries."
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Now I get what curved back is for, I should loose some weight too ;-)
Loose weight is the worst kind. It just kinda flaps around and gets all in the way..
