Yes, laugh at me.... but I have a question.

Kind of like a mocking bird design.

I don't know if you'd be able to fit that many pups, comfortably at least.

Why would you want so many? there are other ways to get a variety of sounds on one bass.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for experimentation with bass designs, I just don't think this would be A)practical and to a lesser extent B)possible.

I mean I'm sure it is possible, but seems like a waste, the bass would probably end up sounding like crap anyway.

 

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Five pickups will fill all the space beteen the bridge and the bass of the neck, even if you push them up close together... unless you're planning a deep set neck with about three accessible frets.

For your homework, do some searching for the mocking bird design (BC Rich, I think), do another version that's more to scale, and think about whether you really need so many pickups!

Wulf

 

Check for balance.

Your design will be as top-heavy as Dolly Parton

Rules of thumb:

upper horn should end @ 12-14th fret

lower horn should enable easy access to the highest fret.

Optical balance is important too, the upper body half should look in balance with the lower half (hard to describe).

More than 3 pups are whacko imo.

Check out Le Fay for a cool 3-pup design.

www.lefay.de

 

Sorry mate but I have to say i dont really like the body on the bass, though the pickups i quite like.

 

If only all "design" was that easy - I would be a multi-milionaire by now!!

Can I laugh now?

 

On the subject of design, while less is not necessarily more, having so many pickups is going to make the wiring horrendous inside and push the cost up... and you might still find that you end up with not much more flexibility than the average two pickup bass.

If you haven't already seen it, get hold of the movie Spinal Tap and look out for the scene where they're discussing amps that go up to 11. I think there might also have been a multipickup guitar, but it's a while ago that I last saw it!

Wulf

 

body looks a bit long and strange, it seems too long, I don't know how long hte bass will be... and you're missing a jack to plug into

 

Wow....just imagine the 60 cycle hum!!.....

 

Dont quit your day job LOL !!!! .Interesting design,you dont need to be a great artist to design custom things(basses ETC.)Look at the son on the new T.V. series on discovery channel,the son Paul designs some of the best hot-rod choppers and custom vintage bikes around,but cannot draw to save his life.Paul said on one of the first episodes that "I CANNOT DRAW OR PAINT FOR CRAP,BUT I KNOW WHAT MAKES A CHOPPER LOOK COOL,SO THEN I JUST PUT IT TOGETHER" My point is keep on trying,sooner or later it will pay off.

 

Hey, I too am enjoying whiskey's pleasure! Cheers!

 

The builder for this bass is painfully obvious. Steeeeve? ... Oh Steeeeeeeeeve!

 

Some "quick" photoshopping...

 

wow.....I'm amazed the original design/idea could have turned out....so....err....crappy.

yah, the mockingbird would suit the purposes, with perhaps a pickup config like this:

 

you may want to try individual volume pots/knobs for each pup rather than a pan.

 

I was wondering if drugs were legal where you came from because you seem to have taken quite a lot of them.

Seriously though - an active imagination is a good thing!

 

It needs a longer neck.