[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1384647686' post='2279222']
I guess it could take some ideas from a Sitar? Good luck with it !!
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Thanks, good thinking!
[quote name='geoffbassist' timestamp='1384651013' post='2279237']
It's an interesting concept. I know Steve Berry had a fretted EUB, which I think has had them taken out.....He said it sounded like a P Bass on steroids!
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A P bass on steroids with a bottom F sharp. What's not to love? I did a series of gigs through some HEFTY PA systems some time ago and played my NS5 almost exclusively. The heft that the extra scale length gave was beefy and addictive. I love using the bottom B, I would LOVE to have a functioning bottom F sharp. I like the whole curved fingerboard feel. I like how I play on a curved fingerboard. I find it very comfortable. I am not looking for a DB with frets, I am thinking about a super long scale bass guitar with a curved fingerboard. The EUB has that form factor.
[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1384677488' post='2279284']
I didn't know they made them. Seems pointless to me
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That's ok, I will not be lending it out
[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1384711859' post='2279811']
Check out Chris Larkin's Superblen fretted 6 string EUB.
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I have been in discussion with Chris but he is not making them anymore.
It is an unknown quantity for me so I don't really want to be dropping serious coin on one without actually trying something similar, but if I found the concept was a go-er I would be happy to flog 2 or 3 basses and commission something.