BerryTheBass Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) Today is launch day of new website which is (hopefully) to sell my new handmade WheelBasses. See here for more info - [url="http://wheelbass.co.uk"]www.wheelbass.co.uk[/url] All started when I drove past a lorry, noticed it's mudguards and thought - hang on a minute... Although there are probably other obsessive geeks out there like me, possessed of a large set of tools and a perverse sense of enjoyment/satisfaction from making something like this, I figured there are probably some people out there who'd appreciate to not have to get messy with all the tools and fiddling around. So, doing small batch production of the WheelBass for such folk. Edited April 20, 2013 by BerryTheBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owencf Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Its amazing how close genious and insanity are related. thought about pneumatic wheels for a bit more cush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Great product Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I reckon Blinddrew would be interested, gotta be better than carrying a bass on a bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerryTheBass Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Owencf - Yep. Went through many stages of R&D, but opted for these wheels for compactness. They are still very smooth ride though. The 'elastic' rubber of the tyres is a bit like the rubber they use in power balls (remember them?) Feels very hard when you try and press a finger into em, but when there's the whole weight of a bass on top of em, they absorb small shocks inbcredibly well, so when rolling along a pavement for instance, hardly notice the pavement gaps and cracks at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owencf Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Nice product, if i hadn't already brought a case with wheels i would buy one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anDy LAKIN Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 wow great product and idea i hope it goes well. if people are still worried about bump absorption when pulling it along maybe a soft rubber spacer could be placed between the base of the wheel and the body of the carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerryTheBass Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Hi andy159 Thanks for your post. Nice thinking regarding the soft spacer, but I did do that with my very first 'dolly' wheels - the dolly comprised two fixed castor wheels mounted to a small rectangular rubber plate, in turn fixed to the bass case by velcro. It had a snag when I added soft cushioning: The benefits of added cushioning are offset by the disadvantage of introducing an instability, allowing the instrument to move with 'a mind of it's own', so to speak, instead of being securely held by the wheeled platform. Not to worry though, because there's actually ample cushioning with the WheelBass as it is currently spec'd. The foam liner strips inside the cradle are 10mm thick, and there's also the large area of the cradle itself dissipating any shocks over a large area, instead of delivering the impact directly to the area of the bass that sits above the castor wheels (which had been an issue with the small 'dolly' I used for a while). If you have a spare minute, everything technical about the WheelBass is covered on the website (link above). If I have missed any information, just ask. Regards Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anDy LAKIN Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 steve sounds like you have done a great job to make a very useful and well developed product that will work exceedingly well, i wonder what your next product is gonna be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinddrew Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 That looks like a very nicely thought through piece of kit. Certainly more professional than the bike trailer idea I'm working on... ;~) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Steve's a dude, it's going to be serious dude quality gear... Yay for your idea Steve! Hope it goes a storm. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerryTheBass Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Thanks for the big up Jake. Everything's going to help at this stage. Trying to get the word out there. See you soon, somehow, I hope. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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