12stringbassist Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Apparently appearing at NAMM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Blimey. A string angle at the nut!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Steve Browning said: Blimey. A string angle at the nut!! It's hardly the worst example you could find. Anything with an Explorer-style headstock will be far more extreme. And so long as the nut has been cut properly everything will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Rickenbacker?? Never heard of 'em. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 They finally got round to it then. I wonder if it will be a 'proper' fiver and not just 5 strings squeezed onto a 4 string body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: They finally got round to it then. I wonder if it will be a 'proper' fiver and not just 5 strings squeezed onto a 4 string body. Judging on how the five strings have been squeezed onto a 4 string headstock I doubt it. It wouldn't have taken much imagination to come up with a five-string specific headstock shape to make it look balanced whilst retaining the essence of 'rickness' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 28 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: It wouldn't have taken much imagination to come up with a five-string specific headstock shape to make it look balanced whilst retaining the essence of 'rickness' Surely the make-do, cobbled-together look IS the essence of 'Rickness'? Rrrowl! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: They finally got round to it then. They already made a 5 string. tried one out in birmingham in 1995 when I ended up getting an alembic instead. very narrow string spacing. That's about all I remember about it. possibly sound control. i remember it being pretty close to the Bass centre - through the railway arches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Dave luvs 'um Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, jacko said: They already made a 5 string. tried one out in birmingham in 1995 when I ended up getting an alembic instead. very narrow string spacing. That's about all I remember about it. possibly sound control. i remember it being pretty close to the Bass centre - through the railway arches. I know, hence my subtle dig at the string spacing 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 38 minutes ago, BassBus said: Dave luvs 'um ".....Anyway............back to this fiasco... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Fire wood??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Want to get excited. Then I realised that I don’t currently play 5’s, and I had a ric which I sold because I wasn’t using it. love how they look - like your dream partner, post lobotomy...great to look at but ultimately not much use other than to look at. (in my opinion/for my taste - I know they have their fans) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 14 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: ...like your dream partner, post lobotomy... How could I arrange such a procedure for my dream partner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, discreet said: How could I arrange such a procedure for my dream partner? I don’t know, mine’s the brains of the operation as well as the looks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 minute ago, AndyTravis said: I don’t know, mine’s the brains of the operation as well as the looks... Hunh?? Hurr... *dribbles* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I would probably like the spacing, I would probably like the bass. Its probably cheaper for me to go and ask Mr Shuker to go and make me one of those uberhorns in the best wood going with jewels built into the controls, and still have a few quid for a nandos. I know which one sounds more appealing at the moment, I haven't had chicken in ages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 That’s a convincing faker 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The small piece of nut next to the B string will last a few weeks at best with the B trying to pull to the side like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The nut slot cuts look both 'interesting'in their execution and much further apart on the G-D than the B-D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) Ill cut it short... I think there crap. Edited January 23, 2018 by bubinga5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I don't like or play fivers, but if i did, i would pick one where all 5 string are actually over the fretboard What an abortion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 25 minutes ago, fleabag said: I don't like or play fivers, but if i did, i would pick one where all 5 string are actually over the fretboard What an abortion. You’ll be getting a nasty letter in the post©️®️™️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I hope so. The i'll have Rickenphukker arrested for unleashing that turd on the general public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Did that headstock inspire Tru*p’s combover or was it the other round? Edited January 24, 2018 by scalpy Grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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