MacDaddy Posted February 17, 2018 Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Details to follow... Edited August 25, 2021 by MacDaddy . 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 I want to see the other side of this at least, if not the entire instrument. It looks fascinating. Have you played it? Quote
roman_sub Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 IMO a far superior option to d-tuning! Subscribed with interest Quote
MacDaddy Posted February 19, 2018 Author Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 08:05, SpondonBassed said: I want to see the other side of this at least, if not the entire instrument. It looks fascinating. Have you played it? I've only seen the extended fret board from afar, in places like the Royal Opera House orchestra. Regular readers may know my preference for 'Kubicki' style extended fretboards (see Shukers 1 and 2) but this time I wanted something with tuners, and I showed Jon the db pics and he reckons he can do something similar but more playable. 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted February 19, 2018 Author Posted February 19, 2018 this is what I sent to Jon: Hi Jon ok, so the rational: Although it will be gigged, this bass will live on a stand in my flat as it will be my go-to-bass for learning songs, and having to detune. As such it will need to be able to cope with differences in temperature and humidity. The body needs to be the same as my other Shukers (I guess that's my 'thing' now 😊 ) and the neck (double octave) and the ramp/rest the same size and profile as on my zebra Shuker. Same scale as Shukers 1 & 2 (mid scale 32" to the open E?) No LEDs on this one, and no fret markers on the board. Usual passive, single vol pot. Straplocks. not too heavy and nicely balanced (despite the headstock). Headstock, whatever magic you want to work, but only extended to D (not C like the doublebass ones). I'm happy to give you free reign on everything else. 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted March 1, 2018 Author Posted March 1, 2018 Jon's been asking about the colour/finish. I'm still not sure, though I'm thinking maybe a Steampunk vibe? Not necessarily extraneous cogs and dials, but stripped and bare... Quote
MacDaddy Posted March 12, 2018 Author Posted March 12, 2018 On Thu Mar 01 2018 at 13:31, MacDaddy said: Jon's been asking about the colour/finish. I'm still not sure, though I'm thinking maybe a Steampunk vibe? Not necessarily extraneous cogs and dials, but stripped and bare... Sort of like when you can see the patina on old worn faded metal... Quote
MacDaddy Posted March 12, 2018 Author Posted March 12, 2018 More like the kind of thing they do on Sin City Motors, when they strip the paint Quote
MacDaddy Posted March 13, 2018 Author Posted March 13, 2018 15 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Bloody relic job ... Ooh no, none of that! The finish is one thing, but I'm not having chunks lopped off willy nilly. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 18 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: Ooh no, none of that! The finish is one thing, but I'm not having chunks lopped off willy nilly. The first time I read that it made my eyes water! 1 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted July 13, 2018 Author Posted July 13, 2018 time for an update? The latest from John: its been through several versions, I wanted to design something that kept the lower side of the neck free from any obstacles for fretting, looking at the double bass version the tuners would be somewhat in the way but i think i’ve one up with something that works, but still a similar design… If you can imagine the pick marker pen is the fretboard, similar to number two with a fallaway just after the nut on A, D and G, but the strings disappear through an elongated hole to the actual heastock below, normal mini bass tuners mounted in a double bass style on the ‘bass’ side of the board are about 15mm below the board. Not easy to describe… the extended board has the ebony clamps mounted on the upper side of the board and can be turned away. The E tuner is mounted again below the board level but on the treble side, it will clear the other tuners. It is quite complicated but will work and give you a near normal feeling neck up that end. Let me know what you reckon and if you can visualise the design of it ok, it will probably be the case that the design changes a bit as its made, I’m thinking i may have to move the tuners a bit further out from the neck so that the G tuner doesnt obstruct the hand… Its certainly different! Quote
SpondonBassed Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 Phew! I can just about imagine what JS is describing with the help of his sketch. I can't wait to see when he's refined and made it. Quote
MacDaddy Posted August 4, 2018 Author Posted August 4, 2018 Saw Jon today & had a wee chat about how the neck design will work and the tuning pegs. 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted October 17, 2018 Author Posted October 17, 2018 Doh! Should have done this update last month! Jon has cut the body - apparently I have my own template which is the Shuker series 2 body but widened at the bottom. It's not contoured yet, but this is what it looked like last month. Quote
MacDaddy Posted October 17, 2018 Author Posted October 17, 2018 The other news is I've decided to have it fretless 🤯 Quote
TheGreek Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 On 12/03/2018 at 20:25, MacDaddy said: More like the kind of thing they do on Sin City Motors, when they strip the paint I saw this before Steve Darnell & Co got their hands on it... Quote
MacDaddy Posted October 26, 2018 Author Posted October 26, 2018 On 17/10/2018 at 15:03, MacDaddy said: The other news is I've decided to have it fretless 🤯 in other more up to date news I've decided not to have it fretless after all. 1 Quote
ped Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 1 minute ago, MacDaddy said: in other more up to date news I've decided not to have it fretless after all. So if it's not gonna be fretless OR fretted, what have you decided!? Quote
MacDaddy Posted October 26, 2018 Author Posted October 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, ped said: So if it's not gonna be fretless OR fretted, what have you decided!? Let there be frets! Frets I tell you, FRETS! 1 1 Quote
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