scojack Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 Anybody come across any good priced 5 string headless systems (ie chinese knock off's ). Can see a few 4 string bridges but nothing for 5 string bridge. Monorails would be good too. I can only find branded stuff (ABM) etc for 5 string and they are awfully expensive. Ta Ian Quote
scojack Posted April 27, 2018 Author Posted April 27, 2018 First place i looked .....(i remembered you'd done some legwork on this already !) Ian Quote
Bastav Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 Maybe buy two of the four string versions and make use of the tuners and saddles? Making the rest out of wood might add a touch of class Quote
scojack Posted April 30, 2018 Author Posted April 30, 2018 I could take the tuners and saddles as you say Bastav then mill a casing from the finest 24ct Gold..and it would probably still be 50% cheaper than an ABM ! Quote
lojo Posted April 30, 2018 Posted April 30, 2018 Will hope this develops , a 5 sting headless would be one of my dream bases Quote
scojack Posted May 1, 2018 Author Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) Brother wanted small headless travel bass to take on his hols but it has to be a 5 'er, this takes the cost of materials to a new level. Hard to justify the expense, especially when you can get a reasonable 5 string steinberger copy for a few hundred quid off t'interweb. Edited May 1, 2018 by scojack Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 1, 2018 Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, lojo said: Will hope this develops , a 5 sting headless would be one of my dream bases You want to decapitate five Gordon Sumners? I know Message in a Bottle was overplayed at the time of release but don't you think that's a bit harsh? Heeheehee The headless five in my siggy file was less than £300 new a couple of years ago. It was my transition instrument going from fours to fives. 4 hours ago, scojack said: Brother wanted small headless travel bass to take on his hols but it has to be a 5 'er, this takes the cost of materials to a new level. Hard to justify the expense, especially when you can get a reasonable 5 string steinberger copy for a few hundred quid off t'interweb. Genuine entry level Steinies aren't that expensive. That's what's in my siggy file image alongside a Hohner copy of the original Steiny paddle bass. Edited May 1, 2018 by SpondonBassed Quote
Owen Posted May 2, 2018 Posted May 2, 2018 Yeah yeah yeah - tuners, string anchors, blah blah blah. SHOW US THE WOOD! 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 3, 2018 Posted May 3, 2018 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: Now waiting for all the innuendos... Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 6, 2018 Posted May 6, 2018 17 hours ago, scojack said: Eejits 😄 It's @owen's fault. Heeheehee Looking forward to seeing how you get on. Quote
scojack Posted May 8, 2018 Author Posted May 8, 2018 Usually is Owen's fault .........he's just likes a nice bit of good Wood ! Anyhooz i'm completely off this idea due to the overpricing of the hardware. Still want to do something different so mibbies do a single cutaway 5 string instead (If i can get a design i'm happy with ...most SC's are fuglybassas ..imho) Ian Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 8, 2018 Posted May 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, scojack said: Usually is Owen's fault .........he's just likes a nice bit of good Wood ! Anyhooz i'm completely off this idea due to the overpricing of the hardware. Still want to do something different so mibbies do a single cutaway 5 string instead (If i can get a design i'm happy with ...most SC's are fuglybassas ..imho) Ian You mean... I opened my macintosh to you for nowt? Sorry, I just can't get a stiffie for a single cut. Good luck with it anyway. On a thread not far from here there was mention of a Wishbass. A few of us have already looked up the brand and wished we hadn't. Quote
scojack Posted May 8, 2018 Author Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Aye Wishbass are not the purdiest of things. Edited May 8, 2018 by scojack Quote
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