HELP! OPINION NEEDED! Bass project poll + diary

[Pkomor]

I'm making a bass for my As level design technology project in school.
I would like some help deciding what body style to make,
I have modelled 3 styles out of insulation foam (complete with contours etc..)
pick your favourite!

A )

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B )


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C )

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Edited April 27, 2009 by Pkomor

[budget bassist]

B definitely, i hate singlecuts, C is a bit strange... B is cool though, reminds me of a peavey cirrus or something

Edited January 7, 2009 by budget bassist

[Al Heeley]

Can't we go for the one in your avatar?

[Tait]

definatly B, As ok, but Cs just strange.

[Starvolt]

Gonna be different, and vote C. Why? Because I like it!

[rjb]

I like A the most, especially if you drop the lower horn and contour back an inch to make the shape more dynamic.

Edited January 6, 2009 by rjb

[BigRedX]

C is the most interesting because it's the least derivative. I'd smooth out some of the lines and make it a bit more curvy though if it was me.

[robert43]

Hi I would go B then C but no way A
Thats my thoughts

[Adrenochrome]

C is nicest looking, so I voted C.
B would probably be the most comfy/ergonomic so depends what your priorities are.

Edited January 7, 2009 by Adrenochrome

[Stylon Pilson]

My favourite is B, but none of them really strikes me as jaw-droppingly beautiful. Sorry.

S.P.

[d-basser]

prob B but i would thin out the top horn, bit too chunky

[peted]

I'm quite taken by singlecuts at the moment, but I don't like them when the top 'bulges' before it connects with the neck. Your designs look very Sei-inspired to me.

I voted B, but there looks to be a lot more surface area above the strings than below, does that make sense?!?

[neepheid]

I voted A - familiar but different at the same time.

B looks like a giant Elvis impersonator's quiff.

C looks like a Bongo with a growth coming out the side/end of it. A half made Bongo if you were carving it by hand.

[Pkomor]

Hehe
Thanks for the replies!

These are just basic shapes at the moment, adjustments can be made at any point really!

[tauzero]

B for me too. I'd like to like singlecuts but they just look wrong (and I've owned a couple of Les Paul copy guitars, so it's not an utterly abhorrent concept to me).

[Buzz]

B then C.

Does no one else spot the resemblence of design B to one of the ACG designs?

[Pkomor]

[quote name='Buzz' post='374002' date='Jan 8 2009, 01:32 PM']B then C.

Does no one else spot the resemblence of design B to one of the ACG designs?[/quote]

Oops, not intended! Which one?

[henry norton]

Definitely B. A is a bit gimmicky and C is a bit BC Rich. I would have thought your Design Technology tutors and examiner would prefer a pragmatic approach rather than styling for the sake of it and B seems to tick more of those boxes. Don't get too practical though or you'll end up with a Warwick Thumb (AAARRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Prosebass]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='372572' date='Jan 6 2009, 11:03 PM']C is the most interesting because it's the least derivative. I'd smooth out some of the lines and make it a bit more curvy though if it was me.[/quote]

+1 on that

Swoopy curvy things just aren't doing it for me at the moment and "C" looks the most purposeful and if you used A or B it would be a case of "oh that looks like a such and such" Go for originality every time.
I would straighten the pups up though as they throw the balance of the shape out , but hey that's your choice.

[tauzero]

[quote name='Buzz' post='374002' date='Jan 8 2009, 01:32 PM']Does no one else spot the resemblence of design B to one of the ACG designs?[/quote]
A bit of a resemblance but not so much as to be a knock-off. It also has a bit of a resemblance to a Peavey Cirrus walking into a strong wind. There isn't a really vast amount of variation in shape available once you've determined that you're making an asymmetric two-horned forward-leaning bass, given the constraints that actually producing a practical usable instrument place on you (neck dive being a primary consideration, so headed basses have held back the evolution of the instrument enormously).

[BigRedX]

I find angled pickups incredibly ugly as well as uncomfortable for resting your thumb on when playing finger style, so unless there is a very good and provable reason for doing this (ie you can hear a significant improvement in tone with them at an angle) I'd go with them straightened up.

[Pkomor]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='375052' date='Jan 9 2009, 01:18 PM']I find angled pickups incredibly ugly as well as uncomfortable for resting your thumb on when playing finger style, so unless there is a very good and provable reason for doing this (ie you can hear a significant improvement in tone with them at an angle) I'd go with them straightened up.[/quote]

Thanks, I prefer the way they look, but it didnt occur to me that i wouldn't be able to rest my thumb on the pickup.
(duh!)
I will probably go for a single musicman style pickup any way!

[wizbat]

For what it,s worth, how about shape 2 but with the top horn joining with the body again further up (just for fun and the fact it hasn,t been done before) so it makes a bigger semi circle in the cutaway line and forms a handle for easy carrying :-)

[Spoombung]

It was a good idea to model them first. Nice to see that instead of a big spec sheet. 'B' is my fave.

[Tait]

[quote name='wizbat' post='393301' date='Jan 28 2009, 12:01 AM']For what it,s worth, how about shape 2 but with the top horn joining with the body again further up (just for fun and the fact it hasn,t been done before) so it makes a bigger semi circle in the cutaway line and forms a handle for easy carrying :-)[/quote]

that could get really annoying moving up and down the fretboard.