MacDaddy Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Hi any Status King bass owners out there, who have the bendwell? How deep is it? ta McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 If memory serves, it's just over 1cm deep. The string tension is pretty high at that end anyway, so you don't end up bending that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='463291' date='Apr 15 2009, 06:46 PM']If memory serves, it's just over 1cm deep. The string tension is pretty high at that end anyway, so you don't end up bending that far.[/quote] thanks. The bendwell on my Shuker is going to be 8mm. Do you think that will be enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Yeah, should be fine - Is this on a wooden neck? The bendwell design on the Status basses is graphite of course, so the wood in that portion will have to be strengthened, as it's a very thin part of the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='463314' date='Apr 15 2009, 07:07 PM']Yeah, should be fine - Is this on a wooden neck? The bendwell design on the Status basses is graphite of course, so the wood in that portion will have to be strengthened, as it's a very thin part of the neck.[/quote] yep wooden neck. It's a Shuker so I'm sure it will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 You'll easily get a semitone out of that and with light strings and the bearings, maybe 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 did you check to see whether the bendwell idea was patented by Rob Green? He could potentially make a claim against you and/or Jon if it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='463320' date='Apr 15 2009, 07:11 PM']yep wooden neck. It's a Shuker so I'm sure it will be fine [/quote] There's a quote in the making...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='463367' date='Apr 15 2009, 08:32 PM']did you check to see whether the bendwell idea was patented by Rob Green? He could potentially make a claim against you and/or Jon if it is.[/quote] Doesn't look like it from the Status website. Normally it would say if a feature was patented. In fact it doesn't appear as though the term BendWell has been trademarked either (although KingBass™ has.) TBH though, it's a fairly obvious solution to the problem of doing behind the nut string bends on a headless design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Actually I got it wrong - it's not just a wooden neck, there's graphite involved too. The bendwell is kinda my own design because it doesn't run across the whole width of the neck. It looks nicer than the Status ones too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 MB1. ........How deep is your Bendwell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 [quote name='MB1' post='463888' date='Apr 16 2009, 01:08 PM']MB1. ........How deep is your Bendwell?[/quote] 8mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I can get a whole tone bend easily on my Kingbass graphite with 35-120 gauge strings.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 How much use IS a Bendwell? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Not much on a headed bass, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 It's ok.... but I probably use it two or three times during a 3 hour gig..... could do more with it if I thought about it I suppose.... have been using it more when holding Chords down and then bending different strings to create new chords which is quite nice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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