This Skjold Bass

[LowB_FTW]

Specifically the ball end of the strings, they look like they've just been pinned into the body.

How is this done? Is it a peg like on classical guitars? Is it a screw?

 

 

I saw the image in a random post on my Fb timeline, I searched for a more accessible version but couldn't locate it so screenshot the one on Fb.

 

Mark

[Downunderwonder]

Either an AI special or what appears to be pins inserted into the body laying back at an angle, catching the end bobble things.

[baldwinbass]

^

I go with the AI theory above!

[floFC]

I found another one with a bridge (?) like that, but the vast majority of the Skjold basses have more traditional ones, including the new range. Those look like pins.

https://reverb.com/item/63509553-skjold-cathedral

[LeftyJ]

They look like modified Hipshot D-style bridges, with different saddles and forfeiting the usual tailpiece:

4 String D Style Bass Bridge 

 

Really interesting idea! 

[Bassassin]

A reverse image search chucks up a few Reverb listings & a bunch of pics from a TalkBass Skjold thread, showing 4 & 5 string Drakkars with this string anchor system. No clear pics of exactly how it works, but it does appear to be pins, similar to how guitar strings are anchored to a Bigsby trem system.

 

[LowB_FTW]

After creating this thread I carried on looking searching to see if I could find an answer and I came across the same TalkBass thread @Bassassin posted above, but I never got the chance to post back here after finishing my shift.

The post in that thread with the same string retainers as I posted here is from 2020, so likely not AI, but it's a 104 page thread! Not gonna read all that.

I never considered pins from the back of the bass.

 

I just found it a really neat system.

 

Mark