Suggestions for improvments or options
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MichNS
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Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:39 am Posts: 1339 Location: Northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
OK, as I mentioned in the other post, here's another suggestion:
Tone/EQ bypass switch. Just like what you would find in a Warwick Thumb (I used to own a fretless). Rick Turner wrote several articles in Bass Player about this year's back. That was one feature I miss from my Warwick. Being able to turn off the instrument's EQ section made for some nice fat-sounding basslines that came in really clean. No small static or noise could be heard. If I remember right, Turner even sold some basses he setup with nothing more than volume and pickup selectors. I have a wood NS, made of similar Wenge used in Warwick necks.
Don't recall, but that might have been tied in with an active bypass also, which is a nice feature if your batteries go dead.
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:22 pm |
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ChapStick
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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:29 am Posts: 170
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
A Fanned Fret Option would allow the Instrument to have a 36" Scale Length for the Bass Strings giving the notes more depth and character.
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:21 pm |
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digitalkettle
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Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:40 am Posts: 321 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
ChapStick wrote: A Fanned Fret Option would allow the Instrument to have a 36" Scale Length for the Bass Strings giving the notes more depth and character. It *is* a 36" scale
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:57 am |
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EricTheGray
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:02 pm Posts: 1851 Location: Monona, WI, USA
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
digitalkettle wrote: ChapStick wrote: A Fanned Fret Option would allow the Instrument to have a 36" Scale Length for the Bass Strings giving the notes more depth and character. It *is* a 36" scale I think they're talking about the NS/Stick which is 34" according to the SE site. -Eric
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:13 am |
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ChapStick
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
EricTheGray wrote: I think they're talking about the NS/Stick which is 34" according to the SE site.
-Eric Correct, I was referring to the NS/Stick....
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:47 am |
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digitalkettle
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Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:40 am Posts: 321 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
Sorry...that'll learn me for only browsing by new posts. Self-pwnage
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:26 am |
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jerrydoughnut
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Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:41 pm Posts: 147 Location: Virginia
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
How bout a whammy bar?
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Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:13 pm |
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ChapStick
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
jerrydoughnut wrote: How bout a whammy bar? Actually, a Tremolo Bar type device would be interesting. Maybe for the Melody Strings... Of course you would have to reach to the Bridge to activate it. Hey I know, How about a String Bender like on the B Bender Telecaster that you could activate with a waist Strap?
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Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:10 pm |
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vijithassar
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Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:36 am Posts: 65
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
I'd like to be able to adjust action and intonation without removing the string from the bridge.
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Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:49 pm |
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evilgus
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Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:57 am Posts: 507
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Re: Suggestions for improvments or options
ChapStick wrote: A Fanned Fret Option would allow the Instrument to have a 36" Scale Length for the Bass Strings giving the notes more depth and character. Yes, I reckon a fan of 34-36" would work nicely! My Dingwall has 34-37" scale and the tone is nicely consistent and the low notes are killer! The bass is also good for tapping, so gives you a hint that an NS with similar fanning would we even better! The problem would be how to make the retractable damper work properly on a fairly extreme angle...not to mention a new bridge design, etc... EG
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