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Thread: 10 string or 12 string bass
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22nd October 2015, 07:15 AM #1
10 string or 12 string bass
After building a 8 string bass (4 string double octave) I'm debating my next build...
Should I tackle a 10 string (5 string double octave) or a 12 string (4 string triple octave) bass?
I'm really bored with building 4 strings here lately.Mills Custom sawing - Everyone wants my wood
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22nd October 2015, 07:23 AM #2
Oh I broke the golden rule forgot to post pics
Wearing a new hat
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And the 8 string bass
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22nd October 2015, 07:28 AM #3
Why not a harp bass? ie a Harp guitar but with bass strings and tuning.
"We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
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22nd October 2015, 08:18 PM #4
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22nd October 2015, 09:14 PM #5
Maybe you could knock up one of these.
Cliff.
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22nd October 2015, 10:22 PM #6
Looks like a lobster banquet!
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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23rd October 2015, 05:12 AM #7
The action is too high on that whatever its called
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23rd October 2015, 07:59 AM #8
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26th October 2015, 04:02 PM #9
You probably need to weigh up whether you'll use the low B or prefer the beast that is a 12. Either has its own little quirks that you would need to accommodate. Haven't heard many 10 strings, but I have heard 12s and they sound awesome. Couldn't imagine playing one myself though.
I do know that unless building your own bridge for a 12, they can be either hard to get a hold of or cause issues with intonation i.e. the Hamer 12 bridges that are one saddle per group:
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28th October 2015, 01:47 AM #10
I fully appreciate what you are saying... 8 strings with individual saddled were hard enough to intonate.
I'm now starting to think I may try a lap steel instead. But haven't decided yet.
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