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Chris replied to Will King's discussion Short Neck Bass in the group Cigar Box Basses

"a 30" scale length is fairly common - Paul McCartney is one example of a famous musician who commonly plays a bass that short. Ibanez has made one that goes down to 28.5" scale length. Those are the common mass produced scales,…"

Mar 19

Chris replied to David Clark's discussion 2 String Bass help in the group Cigar Box Basses

"You could use that scale length, certainly. Frets would be the same then. Good luck! EBs are nice basses, btw. I have an Epiphone EB3 project I keep meaning to work on"

Mar 6

Chris commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"BIG +1 to Morphine and Mark Sandman. There's a CD box set of his stuff called Sandbox and it's great"

Dec 24, 2012

Chris commented on dj.xsusb's group Piezo pickups

"Stereo jack is fine, just wire it up as usual and don't use the third terminal. Look online for a diagram that shows the difference between the two"

Dec 16, 2012

Chris replied to Marmelade's discussion double, upright bass in the group Cigar Box Basses

"Depends on the player's style. If he's used to a regular double bass the angle might be necessary, and definitely is if he wants to play up high. Looking at your drawing, the bassist would be limited by the neck join to the…"

Dec 15, 2012

Chris replied to Marmelade's discussion double, upright bass in the group Cigar Box Basses

"37" isn't bad at all, that should be fine. You could go longer with weed wacker cord but whatever works for you. Give it a try and see how it sounds!"

Dec 14, 2012

Chris replied to Marmelade's discussion double, upright bass in the group Cigar Box Basses

"I'd move the bridge further down, try for around a 40" (101.6cm) scale length, that'll make it easiest to have the strings feel tight and not floppy. Looks a little short in the picture. I agree with making a flat…"

Dec 14, 2012

Chris replied to Marmelade's discussion double, upright bass in the group Cigar Box Basses

"Traditionally the fingerboard does end far from the bridge. No reason you couldn't go further, but it'd be kind of hard to get to any positions far onto the body unless you have a tremendous reach, especially because the neck is set…"

Dec 14, 2012

Chris commented on dj.xsusb's group Piezo pickups

"That's a great sounding track. Have you recorded an album or anything? You should"

Dec 13, 2012

Chris commented on dj.xsusb's group Piezo pickups

"Marmelade that sounds really good!"

Dec 13, 2012

Chris joined dj.xsusb's group

Piezo pickups

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Dec 13, 2012

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Chris commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"I'm wary of using steel strings because of neck strength, plus since I don't have a hard fingerboard on there I'd be worried about them chewing up the neck over time. Weed wacker or poly strings for sure. Depending on what…"

Dec 12, 2012

Chris commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"I feel ya there, I'm a bit worried the string spacing will be too narrow with 3, but I'm certainly game to try"

Dec 12, 2012

Chris commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"Alright, I'm working on a regular CBG build at the moment, but once I finish that I'm gonna use the parts I have to make a bass. I think I'll only be going 2 string, likely an E and A. I have a 3 foot long poplar 1x2 for…"

Dec 12, 2012

Chris joined Will Carter's group

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Dec 12, 2012

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Chris commented on BeetleJuice!'s group Three string guitars

"And after writing that I just realized I made an elementary mistake! Ignore my first post saying what the notes are and look at the second one. In my first post I accidentally counted the open strings as the first fret so I'm a half step…"

Dec 10, 2012