Members fake-bass Posted December 11, 2005 Members Posted December 11, 2005 alright so im planning on making my own bass...i have designed it and chosen pickups and all that jazzi just was wondering how much would u expect to pay for the creation of the body and neck?and what woods would be used for the body, i plan to use maple for the neckan EMG soapbarwhat ever bridgeoh and its gonna be five stringbut instead of an extra low string it will be an extra high string...now if this has been done before can someone show me a picture? if not its my idea...
Members fake-bass Posted December 11, 2005 Author Members Posted December 11, 2005 one more thing...if i decided to just buy a neck would i need it to be custom because of the fact that there is an extra high string rather than a low one?
Members Trento54 Posted December 11, 2005 Members Posted December 11, 2005 mm i dont think the neck will be a problem if you buy a 5 string neck , but mabey the prob will be the bridge or somthing!i am probly wrong but hey!
Members JC Bass Posted December 11, 2005 Members Posted December 11, 2005 It's called a piccolo bass, and it's been done many times before. A regular 5 string neck and bridge will work fine, your only problem will be the nut. You will have to cut the nut for your choice of strings.
Members fake-bass Posted December 12, 2005 Author Members Posted December 12, 2005 isnt a piccolo bass tuned higher...and doesnt it usually have 4 strings?....any way its been done thats cool so the bridge, neck,truss rod and everything will be cool..and just a custom nut thing... TOO easy!cheers brothers
Members rx jr. Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 hey, you should try out www.projectguitar.com go to the forums, and do a little search or just post a new thread... they're friendly and very helpful!! hope this helps at all
Members sunburstbasser Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 The first 5-string bass, Fender's Bass V, was tuned EADGC. Piccolo basses are, generally, 4-string basses tuned to near guitar tuning, I think. The nut is the only big thing. The bridges will be the same, tuning machines, pickups, etc. won't really matter as long as they were made for a 5er. The basic thing is to get a neck that fits in the neck pocket on the body you come up with. Easiest way to do that is to make the body, then cut the pocket after three or so measurements.
Members LO_RYDER Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 Re you actually talking about milling a neck out of a piece of wood? Are you going to add a fretboard of diff wood or just a slab neck? very adventurous!
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 Fender did it in the mid 60's on their first 5 string bass... Fender Bass V
Members fake-bass Posted December 13, 2005 Author Members Posted December 13, 2005 i thought piccolo basses were tuned higher...alright thanks heaps for the advice guys...im making a custom shape body which is going to be small and just buy a pre made five string neck....standard machine heads, nut (customised) ....emg 5 string soap bar pick up and standard five string bridge...so yeah cheers oh yeah the Fender V from the 60's is one sexy bass..
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted December 13, 2005 Members Posted December 13, 2005 Originally posted by fake-bass oh yeah the Fender V from the 60's is one sexy bass.. Did you notice how short the neck on it was?
Members fake-bass Posted December 13, 2005 Author Members Posted December 13, 2005 yeah, i think i remember reading that they thought that because of the extra string they could eliminate the higher frets. its still one sexy bass....i will keep u all posted with pic-a-tures of my bass...whihc is still in the designing stages:)
Members Ace Of Bass Posted December 13, 2005 Members Posted December 13, 2005 Piccolo basses are tuned one octave up.5-string basses with a high C are also pretty common. I used to play one like that. The C rattled a bit in the nut sometimes. A new nut would have solved it, or even a bit of epoxy in the slot would work just fine if it's a plastic nut.
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