THIRSTYGUMS Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Hi all, thanks so much for the positive feedback on my work so far, im posting a link here to a thread i did for my first Bass on Talkbass.com (great site, i encourage you to join) heres the link http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256832 have a look if you feel so inclined! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Love the bass! You have the exact same rasps as me btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I actually REALLY like the way the truss rod adjustments comes up through the fretboard. I doubt it's a charm in play-a-bility, but it actually looks cool. As for the bass in general. Very nicely executed, gorgeous outcome! I'm especially impressed with you doing the fan frets all on your own by hand!!!! AMAZING! I could never get the guts to do even NORMAL frets by hand! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Beautiful work and a cool thread over at talkbass.com! I was wondering about the fanned fret neck - how do you calculate the correct angles for the frets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Beautiful work and a cool thread over at talkbass.com! I was wondering about the fanned fret neck - how do you calculate the correct angles for the frets? well the answer to that is surprisingly simple...... IM IN CAHOOTS WITH THE DEVILLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! ummmmmmmmmm,, I use a fret calculator called fretfind, heres a link: http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/2d/index.php then you just measure, measure, measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I know he can probably answer it better since he actually did it... but I'm gunna hazard a guess that you chose a scale length for the lowest and highest strings. Map out THEIR fret positions, then cut between those two markings. Then, from where the strings fall over the frets inbetween your two know fret slots in your two known strings, you then infer the scale lengths of the other strings. Hopefully that makes sense... I guess what I'm tryna say is mark out the and cut the frets connected the two outter strings. Then once everything is in there, measure from the nut to the 12th fret for all the other strings you didn't know... and now ya do Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inisheer Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Whoa. That is some very nice work, all clean and professional. I've never played anything with fanned frets before, it looks like it would be confusing to play. But again that is some great work, thought about gotm at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) Whoa. That is some very nice work, all clean and professional. I've never played anything with fanned frets before, it looks like it would be confusing to play. But again that is some great work, thought about gotm at all? I cant comment on fanned fret guitars (chording might be difficult) but for basses fanned fret is the way forward folks! Its so much nicer to play a fanned bass and not confusing at all, try this little experiment: hold your hand up in front of you as if your holding a guitar neck and fretting a note, Now make motion as if your sliding your hand up and down the neck at the same time keep your elbow more or less stationary (as it woud be if you were playing) now draw an imaginary line between your thumb and forefinger. Watch how this imaginary line arcs like the hands on a big clock as your hand moves up and down the invisable neck. That line corresponds with the angle of the frets at every step up the neck, now for bass where you rarely make chord shapes every note justfalls under the correct path of yourfingers! Im not shure how clear that is but... once you try fanned fretboards (and it takes about 15 minutes to get used to it) your normal basses just feel clumsy! p.s. ummm whats GOTM???? Edited September 13, 2006 by THIRSTYGUMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabyenot Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 GOTM= Guitar Of The Month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 That thing look crazy!! (in a good way of course) Fanned frets sound cool. Never played on one as I haven't even ever seen one around here, but they do seem to make sense. Only bad thing Ican think of is once you play one your other basses probably won't get much playing anymore. Kudos to you, not many people can pull off green hightops What strings do you put on one of these anyway, and where would you get them? Do they set you back a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Awsome! nice work =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 That looks awesome! Is that a purpleheart nut? Doesn't Novak have a patent on that though? I was considering it once but I've heard things here and there that you need to pay Novak for the use of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 There's a whole thread on the Novak patent over at TB. As it turns out, Novak's way of calculating the fanned fret positions is not nearly as accurate (intonation) as choosing two different scales for the top and bottom strings, and connecting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Dodding Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Love the bass! interesting thread over on talkbass too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 There's a whole thread on the Novak patent over at TB. As it turns out, Novak's way of calculating the fanned fret positions is not nearly as accurate (intonation) as choosing two different scales for the top and bottom strings, and connecting them. Sooo if i did it, he woudln't be owed any cash? That's quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 There's a whole thread on the Novak patent over at TB. As it turns out, Novak's way of calculating the fanned fret positions is not nearly as accurate (intonation) as choosing two different scales for the top and bottom strings, and connecting them. Sooo if i did it, he woudln't be owed any cash? That's quite nice. In best Chris Rock voice-"I dont owe novak a gat-damned penny! mmm mm", i live in Ireland, his patent and copyright only appies in America. In Europe i think he'd have an extremely hard time getting that design patented as its been seen on Italian and British (to name a few) instruments for something like 600 years as documented by artists and writers and exhibitions in museums all over the continent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Excellent! I live in Canada. Thanks again for the info Thirsty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 That thing is crazy! Im thinking my next bass will have to be fanned, how do you like the flat fingerboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Wow, really really really nice build on that there bass! I really need to get around to playing a fanned fret anything one day, in hopes that I'll be converted if only my GC carried "fun" instruments... My only comment is that I would do something with the end of the fretboard. There's a wee bit too much wood left at the end, fanned frets and all, but that's just my personal taste. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Wow, really really really nice build on that there bass! I really need to get around to playing a fanned fret anything one day, in hopes that I'll be converted if only my GC carried "fun" instruments... My only comment is that I would do something with the end of the fretboard. There's a wee bit too much wood left at the end, fanned frets and all, but that's just my personal taste. Nice work! playing muic is all about fun, if you dont have fun.... give up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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