thanks for the positive feedback And the interesting link
First a few things, I am (almost) sure that I will **** up this (or parts of this) guitar ... since it is my first project and, although I am quite the handyman around the house, my woodworking skills have yet to be proven ... lets just say that I have reason to believe that I am not the stradivarious of electric bass guitar land ...
This however does not stop me from wanting to build my own project... and playaround with all the ideas that come to mind in the process ... The trouble is though.. the more I read and the more i make adjustments to my plans ( I just started of with a 35 inch line, it being the scale length, and took it from there) the more questions I have .. the further away it takes me from acctualy building the thing ...
There is something else that also does not help;
I do not have a clear picture in my mind of how I want my bass to sound .. I am a fan of a lot of different sounds and do not have the intention of creating a bass with a particular sound .. I would rather have it play nice and that the sound is not so great than the other way around ... (i think) Some decisions are for a great dela bassed on the path of least resistance ... i.e. fretless .. the precisssion work of frets, sawing, leveling, hamering etc. there is just to much that can go wrong .. on the other hand I love upright basses ...
Luckily it also takes a good deal of time to find the right woods, get all the parts not to mention tools, it also helps that I am in no hurry what so ever .. Therefore it doesn't really bother me that i get these ideas. .. which throw me off for while ...
I have a nice playing and sounding (self customized) ibi bass.. so this really is a learning and discovering experience
Of course I hope to have the ultimate dream instrument with a playabillity and sound that cannot be matched .. but lets be real about this..
No to come back to the idea ... if you guys are still reading ..
does anyone have any ideas of how it would effect the sound ... though?
If you do the normal ninty degree srting thru method .. the string has at least 4 (insert hole, exit hole, bridge, nut) contact points with the guitar befor it reaches the tuning machine .. If you put the string in at an angle you can eliminate one of these points. ... the exit hole.. how will this influence the the sound .. ..
cheers