Re: Double Six bass?
Posted:
11 Feb 2011, 14:00
by Bill Bowley
Lionel,
If you have a look at the two 12 string BURNS in these pics of Hank's guitar collection a while back, both have tremelo fitted -the early one has a 'roller block' as fitted to the Jazz guitars etc and the other one a Rez-O-Tube same as a Marvin. That tends to support what Hank was speaking about methinks.
Re: Double Six bass?
Posted:
11 Feb 2011, 14:04
by Bill Bowley
Lionel,
And here's the early D6 (prototype?) with trem in use on stage way back when -listen to the gutsy sound it belts out!
Re: Double Six bass?
Posted:
12 Feb 2011, 16:44
by chas
Hi Lionel,
Sorry for delay with reply (the days just slip by...). I don't re-call whether I adjusted the neck or not - if I did, it wasn't by much. The bridge was no problem - no modification. The nut was straight forward thanks to the zero fret. Having first experimented with some normal bass strings I decided to get some made specifally for 25.5" scale. Newtone did this for me, and the only thing that didn't quite work out was that I forgot to mention to them that the octave down strings go through the body, which wasn't a problem except for the lowest. Where it steps down in thickness towards the machine heads, it needs to be a few millimetres longer. I put a small shim between the string and the zero fret for the purposes of trying it. Sounds fine, though I haven't got around to trying it at a rehearsal. I'd be interested in trying flat wound strings - probably sound more authentic. Trouble is the only number I'd use it on would be On The Beach, and I can get away with the 'normal' D6 for that. It's only a few notes at the beginning of the first solo that falls below the range of the normally strung D6. Interesting though, I always fancied a D6 strung this way.
Chas.
Re: Double Six bass?
Posted:
20 Feb 2011, 12:49
by ErikMAMS
In relation to the tension put on the neck with the bass string setup this might be of interest:
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.htmlErik