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Steve Smith (alembickoa)
New Username: alembickoa
Post Number: 12 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 9:26 am: | |
Mica or Susan or Ron or whomever... Has Alembic ever been asked to use the Novax fret system...ala Sheldon Dingwall...on an Alembic bass? I have a friend interested in the fretting system and seriously interested in the product you offer. Is the fanned fret an Alembic option? Alembic rules!!! |
Mica Wickersham (mica)
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 59 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 9:37 am: | |
I have been asked a few times for this. As a one-off project, the price for a license from Novax has been prohibitve for the few that have inquired. In addition to the $500 (last time I checked) fee from Novax, you need to have an individual bridge and tailpiece for each string and other engineering considerations. You're talking probably $1000-1500 additional to be the first one to get it on an Alembic.
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Hartmut Engel (haddimudd)
Junior Username: haddimudd
Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 7:29 am: | |
Would that significantly improve the intonation issues particularly discussed on short scale basses? Hartmut |
evan meyers (cosmicevan)
New Username: cosmicevan
Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:53 am: | |
i've heard and played a dingwall with the fanned fret system and to my ears it really provides a vibrant and alive b string. one of the best i've ever heard. |
Michael Walker (rockandroller)
Junior Username: rockandroller
Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2002
| Posted on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 10:06 am: | |
Hartmut: if you had a fanned fret bass, it would no longer BE a short-scale (at least not all of it - fanned-fret instruments usually use longer scale lengths on the lower strings!) |