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pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 315
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 2:13 pm:   Edit Post

used on the RTF 2008 tour and you can see HERE!!
This bass, as other's made for him have particular specifications as Mica said:

On Stan's personal basses the body is thicker at 1.79 inches and the accent laminates are also thicker at .25 inches. This is the same for the Vermilion bass you posted a link to and for the Coco Bolo bass you posted pictures of later.

Vermillon bass!!

Stanley's basses have one truss rod because the first ones he had only had one and he's very traditional. Notice his bass pickup is very close to the end of the fingerboard. Again, the first basses we made for him were done like this, and had no truss rod cover, so we still follow this tradition.

Another practical reason for a single truss rod in Stanley's basses is that his fingerboard dimensions are very narrow and the neck is carved very thin. A dual truss rod simply doesn't fit in this configuration.
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 316
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 2:16 pm:   Edit Post

last finest Stanley's bass:

jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1305
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 4:20 pm:   Edit Post

I remember seeing and hearing that bass on the RTF tour this year in London. It had an incredible sound.
3rd_ray
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Username: 3rd_ray

Post Number: 163
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 5:16 pm:   Edit Post

Keavin posted this a while back...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuO8S9nxhU

Mike
hieronymous
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 497
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 6:17 pm:   Edit Post

Pierre, thanks for starting this thread!
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 317
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 2:21 pm:   Edit Post

you are welcome hieronymus !!

This picture will show you the only one Stan's truss rod

pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 318
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 2:31 pm:   Edit Post

A question to Mica: Stan's specification do a standard bridge and nut with EADG strings and he adjust bridge & nut to have ADGC strings ? Because with the same bass he tune differently.

In waiting for answer, listen to
RTF SHOW!!
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 5739
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 3:24 pm:   Edit Post

We've never made Stan a spare set of hardware, so he's probably just using the original hardware. His tech will reintonate with different tunings.

Until 1998, we hadn't even made him a custom bass. He would order a standard short scale Series I, then have a repairperson local to him carve the neck smaller and sand away the finish off the back of the neck. When we made him the bass pictured above, he was happy to hear that he could open the case and have everything done just as he wished.

The bass pictured above was originally made with standard tuning. The near-matching Vermilion one was made originally with tenor tuning.
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 319
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post

Thanx to participate Mica.
Have you some inedit or unusual pictures to show us?
bigyouth
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Username: bigyouth

Post Number: 144
Registered: 7-2006
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 1:08 am:   Edit Post

Merci Pierre-Yves,magnifique photos,
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 348
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 12:43 pm:   Edit Post

just a question... this pictures show a particularity from 1989...what is it ?

?
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1331
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 02, 2009 - 12:44 am:   Edit Post

That is a string retainer bar. Normally on guitars and basses these are used where the tiltback angle of the headstock is shallow and these bars are used to create a sharp angle between the nut and the tuning pegs. It helps to keep the string tight in the nut and transfer more energy from the string into the neck.
Typically you see them on Fenders which have little or no angle on the headstock and not on Gibsons where there is an angle.

Here are some examples I have found and hope they will help.
A old example on an Orpheus Violin bass
Orpheus violin bass

Ibanez electric guitar
Ibanez

Another version by Wal bass
Wal

Here is one for sale on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/CHROME-4-String-Bass-STRING-Tree-RETAINER-BAR--Z94_W0QQitemZ140238027582QQcmdZViewItem


(Message edited by jazzyvee on February 02, 2009)
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 349
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Monday, February 02, 2009 - 12:50 am:   Edit Post

thank's jazzy, but why on this alembic and not on other ?
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 5841
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, February 02, 2009 - 8:13 am:   Edit Post

This is not something that we installed on Stan's bass. Perhaps it's something he uses to keep the strings tucked in the slots when he used the peghead as a vibrato.

I'll ask Stan about it and let you know what I find out.
pierreyves
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Username: pierreyves

Post Number: 378
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 - 7:52 pm:   Edit Post

and the answer is ?
;o)

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