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June 19998-strings of PowerMost of the time when you think of an eight string bass, you think of double courses on a four string. Mark had something else in mind when he designed this magnificent bass with string gauges of .128 - .105 - .080 - .065 - .045 - .030 - .020 - .013 and a host of other unique features.Most projects we do involve every person in the shop participating in the construction. In this case, most of the woodworking was done by Steve Harding (at right) because of the complexity of this bass. Steve made many specialized tools and jigs just for this project.
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Here's where it starts to get really interesting. The 35 inch scale neck has eleven central pieces, six
ebony, three purpleheart and two maple. Then note how the outside maple of the neck is the same piece
of wood as the body - talk about integration! When you look at the front view, you can see that
Mark had Steve cover the front of the dizzying neck with the bocate bookmatched to the center.
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The Flame Maple body/neck is hollowed
in parts of the body area to reduce weight. On the back of the bass, Bob covered
the plates with the fallout pieces from cutting the electronics cavities. The continuous wood backplates
are truly a savory eye treat. Note the three output jacks below the large plate.
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Ever see a neater looking rat's
nest? This heap of wires is kept at bay with lots of gold plated friction locked connectors and many
cable ties. Each pickup has its own low pass filter with Q switch, bass and treble control. There are
additional switches that control the L.E.D. operation and stereo/mono modes for the three outputs. There
isn't much room for anything else. The other backplate houses batteries to power the side L.E.D.s.
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