[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13490904]I've never one to criticize or question someone for getting an ERB with that many strings, but is it totally necessary for what you do, Ben?

I guess with the looper you'll be able to come up with stuff and have that huge range...[/QUOTE]

Go big or go home, right?

But, seriously, I honestly believe I could take advantage of that range. Any with the prices that Jared offers, if I end up not liking it or it not being suitable, I'm not out several thousand dollars.

[QUOTE=Akira;13490909]Ben's just a loser Baudin wannabe.[/QUOTE]

I wanna be Baudin so badly, I don't even tap. :amaze:

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13490925]I wanna be Baudin so badly, I don't even tap. :amaze:[/QUOTE]

That's just because you suck at being a wannabe.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13490725]What's your take on this?[/QUOTE]

ill probably eventually move up to a 9, once the world forgets about bill dickens and his horrid playing. but getting a 9 runs the risk of everyone talking to you about bill dickens.

if i were to get a 9 string i would do alot of solo work, but since you do solo work then yeah definitley go for it.

Ben, you should go ahead and do it so that I can steal it.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13490746]Base it on this:

I have heard/read that a seven string neck is about the same with as a computer keyboard. With that in mind, just think of how much the width of the neck is going to increase with the addition of one or two more strings.[/QUOTE]

not much bigger, and i doubt the 7 string thing, they are only 3 and half inches long at the 24th fret (from conklin) and the 5 string neck is usually just as big as the 6 (on most models)

Yeah, anything making ties between you and Bill Dickens is very very bad.


Especially if someone calls you a Bill Dickens wannabe...

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13490943]ill probably eventually move up to a 9, once the world forgets about bill dickens and his horrid playing. but getting a 9 runs the risk of everyone talking to you about bill dickens.

if i were to get a 9 string i would do alot of solo work, but since you do solo work then yeah definitley go for it.[/QUOTE]

No one around here even knows of Bill Dickens. :lol: I'm not too worried about the comparison. If people can't see my bass, they'll never be able to tell what I'm playing, anyway.

But, yeah. The more I think about it, the more enticing the idea becomes.

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon;13490955]Yeah, anything making ties between you and Bill Dickens is very very bad.


Especially if someone calls you a Bill Dickens wannabe...[/QUOTE]

That's the point where you smash the person over the head with your bass. I bet 9 strings are heavy.

But then you'd get blood on the bass. Hmm, it's a tradeoff.

[QUOTE=Akira;13490935]That's just because you suck at being a wannabe.[/QUOTE]

Chut up. :upset:

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13490967]No one around here even knows of Bill Dickens. :lol: I'm not too worried about the comparison. If people can't see my bass, they'll never be able to tell what I'm playing, anyway.

But, yeah. The more I think about it, the more enticing the idea becomes.[/QUOTE]

If you don't know a lot of bassists you will probably get a lot more "why is your guitar so big" comments then "why are you a dickens wannabe" comments.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13490951]not much bigger, and i doubt the 7 string thing, they are only 3 and half inches long at the 24th fret (from conklin) and the 5 string neck is usually just as big as the 6 (on most models)[/QUOTE]

Eh...yeah. I wasn't entirely sure seeing as I have never actually played a seven string, but a keyboard would be within reasonable limits to see if you would be able to handle it, or so I think from the looks of the necks. 3.5", though, isn't too bad.

Also, I finished the Bill Dickens film--by finish, I mean "skipped through his playing"--and that guy makes me want to shoot myself.

[QUOTE=Akira;13490976]If you don't know a lot of bassists you will probably get a lot more "why is your guitar so big" comments then "why are you a dickens wannabe" comments.[/QUOTE]

Haha, bingo.

That's almost entirely what I'll get.

Except from my one elitist-traditionalist guitiar-playing friend, who'll just take a day out of his life to totally berate me for playing such a worthless instrument and tell me that I'll never find any use for it in a band.

That's when you use the runway to land a jet so you can't hear him.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13490985]Eh...yeah. I wasn't entirely sure seeing as I have never actually played a seven string, but a keyboard would be within reasonable limits to see if you would be able to handle it, or so I think from the looks of the necks. 3.5", though, isn't too bad.

Also, I finished the Bill Dickens film--by finish, I mean "skipped through his playing"--and that guy makes me want to shoot myself.[/QUOTE]

i mean if they add two more strings, and use the string spacing of an old school trb we are only talking another 3/4 of an inch. and when you are up that high on the neck why would you want to play your low F# string. on my 6'es i cant reach the B string when im in the last few frets area, but i never need to

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13491016]i mean if they add two more strings, and use the string spacing of an old school trb we are only talking another 3/4 of an inch. and when you are up that high on the neck why would you want to play your low F# string. on my 6'es i cant reach the B string when im in the last few frets area, but i never need to[/QUOTE]

I see what you are saying, and I am not disagreeing with you in the slightest. I just read that a seven string was about the same width as a keyboard, so I figured that would be a good estimate for him to see if he would be able to handle a nine string. :p

I can reach the B on my six string, though. Meh.

So that decides it. I'm definitely going for a 9 string.

F#-B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb

Everything is picked out now except for the body shape. Any suggestions?

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13491098]So that decides it. I'm definitely going for a 9 string.

F#-B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb

Everything is picked out now except for the body shape. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]

Err...nothing [i]too[/i] ugly. :p

Singlecut!

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13491171]Err...nothing <i>too</i> ugly. :p

Singlecut![/QUOTE]

Well, I don't want an ugly bass. :lol:

Singlecuts are nice, but I couldn't come up with my own design. I wouldn't know how to shape it.

I suppose I've got, like, 5 months to think about this.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13491194]Well, I don't want an ugly bass. :lol:

Singlecuts are nice, but I couldn't come up with my own design. I wouldn't know how to shape it.

I suppose I've got, like, 5 months to think about this.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, you have some time to mess around then with what you want overall. I would go with a singlecut, but that is just personal prefence because I think they are incredibly sexy with six or more strings. A singlecut that only accomodates four or five strings just looks weird to me.

There was one singlecut five string that I liked, though. Boy, was it sexy. mmmmmm.

Eww.... don't get a singlecut! They're so ugly.

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13491263]Eww.... don't get a singlecut! They're so ugly.[/QUOTE]

The singlecut said the same thing about you! :angry:

If you go singlecut, you might as well complete the ultimate ugly and throw some buckeye on it.

Never! Goddamn. I'd rather take a bullet between the eyes than own a bass with anything buckeyed on it.

You have gone too far, mister. :(

Except buckeye is nasty.

Redwood burl top.

mmmm

How about some quilted cocobolo?

[IMG]http://www.alembic.com/club/messages/411/2894.jpg[/IMG]

Cocobolo looks sexy when it isn't quilted.

Honestly, though, for those who oppose singlecuts, go look at a Nordstrand Spruce Goose. It is so incredibly nice looking. mmm. I don't like most singlecuts.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13491419]Cocobolo looks sexy when it isn't quilted.

Honestly, though, for those who oppose singlecuts, go look at a Nordstrand Spruce Goose. It is so incredibly nice looking. mmm. I don't like most singlecuts.[/QUOTE]

The Spruce Goose is amazing! But Carey and his boys do an amazing bass in general.

get an ebony body, that would sound craaaazy