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Re: Modded/prototype Sticks?
rwkeating wrote:
Here is a video where I use an EBow on what was a fretted tapping instrument converted to fretless.
@psc64 In case you're not aware, those instruments @rwkeating is playing in the video are not modded or prototype Sticks, they are tapping instruments that he designed & built himself!
So... have any of you seen any cool custom/modded Sticks? Prototypes? Blanks? Perhaps you even have one?
From the top of my head... One of the books I had (Greg's?) had a photo of a transparent lucite Stick, but I haven't seen any other mentions of it, it would be cool to learn more/see better pics.
A guy in Moscow had an early Stick Bass with only 7 strings (I think it was for sale on the forum for a while).
Additionally, I've always wanted to see what a Stick blank looks like. There is a picture of one on the SE website, but I haven't ever seen anything else
I had a photo of a stack of blanks at Emmett's home, but I cannot find it now.
A guy in Moscow had an early Stick Bass with only 7 strings (I think it was for sale on the forum for a while).
That would the the SB7, which was sold for a month or so back in the early 90s!
FuzzyJammer wrote:
Boris Bazurov had a custom Stick with a gusli (zither) on the side. AFAIR it was built by another luthier but with SE's permission (found it viewtopic.php?p=70193#p70193)
Very cool! That honestly does look quite heavy, though... lol I wonder how it sounds!
FuzzyJammer wrote:
I had a photo of a stack of blanks at Emmett's home, but I cannot find it now.
That's unfortunate, but still very cool!
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Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:01 am
rwkeating
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Re: Modded/prototype Sticks?
Some 7 string Stick bass pictures.
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Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:59 pm
txtapper
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Re: Modded/prototype Sticks?
Does SB7 #1012 still exist ? Two previous owners other than myself.
Does SB7 #1012 still exist ? Two previous owners other than myself.
Did you also own #1012? I'm sure it's still out there.
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jaap
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Re: Modded/prototype Sticks?
talking about mods... I've always experimented with pickups on my Sticks and basses. Here are 2 of the mods. The one on the Stick has more or less the standard PASV4 wiring, but the position of the pickups is more like that of a Stickup. It does sound more similar to Stickup than the standard PASV-4. The pickup selector is different than standard: neck coil only - neck with a bit of bridge - both - bridge with a bit of neck - bridge only. During the time I made it, the toolshop of the company I work for bought a new CNC milling machine and they needed a test object. So, I designed the housing in CAD and they milled it out of a block of POM. The other one has a 3D printed housing and 3 EMG's. It should have been 3 EMG FT's, but I mistakenly ordered a Strat type pickup for one of them. It's more or less an ACTV2, but with 2 bass pickups.
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Here are examples of both pickups:
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Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:11 am
txtapper
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Re: Modded/prototype Sticks?
psc64 wrote:
txtapper wrote:
Does SB7 #1012 still exist ? Two previous owners other than myself.
Did you also own #1012? I'm sure it's still out there.
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