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Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: uonra on October 21, 2008, 09:05:03 AM

ALWAYS INTERRESSING IN MEDIUM SCALE ALEMBIC or other bass
ON THE RIGHT PRICE
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON  
claude.arnou@skynet.be (http://mailto:claude.arnou@skynet.be)
I'm from Brussel Belgium
kind regards
Claude

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: adriaan on October 22, 2008, 02:56:29 AM

Hi Claude,
 
The distributor for the Benelux is Edwin van Huik in Hilversum. He often has second-hand Alembics. Here's his site (http://www.connectionbult.com/bass/instruments.html#Basgitaren target=_blank).
 
There's a medium scale Distillate on the list for 2495 euro, which seems a bit pricey. The fretboard is scalloped from the 7th fret - Blackmore/Malmsteen style. That would be a deal-breaker for me.

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: georgie_boy on October 22, 2008, 06:11:11 AM

Can anyone tell me what the point is of scalloped fingerboard?
 
George

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: adriaan on October 22, 2008, 06:19:49 AM

With the Malmsteen connection, perhaps fishy scales.

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: georgie_boy on October 22, 2008, 06:36:05 AM

LOL
 
Nice one Adriaan!
Still would like to know the purpose of the aforementioned.
 
G

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: adriaan on October 22, 2008, 06:44:42 AM

From the dark recesses of my memory, something like: your fingers are less likely to stick to the fingerboard, especially when sweep-picking or shredding the aforementioned scales.

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: dadabass2001 on October 22, 2008, 04:56:02 PM

John McLaughlin had a guitar with scalloped frets, purportedly to enable sitar-like quarter tone scales during the Mahavishnu Orchestra days. Billy Sheehan's bass has a partially scalloped board as well, maybe 8-10 high frets.
 
(and then my brain exploded from an overload of useless 1970s trivia)

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: uonra on October 23, 2008, 03:22:51 AM

Thanks, but I don't want a scalloped board.
Claude

Title: LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS
Post by: darkstar01 on October 28, 2008, 04:22:24 AM

not that it matters, but i think the mclaughlin guitar you're talking about was the acoustic he used with shakti. could be wrong, though.