I’m contemplating to build a bass after I’m done with my other projects, so I was wondering what specs others are into. Would you go with:

  • A wax finish or color coating?
  • How many strings do you prefer?
  • Fretless, fretted, or even fan-fret?
  • What about scale length?

So many options there. What would you do if money wouldn’t matter?

  • Sythas@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I would probably build a Bass with a Rickenbacker style body and a MusicMan style neck. The body design looks really cool, I tried one out but didnt dig the sound. The 3+1 headstock also looks nice. For the pickups I would go for a double reversed precision set up. I liked the sound of the one from FGN, but unfortunately I never could buy one :(

    But now to your questions:

    • probably oil or colour coating in a simple black
    • 4 or 5 strings, depending on where i would use it
    • if 4, normal frets and if 5 strings multi-scale
    • 4: 34 inch, 5: 34-37"

    Yeah, the possibilities are endless and I am also not fully sure what I would want.