Custom headless 10 string unlined fanned fretless

[ixlramp]

Reversed strings, Steinberger gearless tuners and Q-Tuner pickups ...

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Thread at unfretted forum

Over at Unfretted we're still waiting for more details like tuning and scale.

 

[Customisbetter]

Wow! I can't wait to see it finished. I love that Fretboard.

 

[wannabguitarist]

Fretless multi-scale? Badass

 

[Randy]

Wow, that's a crazy design but it looks awesome.

 

[troyguitar]

Cool, we were talking about doing a fretless multi-scale awhile ago thinking that it might make a lot of chords easier to play but I never actually tried it. Would love to see this in action!

 

[SYLrules88]

i like the big ass q tuners! cant wait for clips of this thing.

 

[Nightside]

Seriously, I cant figure out where to put my fingers on an unlined fretless bass. Now they go and complicate it by making an unlined fanned unfretted guitar? Thats just craziness!

 

[Philligan]

Seriously, I cant figure out where to put my fingers on an unlined fretless bass. Now they go and complicate it by making an unlined fanned unfretted guitar? Thats just craziness!

I was just thinking about that; I'd fail miserably

I'm really excited for some clips, though, this looks awesome.

 

[Customisbetter]

Seriously, I cant figure out where to put my fingers on an unlined fretless bass. Now they go and complicate it by making an unlined fanned unfretted guitar? Thats just craziness!

That is why God (Dio) gave you ears.

 

[ixlramp]

Looks like it's finished: Photo.

 

[PeteyG]

Oh goodness me I want to see a video of this thing being played!

 

[Customisbetter]

And to think he might have painted it a dull color.

That looks way cool.

 

[JamesM]

Need to see this played. Need.

 

[vampiregenocide]

What is this I don't even

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Holy fuck do want.

 

[JamesM]

I don't know what the fuck I'd do with it.

 

[Origin]

I don't know what the fuck I'd do with it.

That's what she said and also I VERY MUCH agree.

Daunting, just distressingly daunting. I'd love to try though haha. The q-tuners look like you could beat someone to death with them, I don't know if I've seen coloured pickups that long.

 

[Hollowway]

Ok, so I don't see any fret lines. I don't know if I'd be comfortable enough with my ears to navigate that fretboard!

Here's a question: He says he's got it tuned in major thirds, but that the 7th string is in unison. What the heck does that mean?

 

[ixlramp]

He's tuned it in Just Intonation pure major thirds, frequency ratio 5/4 = 386 cents. He starts by tuning string 7 (4th string from lowest) to G2 then tunes up, and down, from there in pure thirds. Tuning is easy by harmonics, tune the 4th harmonic of the higher string to the 5th harmonic of the lower, 5x4 = 4x5 so the strings then have their fundamental frequencies in the ratio 4:5.

 

[Hollowway]

He's tuned it in Just Intonation pure major thirds, frequency ratio 5/4 = 386 cents. He starts by tuning string 7 (4th string from lowest) to G2 then tunes up, and down, from there in pure thirds. Tuning is easy by harmonics, tune the 4th harmonic of the higher string to the 5th harmonic of the lower, 5x4 = 4x5 so the strings then have their fundamental frequencies in the ratio 4:5.

Oh, cool! Well, someone needs to tell him to stop referring to that thing as a guitar - it's no more related to a guitar than a violin is! And I mean that in a very positive way. It's like a whole other instrument.