Stambaugh Fanned Fret 8 string

[ricez]

Hi!

I wanted to post to let everyone know of a great builder just over the Mass border in New Hampshire named Chris Stambaugh. He just built me a fanned fret 8 with a low B and High A. Total cost was about $2200. His work is excellent and the guitar plays great. Check out his site at www.stambaughdesigns.com

Also, here is a pic of my eight:

 

[Allen Garrow]

That thing is beautiful! 2200 bucks? Holy shit, that's a good price, how about some specs?

Congrats man!

~A

 

[Chris]

Nice!

My buddy Eric is (if I recall correctly) having a guitar built by him as well. That looks fantastic man!

Edit: Unless that's you, Eric, in which case, welcome to ss.org!

 

[ricez]

Hey Chris- yup, it's me. Specs on the 8:

Fanned Fret- 26"-23 3/4

Walnut Top
Mahogony Body
ABM Individual Bridges
Lundgren Pickups
Sperzel Locking Tuners
Birdseye Maple Fretboard

If you want to see some more pics, check out:

http://www.ericclemenzi.com/media.php?catagory=Pictures

I placed the order right before thanksgiving of 2005 and received the guitar on March 30th. I should have some sounds clips of the guitar up soon.

 

[Shannon]

Very nice! How are those Lundgren pups working out for ya?

 

[ricez]

I love the Lundgrens- I can actually hear the sound of the guitar! I am very impressed with how clear they are. As far as the output goes, I was a bit concerned since I had heard many reviews saying they were too high gain. My main 7's are the RG 7620's with the Dimarzios, and I feel the gain is very similar, but with a much clearer tone. Definitely worth the money.

 

[Chris]

Awesome bro. Glad to hear you got it - I can't wait to hear you unloading on it.

 

[David]

I wept a tear or two when I saw that, it's beautiful.

 

[Nik]

Wow. The world can never have enough 8-strings. Gorgeous!

 

[gojira]

hmmm - the pole piece positioning looks a little off on those pickups.......at least for the fanned fret application anyway.

 

[ricez]

That was one issue that Chris Stambaugh found with the Lundgrens - I guess the pole piece spacing was a little wider than usual, so to try and make a better fit for the pickups, he slanted them.

 

[Shawn]

Nice looking 8-string, he does nice work.

 

[God Hand Apostle]

Pretty sweet! I like his single cut basses personally.

 

[gojira]

That was one issue that Chris Stambaugh found with the Lundgrens - I guess the pole piece spacing was a little wider than usual, so to try and make a better fit for the pickups, he slanted them.

i dont know about that -

you need to slant pickups on a fanned fret guitar in order for it to sound any good at all - that is generally what causes the pole pieces to not be aligned on standard pickups.

 

[fatclown]

I'm just wondering what the practical use of fanned frets are? I've never seen fanned frets before.

 

[Papa Shank]

I'm just wondering what the practical use of fanned frets are? I've never seen fanned frets before.

They allow for a more consistant string tension throughout the strings on instrument with large ranges, plus it looks cool

 

[Chris]

Bump.

 

[that guy]

I'm just wondering what the practical use of fanned frets are? I've never seen fanned frets before.

each string gets its own scale length , like in a piano each strings a different and what not ,its all for tuning and people who dont have sasguach hands that wat teeny weeny frets...

 

[bostjan]

Hooray for fanned frets and huzzah for eight string guitar.

 

[Ancestor]

Very nice guitar.