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El-Todgo
Michael Anthony Fanclub President
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
I never really got on with those I had. Although I did make a £70 ebay profit on the vintage-style one Still want to have a go with one of those warmoth compound radius ones, though.
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Sardocasm
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Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:23 pm Posts: 1649 Location: Cupcakes
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
Seconded. Especially those 24" necks.
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Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:04 pm |
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Broseidon
Walrus meat
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:22 pm Posts: 7769 Location: Cambrodia.
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
This, this, this. But I must say, I have been craving some LP-ness.. I played my buddies LP Standard into his 4x10 Deville with some fuzzes. Kick into the neck pickup, roll of that tone knob.. So goddamn fun.
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torgeot
Winston Wolf
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:10 am Posts: 7283 Location: in the valley of the shadow of death
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
You know, I don't think I've ever had a 24". I have small hands and you would think this would be advantageous to use a small neck. I feel more comfortable with a longer neck, like Fender next to my LP, but I would think that's because I was a bassist for so long. I noodle with my daughters little squier strat and my hands look like Vai's long fingers on it, but it is totally uncomfortable. On the other hand, small hands make your peener look big.
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Snaxocaster
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Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:00 pm Posts: 11625 Location: McMurdo Research Station
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
I have Piano Player Hands and will never know the joys of a 24" neck. 25 1/5 is quite comfortable for me. Gibson scale gets a bit small when I'm high up on the neck.
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chris_d
Winston Wolf
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
I have tiny hands, and even i have to make a big adjustment to a 24" scale. I love the shortscales, but there are certain chords and parts, for which i just will never use the shortscale to record, as i cannot fit all of my fingers in the spaces required in that format. But. For totally fucking up my brain and making me do something totally out of the ordinary, playing/writing-wise, i the tiny guitar is almost unbeatable. I have been using the lowestang almost exclusively for writing lately.
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:17 pm |
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Snaxocaster
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
This thread randomly made me want a 40" scale sub-octave bass. Right now.
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:20 pm |
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chris_d
Winston Wolf
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
It is weird, i can't write as easily on a low tuned geetar/bass. I just write riff stuff. For everything else, i actually get more mileage out of higher tunings, or higher chord shapes. I think it has to do with how it shifts the focus of the chords to different notes than i am used to hearing in lower tunings and root chord shapes. I should probably have a capo here. I do still want 30" scale six string SG tho...
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:27 pm |
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torgeot
Winston Wolf
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:10 am Posts: 7283 Location: in the valley of the shadow of death
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
That would need to be tuned to low A or somfin' like that.
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:57 am |
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Re: Some pictures of my 1974 Fender Frankenstang.
Warwick makes one tuned to F#, and custom pieces exist tuned an octave below standard.
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