My name is Dmitry. I play a band called Weesp. We play progressive atmospheric alternative metal with a lot of analog synth and clean vocals. I experiment with low tunings so prefer multiscale basses. For the previous two albums I used 5 strings bass built by Stas Pokotilo. It is tuned (low to high) to G#-C#-G#-C#-F#. Now we are working on the new album and decided to move to standard tuning and go a little bit lower, so I needed a bass which I could tune to low F# (F#-B-E-A-D-G) and it will hold tuning well. I’ve looked over the market to all 6 string fanned fret basses available on the market and could not find any suitable, which had highly stable neck – with double truss rod, graphite reinforcements etc.<\/p>\n
This is why I decided to go for a custom. Also I wanted to build two cimilar basses – 6 and 18 string (triple corse), one is green and called Tiamat, other is red and called Marduk.<\/p>\n
First of all I wanted to find best wood supplier I can, I’ve speaked to a lot of companies and decided to go with ESPEN. Here are the specs for wood:<\/p>\n
NECK: <\/p>\n
– 34″-37″ scale<\/p>\n
– 20mm string spacing<\/p>\n
– neckthrough<\/p>\n
– 7 piece (ovangkol-padouk-wenge-ovangkol-wenge-padouk-ovangkol)<\/p>\n
– 1st grade Zirikote fretboard <\/p>\n
– two custom adjustable truss rods by lmii.com<\/p>\n
– three custom graphite neck reinforcements lmii.com<\/p>\n
– simtoms bronze frets<\/p>\n
– headstock top – poplar burl AAA, headstock back – wenge AAA, lamination between top and back on headstock – Maple veneer<\/p>\n
BODY:<\/p>\n
– Wenge AA wings<\/p>\n
– Poplar Burl AAA Top, 2 pcs.<\/p>\n
– Wenge AAA Back, 2pcs <\/p>\n
– Lamination between top and back and body – Maple veneer<\/p>\n
FURNITURE:<\/p>\n
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