Show your Extensions!

Ken

Is it really as labour intensive as they say to make a proper extension? I saw you said you were making them in your shop now, did you make the one for the hart? It looks great.

"labor" sorry my auto spell thinks we are in europe

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Joshua phelps

Ken

Is it really as labour intensive as they say to make a proper extension? I saw you said you were making them in your shop now, did you make the one for the hart? It looks great.

I never said I made them in my shop, sorry.

All my extensions are by Arnold or Jeff so far.

Compared to other extensions I have seen, these are the best so far. I have tried other extensions from various basses that come thru the Orchestra and basses that come in here and sometimes, I feel sorry for them. The one with those 'easy to install' Capos cannot be flipped with the back edge of your fore finger on the fly. More likely with these and others with sharp points, you will hurt yourself. Using a full hand or two hands even to hold your bass and flip or close a capo makes a 5-string bass look more appealing.

I guess I read than incorrectly, still a nice extension though.

[Bryan Leinwand]

No one noticed that my odd D extension is actually made from a single fingerboard with the extension cut out.
Half size string length with added 2 notes on a 1/8th size bass. Tuned A D G C with a low G.
Bass bar and soundpost modifications were necessary.
The bass sounds great.

[Anselm Hauke]

wow, how do you change the strings? esp. at the two lower machines.

[Bryan Leinwand]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

wow, how do you change the strings? esp. at the two lower machines.

It is is a bit more difficult, but nothing that a long nose plier couldn't make much easier.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Bryan Leinwand

No one noticed that my odd D extension is actually made from a single fingerboard with the extension cut out.
Half size string length with added 2 notes on a 1/8th size bass. Tuned A D G C with a low G.
Bass bar and soundpost modifications were necessary.
The bass sounds great.

What is the string length on your bass? And, the low? C tuning is with the extension included or in addition?