St Vincent Bass!!!!

morcengo · Jan 28, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">When do the photos hit?</div>

cellkirk74 · Feb 6, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">I really love the idea. This or even an Armada bass would be another EBMM I could be in for....</div>

blindrabbit · Feb 17, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">Sweet lord almighty. I am going to need one of these. I hope pics/news/information comes soon!</div>

nanoitalia · Jun 12, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">how about a handcrafted custom one?</div>

CaseyBall · Jun 12, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34363" data-quote="nanoitalia" data-source="post: 1015972" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1015972" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1015972">nanoitalia said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> how about a handcrafted custom one? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Hey that's cool, did you make that yourself? If not where did you find it?</div>

JayDawg · Jun 12, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">If that's it, the headstock looks almost identical to an Ibanez Soundgear bass.</div>

mmbassplayer · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">Jay, I am guessing he used an Ibby neck on a custom made body. Either way looks cool. I sat down and played a STV a GC a few weeks ago and was blown away by how comfortable it was to play. Can't wait for an official bass version. JOSH<br /> <br /> ... and Casey, how about a picture of...<br /> St. Vincent "Prince Vince" trans purple gold hardware stealth pg roasted bound neck</div>

CaseyBall · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 9744" data-quote="mmbassplayer" data-source="post: 1015998" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1015998" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1015998">mmbassplayer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Jay, I am guessing he used an Ibby neck on a custom made body. Either way looks cool. I sat down and played a STV a GC a few weeks ago and was blown away by how comfortable it was to play. Can't wait for an official bass version. JOSH<br /> <br /> ... and Casey, how about a picture of...<br /> St. Vincent "Prince Vince" trans purple gold hardware stealth pg roasted bound neck </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Just waiting for the right time to show it off <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>

xjbebop · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">I prefer that body style as a bass actually....</div>

nanoitalia · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 33924" data-quote="CaseyBall" data-source="post: 1015973" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1015973" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1015973">CaseyBall said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hey that's cool, did you make that yourself? If not where did you find it? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thanks!.....I did it by myself...., took all the measures and some specs on the Ernie ball web.....took me 2 1/2 months every Saturday afternoon...its 3.5 centimeters thick.... because 3 years ago I broke my left collarbone on an accident, it did not heal well, so since then, I have been struggling to hold a heavy weight bass for more than an hour ... So when I saw the weight of the st. Vincent guitar, I decided to try same idea on a bass....and of course, inspired on the original one....and the total weight its 3,2 kg...</div>

nanoitalia · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 14163" data-quote="JayDawg" data-source="post: 1015988" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1015988" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1015988">JayDawg said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> If that's it, the headstock looks almost identical to an Ibanez Soundgear bass. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/d1d1809baf2a9726c15939e3a19ffab2-jpg.31974/" target="_blank"><img src="https://forums.ernieball.com/data/attachments/9/9150-c3b99f0e8f190b520ee6eac26f3d7fbe.jpg?hash=w7mfDo8ZC1" srcset="" class="bbImage " style="" alt="d1d1809baf2a9726c15939e3a19ffab2.jpg" title="d1d1809baf2a9726c15939e3a19ffab2.jpg" width="150" height="225" loading="lazy" /></a>hi.....I did it by myself, trying to copy an Ibanez iceman neck, which is my ideal neck..didnt notice the headstock is kind of sgr, took the idea of this pic.</div>

nanoitalia · Jun 13, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22670" data-quote="xjbebop" data-source="post: 1016018" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1016018" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1016018">xjbebop said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I prefer that body style as a bass actually.... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> yeah....looks awesome and its very comfortable as well...</div>

GregP · Jul 10, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">My favorite aspect of the St. Vincent bass is Annie Clark's design asthetic. In a promo she did for guitar center she described the shape as "Gender Inclusive" and I couldnt agree more. It's a very approachable instrument and I appreciate the light weight (one of things I love about my Caprice too). If it's like the guitar it should have some cool coil selection options. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /><br /> <br /> Link to the GC promo video: <a href="https://youtu.be/1uTQbaah9wc" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">St. Vincent's Ernie Ball Music Man Signature Guitar with Guitar Center - YouTube</a></div>

Golem · Jul 14, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 14163" data-quote="JayDawg" data-source="post: 1008672" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1008672" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1008672">JayDawg said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So educate me on the advantages of having a short scale bass? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> They are more punky sounding, more subject to enharmonic <br /> distortions, and some peeps dig that. You might just as well <br /> ask why 34" is more prevalent than 35" for long scale basses. <br /> <br /> For a long time, I tuned all my basses to DGCF, which is really <br /> the same as short scale except it offers two low notes on each <br /> string that are absent from the actual 30" basses. IOW, if you <br /> capo a 34" DGCF bass at the 2nd fret, it's an EADG 31" bass. <br /> All the "short scale notes" are in the same place as on a short <br /> scale EADG bass ... there just happens to be 2 extra notes on <br /> each string, up near the nut [without that hypothetical capo]. <br /> <br /> Acoarst the tension feels a bit different, not better or worse <br /> but merely personal preference for some players. <br /> <br /> Another reason for a 30" scale is the ABG. Some happen to be <br /> 34" scale but those suffer from excessively long reach to the <br /> cash zone, and also from neck dive due to the very light body <br /> and lack of a top horn. Even with a solid body, if the body is of <br /> the "Les Paul" shape, the shorter neck helps alleviate the dive <br /> and long reach resulting from the strap pin at the neck heel. <br /> The St Vincent shape is equally problematic. <br /> <br /> OK. Thaz "Short Scale 101". There'll be a quiz next Tuesday <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></div>

Big Poppa · Jul 16, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">nice to know the body is problematic I didnt think it was....but you have played it, right Golem ahahahahahahahahahahha</div>

Golem · Jul 16, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 2535" data-quote="Big Poppa" data-source="post: 1017609" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1017609" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1017609">Big Poppa said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> nice to know the body is problematic I didnt think it was.... <br /> but you have played it, right Golem <br /> ahahahahahahahahahahha </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> No need to be so defensive. Any explanation of where a 30" <br /> scale may offer some advantages must, by definition, touch <br /> on the situation of body shapes lacking a top horn .... which <br /> describes the St Vincent shape. If I discover another species <br /> of bird with tiny, barely vestigal wings, I will definitely class <br /> it as "Flightless" .... without ever tossing it up into the air to <br /> validate that classification. <br /> <br /> Have I personally experienced plenty of examples of all that <br /> I referenced in my post ? You bet your BP I have, and I was <br /> relating well founded observations. IOW, I'll stand by every <br /> word I wrote. I answered a brother's question .... answered <br /> it well and thoroughly !</div>

and lombardini · Jul 21, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">On short scales I prefer the shorter horn and the bridge very close to the end of the body. I think the StV. is a great design for a bass, I'm really looking forward.</div>

Tollywood · Jul 22, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">I'm looking forward to seeing this bass.</div>

Big Poppa · Jul 24, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper">actually you injected your opinion "The St Vincent shape is equally problematic." I was pointing out that it's hard to state as fact when we havent made one yet and followed it up with laughter. Lots of things to do if you are indeed correct and the first prototype is out of balance....I dont plan of offering it if it cannot be made to our standards.<br /> "</div>

Golem · Jul 25, 2017

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 2535" data-quote="Big Poppa" data-source="post: 1018051" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1018051" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1018051">Big Poppa said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> actually you injected your opinion "The St Vincent shape is equally problematic." <br /> I was pointing out that it's hard to state as fact when we havent made one yet <br /> and followed it up with laughter. Lots of things to do if you are indeed correct <br /> and the first prototype is out of balance....I dont plan of offering it if it cannot <br /> be made to our standards." </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Hi BP. I tend to use too many words, yet in an instance where I used fewer <br /> words, maybe I offended or upset you. If I had written a more wordy style, <br /> the phrase <i>"The St Vincent shape is equally problematic."</i> might've been <br /> expanded to <i>"<u>Pictures of</u> the St. V. Bass <u>appear</u> to incorporate the hornless <br /> shape that typically will exhibit the balance problem when the bass has a <br /> full 34" scale ... and is not of headless design." </i><br /> <br /> But even my wordy self doesn't write like THAT. Lawyers write like that ! <br /> <br /> If I had been only a teeny bit more cautious I coulda added one word: <br /> <i>"The St Vincent shape <b>APPEARS</b> to be equally problematic."</i> But I'm <br /> thinking that woulda still triggered the the same reply from you. <br /> <br /> I did critique the St. V. bass's SHAPE, not the bass itself which clearly I've <br /> never touched, nor hacked into your CAD system and built my own 1-off <br /> prototype ! IOW, <u>clearly I was critiquing a picture</u> of a bass not yet built, <br /> and applying common knowledge to the question of <i>"Will it be short scale ?" </i> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>#######################################</b> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> FWIW I'm more touchy than most players about balance, even on fretted <br /> basses, and playing almost entirely fretless makes it even worse. As I'm <br /> aware of that, I'd never push my personal judgement about a particular <br /> bass being "too neck heavy", cuz I'm admittedly more critical about that. <br /> <br /> I moved the strap buttons on my Boingo 5 cuz I'm so picky ... but it's not <br /> something I'd wanna post as a Stickie to address a widespread complaint <br /> cuz acoarst there IS NO widespread complaint <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> OTOH a Boingo 4 really <br /> does have better balance than the 5-string, even tho mostly no one cares !</div>

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