St Vincent Bass!!!!

[CaseyBall]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hey Golem,<br /> <br /> I think I understand where you&#039;re coming from, the STV is a very different, sort of art deco avant garde style of design, which can probably look like it has a host of ergonomic problems, however I have to say that the truth is that the design shape is actually quite comfortable, if not a little tough on the high access frets. <br /> <br /> Rest assured the STV bass will also be player friendly and balanced. I don&#039;t work in instrument design but the lack of bouts/horns and headstock weight probably aren&#039;t giant hurdles for balance.</div>

 

[the_eigensheep]

<div class="bbWrapper">Has there been any additional information about this bass?<br /> <br /> I&#039;m in the market for a new bass at the moment, but maybe I can hold out a little longer...</div>

 

[Wim Laven]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34397" data-quote="the_eigensheep" data-source="post: 1022394" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1022394" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1022394">the_eigensheep said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Has there been any additional information about this bass?<br /> <br /> I&#039;m in the market for a new bass at the moment, but maybe I can hold out a little longer... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Good question and good bump.<br /> <br /> I feel like I&#039;m always learning something new. I&#039;ve never noticed &quot;neck dive&quot; or thought about &quot;balance&quot; before. Is this something that doesn&#039;t come up because I&#039;m not on stage playing/fighting with an instrument for hours? <br /> <br /> My education in bass guitar (sadly) comes from 1990&#039;s Bakersfield, everyone knew Korn (including me) and all anyone was doing was finding the longest straps available (I may not be exaggerating as much as you think here).<br /> <br /> Anyway, I really enjoy when I catch these threads even if its just on the second go around. I especially like seeing the responsiveness of the EB family. What a fun forum.</div>

 

[bovinehost]

<div class="bbWrapper">It IS a fun forum!</div>

 

[Golem]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 31609" data-quote="Wim Laven" data-source="post: 1022397" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1022397" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1022397">Wim Laven said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> ... I&#039;ve never noticed &quot;neck dive&quot; or thought about &quot;balance&quot; <br /> before. Is this something that doesn&#039;t come up because I&#039;m <br /> not on stage playing/fighting with an instrument for hours? <br /> .......... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Among the life-size rock star posters decorating the local <br /> GC is one of some dufus playing a triple neck ax. Clearly, <br /> showmanship trumps ergonomics in certain realms. <br /> <br /> As to reasons you&#039;ve never noticed ergonomic, most likely <br /> it&#039;s cuz GOOD ergonomics, by definition, will go unnoticed, <br /> and most basses follow the classic well balanced template <br /> that was into&#039;d as the original P-bass, and continues to be <br /> the most popular type in use today ... obviously including <br /> the StingRay/Sterling.</div>

 

[GregP]

<div class="bbWrapper">I can&#039;t wait to find out all the nitty gritty technical details about this bass. I hope more will be revealed at Winter NAMM <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 /> For anyone who hasn&#039;t checked out St. Vincent&#039;s new record I highly recommend it. I felt quite inspired after listening to it and created a composition for Los Ageless on my Caprice. So needless to say I am SUPER EXCITED about this bass. Please forgive my cell phones audio and the mess...I&#039;m in the process of moving. ;-)<br /> <br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/XTIFeRXZDzM" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">St. Vincent - Los Ageless(Bass Composition) - YouTube</a></div>

 

[GregP]

<div class="bbWrapper">I believe I may have just had a stroke of brilliance. Imagine if you will, the St. Vincent bass equipped with Game Changer electronics. That would be incredible. <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>

 

[engage757]

<div class="bbWrapper">St.V will work great for a Short-scale bass. The neck sits further into the body. I would guess a slightly longer neck pocket with a bass would accomplish the same thing. This is one reason the St.V balances so well in guitar form in my opinion.</div>

 

[Noah]

<div class="bbWrapper">I made one too, plan to make more.<br /> <a href="https://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/img_6780-jpg-jpg.35080/" target="_blank"><img src="https://forums.ernieball.com/data/attachments/10/10849-6bd3927d219b3230353df50aba252704.jpg?hash=a9OSfSGbMj" srcset="" class="bbImage " style="" alt="IMG_6780.JPG.jpg" title="IMG_6780.JPG.jpg" width="240" height="150" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

[Tollywood]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 41368" data-quote="Noah" data-source="post: 1047465" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1047465" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1047465">Noah said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I made one too, plan to make more.<br /> <a href="https://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/35080/" target="_blank">View attachment 35080</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That looks fantastic. Well done. The headstock bothers me, but otherwise it looks great.</div>

 

[Noah]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 17948" data-quote="Tollie" data-source="post: 1047469" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1047469" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1047469">Tollie said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That looks fantastic. Well done. The headstock bothers me, but otherwise it looks great. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thanks a ton, the neck is just part of my prototyping process, it&#039;s actually a $32 eBay buy that I had to investigate, haha!</div>

 

[Tollywood]

<div class="bbWrapper">You’re welcome. I like the finish, too. Are you going to make a neck from scratch?</div>

 

[Noah]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 17948" data-quote="Tollie" data-source="post: 1047490" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1047490" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1047490">Tollie said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You’re welcome. I like the finish, too. Are you going to make a neck from scratch? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thanks, the finish was my first attempt at &quot;shou sugi ban,&quot; a trendy fire/oil treatment. The silver/black shimmer on the Honduran mahogany grain looks way wilder in person.<br /> <br /> Neck wise, I&#039;m thinking of building or buying a solid wenge fretless deal. I&#039;ve always built neck thrus, and I don&#039;t have any templates for or experience with bolt-ons, so I&#039;m on the fence about it. I plan to build a tenor 5 tenor and a fretless 4, and those will be neck thru and scratch built, for sure. I really get into carving comfy heels and am curious as to how that will go with this body style.</div>

 

[Tollywood]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 41368" data-quote="Noah" data-source="post: 1047497" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1047497" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1047497">Noah said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks, the finish was my first attempt at &quot;shou sugi ban,&quot; a trendy fire/oil treatment. The silver/black shimmer on the Honduran mahogany grain looks way wilder in person.<br /> <br /> Neck wise, I&#039;m thinking of building or buying a solid wenge fretless deal. I&#039;ve always built neck thrus, and I don&#039;t have any templates for or experience with bolt-ons, so I&#039;m on the fence about it. I plan to build a tenor 5 tenor and a fretless 4, and those will be neck thru and scratch built, for sure. I really get into carving comfy heels and am curious as to how that will go with this body style. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I love the solid wenge neck idea. Oh, and yes to the fretless.<br /> <br /> I’m a luthier, but I only build acoustic guitars. I made a really sick one piece striped cocobolo neck. It had purple and gold layers. I was inspired by the rosewood neck on my Luke 3.</div>

 

[nanoitalia]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 41368" data-quote="Noah" data-source="post: 1047465" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1047465" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1047465">Noah said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I made one too, plan to make more.<br /> <a href="https://forums.ernieball.com/attachments/35080/" target="_blank">View attachment 35080</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>nice work dude....I am the one who made the red one...I guess you had the same problem then i...the V shape with the bass bridge are quiet incompatible...</div>

 

[nanoitalia]

<div class="bbWrapper">for anyone who want to ear what mine sounds, here a live video...its a 360, click on the screen and move around...<br /> <div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="pEmPgO-0KjM"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pEmPgO-0KjM?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div></div>

 

[Anacharsis]

<div class="bbWrapper">Nice build.<br /> <br /> ...so am I to conclude that EBMM was never actually going to put out a St. Vincent bass? I mean, rumors are rumors and all that. I was pretty interested myself, as I dig playing my two St. Vincents, and I also play bass.<br /> <br /> Correction. I just watched the video. I guess it was i the works, but Sterling changed his mind or something went sideways.</div>

 

[Thegrandwazoo]

<div class="bbWrapper">Any word as to whether this is ever going to happen?</div>

 

[itsratso]

<div class="bbWrapper">According to reps at NAMM last year, this has been killed. No one has said why. There has been a ton of interest in it, as shown in this thread for instance. It was my personal inspiration for picking up a bass again after 20 years of not playing, and also for being a mm guy. I would think it would at least merit a limited release. It is the one thing this company has done that really disappoints me.</div>

 

[Grugenhagen]

<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;m guessing the introduction of the Short Scale Stingray is what ultimately killed this project.</div>