EB-6 project

[uwe]

The La Bella's for the Hellcat have small ball ends but are too short for a Fender VI I think due to the long Tremolo/tailpiece system. Same with the Eastwood Sidejack. They're also too short for VIs that string through the body. They didn't  fit the Burns Barracuda I owned. i haven't tried them on my Lakland, which is string through and came with GHS CS Fender VI rounds, but imagine similar short comings. I have an unused set if anyone needs some.

How about swapping a set of my D'Addarios (small ballends) or a set of my Fender Bass VI strings (big ballends), both unused, against your Labella set?

[saltymonkey]

Sure Uwe. I'll swap for the Fender VI strings. I'm not a fan of the thinner gauge D'addario's.

[uwe]

Okie dokie! Send me your true identity and postal address to uwe.hornung@cliffordchance.com and we're all set. I have an opened set of Fender VI as well, I'll chuck that in too, you at least seem to have use for it.

[uwe]

On their way, Wilhelm!

[saltymonkey]

Your's too Uwe. Thanks.

[amptech]

I have to stop drinking belgian beer while shopping on ebay...

My EB-6 project body arrived yesterday, and it was in the shape as described in the ad - but i forgot
to study the gibson timeline  - this is a thin neck model, and i can´t see 6 strings crammed into
this 38mm nut. Guess i just have to complete this as an EB-0 and sell it. Or keep it.

So. Uwe (if you are still following this experiment) : was there a standard 43mm nut on all sg EB-6 basses?
How big is yours?

I guess I´ll have to find a pre ´67 , is that right?
I´ve checked all my books now, and looked through the fly pages ,  and it appears that from ´61 to ´67 the 43mm
nuts were standard (although the new neck heel came in ´66 ??) and from ´67 onwards it was 38mm?
Is the timeline that simple, pre ´67 - big and post ´67 small?

I compared my nuts (!) today, finding my ´63 EB0F to be 44mm (it´s an old refin, probably 43mm..) with chunky neck and my  ´new´ project  EB0 is 38mm with the ´66 to ´68 heel and a neck thinner than i could imagine they could make them..

[exiledarchangel]

Well its doable, original Bass VI has a 38" nut I think. I know your fingers will feel very crowded up there thru.

[ilan]

My MIJ VI reissue had 6 strings crammed into an A-width neck. And it was a very comfortable neck to play. Had the OEM strings on it, then replaced them with LaBella flatwound VI set (big improvement).

[uwe]

Both my EB-Sixes are the 43 mm version. Still crowded. Those instruments were never made to be played with fingers, but for guitarists who should double their guitar parts one ocatve lower as was popular at the time in a lot of instrumental music for that "click". That Bert Kaempfert sound.



Nobody envisioned people to turn into bass Jimi Hendrixes with these things, they were basically recording instruments. Then Jack Bruce came ...

[Dave W]

Nobody envisioned people to turn into bass Jimi Hendrixes with these things, they were basically recording instruments. Then Jack Bruce came ...

... and played finger style even with a 1.5 in. nut width.

[uwe]

That, I'm sure, has to do with his "claw technique", where one finger rests on one one string and plays that most of the time.

[amptech]

That, I'm sure, has to do with his "claw technique", where one finger rests on one one string and plays that most of the time.

I ´claw´all the time. Suits me perfect 

[uwe]

Your's too Uwe. Thanks.

Ich bestätige hiermit den Empfang, William! I was never even aware a set like that existed from Labella, very nice, danke.

Are mine safe, ja?

[ilan]

This is the set I liked. Small ball ends, perfect fit. And sounds like Leo meant it to sound.

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-767-6f.html?cmp=nextopia&kw=lab-767-6f

[uwe]

For some reason, La Bellas hardly ever make it to Germany, maybe because Warwick is for once not their distributor.