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marcblum wrote:
This guy plays a monster which comes close to my dreambass. I just want it green tinted, with headstock , fretted and without dots.
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There are a few things that you may want to consider:
- Unless you ask Rob to do otherwise, S2/Stealth with headstock have a 34" ¾” (882mm) scale. Headless 34"” scale (864mm). I haven't had a chance to ask Rob why he uses a 34.75" scale on headed basses but personaly I am not a huge fan of basses with scale > 34". I have a S2 hadless 6 string and I am not missing a longer scale.
- In my experience, dots on a 6 strings are usefull. I noticed that when I play on the high register, I need to see on which fret I play. If I play a 4 string, the side dots are relatively close to the G string.I can see the fretboard
and the side dots at the same time.
On a 6 string, if I play an instrument without dots, my eyes keep moving from the side of the fretboard (where the small dots are) and the point of the fretboard surface where my finger are playing.
This may not apply to you. I know some players do not look at the fretboard (e.g.
Alain Caron) but on a 6 strings I am lost if, at least once in a while, I don't see what I am doing :D