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Well I was interested in what people had to say about this too, but it's not like you're getting a ton of answers. So I'll make a guess. The guitar strings and the bass string have to be the same scale. So you're going to have to make some sort of compromise on scale. A baritone scale might be the best of both worlds.When I played one of John's Lowebows, the scale was quite long.
Another possible solution is to do the slanted fret thing. The nut and bridge are both slanted - the 12th fret is only thing that's perpendicular. In this case, each string is a different scale length. You could possibly make the bass string an actual bass scale length and the guitar strings actually guitar scale length. This is something for sure you would want to draw out in a drafting program first to see if it would actually work.
Darren Brown did a build like your talking about. My corian build [ even though it has dulci fretting ] is a 28" scale length. I used a heavy bass string plus a .026 and a .018. It has a sound all it`s own, great for playing those bass riffs plus the higher strings add some mando sounds to it. I found that I can capo the neck and still get a great "thump" sound.http://www.youtube.com/user/brown4895#p/u/33/k5XHmixOm0c
I was waiting too. I think a different scale would work if the nut was in the same place for both, with a different bridge for the bass string. That would give you 2 scales, and require you to be aware when fretting the bass string. Lots of thought involved with matching your bass to the git strings - different frets for the appropriate notes.
On the Lowebow I had, it had one bass string and 3 guitar strings. Both the same scale - 30". That seems to be the smart way for the most comfortable playing and keeping in relatively the same key. I've got a stereo project like this coming up so I'm interested to hear everyones ideas as well. Mine will be fretless.
LOL!! I knew people were waiting.
I was thinking around 30in. Moving the bridge rather than the nut is a really good idea. Hmmmmmm
Darren Brown did a build like your talking about. My corian build [ even though it has dulci fretting ] is a 28" scale length. I used a heavy bass string plus a .026 and a .018. It has a sound all it`s own, great for playing those bass riffs plus the higher strings add some mando sounds to it. I found that I can capo the neck and still get a great "thump" sound.http://www.youtube.com/user/brown4895#p/u/33/k5XHmixOm0c
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