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[Mike Sokol]

Agree. My eyes hurt just looking at those necks. I'm sure it plays well, but for the bending i do, no thanks. Also, seems like your options for fret jobs would be extremely limited...

That's why I play a Hammond B3 and a Mini-Moog. I can play whatever low notes I want, and bend them as much as I like. 

[Ned Ward]

Mike - hoping you have a lift gate on a van or some very strong roadie friends for that B3...

I may treat my self to the Electro-Harmonix B9 pedal and/or the pitchfork. Bob, Steve and Dick - the pedal is hilarious to try. No you won't replace a real B3, but playing some parts with it in the store just brought a smile to my face. Would be fun to bring to a gig we're doing tomorrow as a foursome (drums/bass/acoustic/electric), but that would violate my rule of no new gear the day before or of a gig...

[Steve M Smith]

Agree. My eyes hurt just looking at those necks

Oh, it's supposed to be like that.  When I first saw it, I thought it was just a dodgy photograph.

I don't think I could get on with that.

I remember seeing a Bond guitar in the 1980s with a carbon fibre fingerboard with a stepped profile no frets).

It was interesting but was never likely to change the guitar world.

EDIT:  Like this:




Steve.

[Ned Ward]

Ah, the Bond guitar - remember it as well from old Guitar Player magazines. Would be interesting to see how those necks have faired since then. I seem to also remember an awful lot of membrane switches...

[Bob Leonard]

Bond guitar. No thanks. Wonder what happens when you wear a flat spot on the top of the slope?


In the picture the inventor of the true temperment guitar looks very sad. Probably a very nice guy, but now wonders why guitar players throw shit at him. I have short fingers and can't imagine bending notes or playing diminished, augmented, Maj7 or 9th chords with my fingers bumping into all that wiggly shit. Besides, intonating a guitar is simple to say the least as long as the guitar is well made. Oh well.

[Steve M Smith]

Bond guitar. No thanks. Wonder what happens when you wear a flat spot on the top of the slope?

They hope you buy a new one!

I saw one in a London shop in the early 80's.  I picked it up, played a couple of chords and put it down thinking 'no thanks'.

I seem to also remember an awful lot of membrane switches...

I think you might be confusing it with the Casio synth guitar.  A fun thing to play - for a few minutes, but just a gimmick really.




Steve.

[g'bye, Dick Rees]

OP checking in.  Interesting digressions per usual, enjoy the pics...but I'm working with acoustic guitars basically and still want to just have a way to maintain the low end range/reach of the E string such that I can still get the F/F#/G/G# bass notes when the left hand is working above the 7th fret.  I wouldn't mind extending the lows down to a C, though.

I'll probably get to trying the crossover/pitch shift chain within the next month and see what happens.  With my old midi-accordion expander unit it would simply identify the lowest key played and drop that an octave, but I'm not using a midi-guitar.

[Tim McCulloch]

OP checking in.  Interesting digressions per usual, enjoy the pics...but I'm working with acoustic guitars basically and still want to just have a way to maintain the low end range/reach of the E string such that I can still get the F/F#/G/G# bass notes when the left hand is working above the 7th fret.  I wouldn't mind extending the lows down to a C, though.

I'll probably get to trying the crossover/pitch shift chain within the next month and see what happens.  With my old midi-accordion expander unit it would simply identify the lowest key played and drop that an octave, but I'm not using a midi-guitar.

You need an Accord-i-tar.  Or a Guitardion.

[g'bye, Dick Rees]

You need an Accord-i-tar.  Or a Guitardion.

Or elective surgery...

[Steve Hurt]

You'd have to use a crossover or something to say "nothing above this gets affected", but once you have done that, try the Electro Harmonix Micro Pog.  Tracks as well as any Octave Box I've tried and it's polyphonic.

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