Four strings and beyond
The string count and tuning establish the design brief. A five-string bass and an eight-string octave bass are different musical arrangements, not just different neck widths.
Steel / Instrument family
Acoustic Bass
An acoustic bass voice with string count, scale and body size developed as one instrument.
The playing brief
What makes this direction different?
For bass players seeking a purpose-built acoustic instrument. The archive includes five- and six-string builds, smaller and extra-large bodies, and an eight-string octave bass with paired courses.
Scale and body
No. 634 has a small body with a 32-34-inch multiscale layout. Concorde No. 708 uses an extra-large bass body and the same documented scale range. Body size and scale are separate decisions.
Amplified use
Describe the ensemble, stage and amplification you use. An acoustic body does not imply enough unamplified level for every band setting; pickup and output requirements should be agreed early.
Completed instruments
The work, in detail.
These photographs, measurements and films belong to the numbered guitars. They are reference instruments, not a fixed specification or a statement of current availability.
No. 708 /
8-string fan fret Octave Acoustic Bass Guitar – Opus Virtuoso – Concorde
- Body
- Extra large Bass
- Nut
- Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished, and semi-scalloped, 45,5 mm width
- Scale length
- 32-34″ (812,8 – 863,6 mm) fanned
No. 634 /
Luthier’s 5-string fan fret acoustic bass guitar no. 634
- Body
- Small
- Nut
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished, and semi-scalloped, 45 mm width
- Scale length
- 32-34″ (812,8 – 863,6 mm)
No. 585 /
Luthier’s 6-string acoustic bass guitar no. 585
- Body
- Small
- Nut
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Scale length
- 34” (863,6 mm)
Before you choose
A few useful answers.
Does eight strings mean eight independent pitches?
Not in the octave bass No. 708: it uses paired courses. The full specification distinguishes that arrangement from a conventional extended-range bass.
Can I choose single-scale instead of multiscale?
Yes, both approaches appear in the workshop archive. Six-string No. 585 documents a single 34-inch scale.
Made for your playing
Your Acoustic Bass.
Tell us what you play, what feels right on your current instrument and what you would change. The specification, price and anticipated timing are agreed before the build begins.
Discuss an instrument