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Building cbg version of upright bass (sort of)

Have you have heard about 12 string basses like ones that Hamer makes, they have tripled every string so you have Eee Aaa Ddd Ggg strings on them, for example E is for lowest string and ee are 2 strings tuned octave higher, and so on.

So my plan is t

Upright Double Bass Strings

What is the distance apart of the strings at the nut and at the bridge. The double bass is 3/4 size about 6 foot in length.

Electric Upright Bass

I am going to build an upright bass. Does any one have plans or information that may help especially with scale length, tuning machines, use of piezo and any other helpful information. If you can point me in the right direction it would be a help e.g

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Building cbg version of upright bass (sort of)

Upright Double Bass Strings

Electric Upright Bass

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