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Barry Wood's NAMM Oddities is not only a lot of fun

It is a timeline of new design ideas

http://www.otheroom.com/namm/

i forgot to mention they are on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/nammoddities

the subject in question is the extended upper heel or horn of a guitar or bass

touching the neck all the way as far as the 12th fret

here's the first hint of this from 1999

a Warrior bass

a Warrior 9 string bass!

http://www.warriorbass.com/main/index.html 

nothing much to kook at so far; the manufacturer is the one I am interested in. I am sure i remember them being the first to design the extended heel.

2004 and the arrival of the Teuffel Tesla

i got an email from Ulrich Teuffel some time ago. He explained;

"The "short" neck, or better, the supported neck of the Tesla gives a guitar a much better attack"

his version of this design goes all the way to the 7th fret.

go to the Teuffel Tesla site for A LOT of information on this instrument.

http://www.teuffel.com/english/guitars/tesla/tesla_main.htm 

now here's not only an instrument, but a builder that blew me away when I first went to their site

Another example from 2004. Extended body, looks chambered, lots of strings and controls. All the food groups.
 
I will drop them a line soon because of the amount of amazing designs represented

http://www.conklinguitars.com/ 

take some time to look around. Really great


forward to 2006

this manufacturer seems to prefer the extended join at the 12th fret

the question i ask is, are 11 strings enough?

but have a look at their site 

http://benaventeguitars.com/

lots of good examples.

silly me, a 12 string

 

nonetheless, another example of an extended heel, headless and fanned fret.

plus if you go to their site, there is some serious building going on.

http://www.pratbasses.com/