[quote="guitarded":hi63l6d3]Hi, Sheldon. I think this has come up before, but would you briefly discuss the hard parts of building a fanned 8 or 10 string (octave) bass? Obviously, the bridge and headstock would be mindbenders for you, if just for a minute,. What other difficulties might there be? I'm starting a 3 piece side project and would like to fill things up a bit, and I would prefer to do it on a Dingwall, of course.

Mark[/quote:hi63l6d3]
I'd need to catch up on Prima Artists and new designs in waiting. The only challenges I can think of at the moment are sourcing the octave strings in appropriate lengths.
I've heard two Hamer 12's live. One 32" and one 34" and it's surprising how similar they sound to a fanned-fret bass.