BigRedX Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 This bass has been around for at least a year and there's another thread on here all about it. It's an interesting concept and I'd love to get my hands on one. However I've filled in the contact form twice and not heard anything back from them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wouldn't it be a bit cold to the touch... and the bout edges might cut in a bit… don't I sound all wussy :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I like the tubular neck idea... if they can make one out of steel then maybes they could make a wood one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 [quote name='bh2' timestamp='1387748921' post='2315256'] I like the tubular neck idea... if they can make one out of steel then maybes they could make a wood one? [/quote] Why bother, the material that a bass is constructed out of has absolutely no bearing on whatsoever on the resulting sound............[i]slinks slowly away to avoid resulting argument!!!![/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) [quote name='cytania' timestamp='1387746767' post='2315216'] Wouldn't it be a bit cold to the touch... and the bout edges might cut in a bit… don't I sound all wussy :-) [/quote] Feeling cold to the touch was a major problem with the old Kramer and Travis Bean aluminium -necked basses back in the day. One of these basses would be an ideal choice for a funky Dalek. Edited December 22, 2013 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1387652176' post='2314294'] I would play one on stage if I lived in the future, when no doubt designs like this will proliferate, but to be honest with you, I'm not really even living in the present. Never mind embracing change, I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that I am going to have to pay the Poll Tax. Stainless steel basses is a bit too much for me to take in .2013 is a bit too much for me to take in . [/quote] You could cover the stainless steel bass in <Blue Peter>sticky back plastic</Blue Peter> for that full-on retro look and feel. Combine the third millennium with the 1960s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Sounds OK (apart from that odd ringing, similar to the sound you get when you tap a scaffold pole), but looks like a gardening implement. Terrible aesthetics. Not for me I'm afraid. Daft Punk might be interested though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingraybassman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 [quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1387914904' post='2317236'] Sounds OK (apart from that odd ringing, similar to the sound you get when you tap a scaffold pole), but looks like a gardening implement. Terrible aesthetics. Not for me I'm afraid. Daft Punk might be interested though... [/quote] I thought more clothes rail than scaffold pole! It could definitely double up as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm concerned that it looks as if the frets run all the way around the neck, looks as if it would be horribly lumpy running up and down it. I also think that it looks like it belongs in a sci fi film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1387914904' post='2317236'] Sounds OK (apart from that odd ringing, similar to the sound you get when you tap a scaffold pole), but looks like a gardening implement. Terrible aesthetics. Not for me I'm afraid. Daft Punk might be interested though... [/quote] I agree about the metallic ringing, really irritating. I couldn't live with that, and I play all graphite basses so it's not like I'm stuck in 1962. There's been plenty of innovation in the guitar world right from the 70s through to today. But most guitarists and bass players would rather have two bits of wood roughly nailed together with some 1950s styling So the future of basses was Leo Fender and always will has been Edited January 10, 2014 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Interesting idea all right, but it looks incredibly awkward to play and, more importantly, it sounds awful. Edited January 10, 2014 by alittlebitrobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I know what's bugging me. It looks like a big tin opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankdave Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) I seen this a few months back and being an engineer it impressed me, it's very clever and I'd be interested in trying one to feel how that neck feels. It might be amazingly comfortable, of course it could be just as easily be cr*p. But as mentioned above, the body shape does look like a can opener and I think the guys that make it should have "re-think" about the body shape, it sure is ugly. Edited January 11, 2014 by Tankdave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmit Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 The interesting thing with a round neck would be if you could rotate it around to have a fretless side. But then the frets would be in the way of your hand:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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