TheGreek Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYnEmNzJNeM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I kept expecting to see his knee caps go flying across the room or the floor to give out under the immense weight of that monster. Presumably he can't play it sitting down in case he severs a leg. Kudos to anyone who does the super extended range thing, but I find the prospect daunting, verging on downright intimidating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The headstock is bigger than my bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Phallic? Oh behave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) It's a multi-function instrument. You can do the ironing between string changes. Mind you, it sounds pretty good when he plays it within normal 4-string bass range. Edited September 29, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Stuart McKinsey, he's a friend of mine on Facebook. He's a really great musician. How many guys on here struggle to name the notes, and play scales on a 4 string bass ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Enjoyed the video, he obviously is a talented musician and he certainly loves his bass 10'er but it gave me a back ache just looking at it !! LOL, good luck to him though, it seems to inspire him musically John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 There will always threads like this while we keep referring to these instruments as basses. They really should have some sort of title of their own like 'extended range guitar' (ERG) or something. The grey area would be in deciding at which point a bass becomes an ERG I guess. If, purely hypothetically, you could make something like a double bass but which could cover the range of a viola and a violin I doubt many people would call it a double [i]bass[/i]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1443602748' post='2876033'] There will always threads like this while we keep referring to these instruments as basses. They really should have some sort of title of their own like 'extended range guitar' (ERG) or something. [/quote] You mean like "extended range bass" (ERB) which is what they're currently referred to as? I imagine that if they were made with guitar-scaled necks they would be referred to as ERGs, as they'd be guitars with more strings stuck on. In this case, they're basses with more strings stuck on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Love the toilet flush at 5:10. Also the World's Biggest Scrunchy at the first fret. As to the bass itself, really not my thang but it's clear that he has his head sorted as to what he's doing and why, and that's really all that matters. I have to say that, quite apart from not liking ERBs and such, I really hated the tone of that bass. Nothing to do with it being an ERB or with his playing, just many miles away from what I look for in one of my own basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm FB friends with French virtuoso (and fellow lefty) Yves Carbonne, who plays a 12-string bass [i]and[/i] a 2-string bass he's just had specially made for himself by Letts. [url="https://www.facebook.com/yvescarbonneofficial"]https://www.facebook.com/yvescarbonneofficial[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jecklin Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) This is not intended as a slight as I say this as someone who performs solo using an unusual instrument, but the thing that I find frustrating about ERBs is that the material played is as much about the instrument as it is the music. I guess I need to see a composer/performer playing their own genre specific material where the ERB instrument no longer matters. On a similar note I can almost tolerate Michael manrings hyperbass stuff (I do like the more gentle ambient styled pieces) but I just wish they weren't preceeded by a lecture about the instrument itself. Edited September 30, 2015 by Jecklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1443604244' post='2876054'] You mean like "extended range bass" (ERB) which is what they're currently referred to as? [/quote] No idea they were tbh don't call seeing it but then I don't think any artist I'm really interested in uses them. Ah well, as you were... Edited September 30, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 [quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1443607855' post='2876107'] I guess I need to see a composer/performer playing their own genre specific material where the ERB instrument no longer matters. [/quote] http://youtu.be/FE9o0kT11Xw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 great basses would love to try one,but I have trouble with four,respect to these guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1443602748' post='2876033'] There will always threads like this while we keep referring to these instruments as basses. They really should have some sort of title of their own like 'extended range guitar' (ERG) or something. The grey area would be in deciding at which point a bass becomes an ERG I guess. If, purely hypothetically, you could make something like a double bass but which could cover the range of a viola and a violin I doubt many people would call it a double [i]bass[/i]. [/quote] They already have a name, they're called ERB's - extended range basses. Generally anything after a 5 string is an ERB, so 6 strings and upwards (string wise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 [quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1443607855' post='2876107'] This is not intended as a slight as I say this as someone who performs solo using an unusual instrument, but the thing that I find frustrating about ERBs is that the material played is as much about the instrument as it is the music. I guess I need to see a composer/performer playing their own genre specific material where the ERB instrument no longer matters. On a similar note I can almost tolerate Michael manrings hyperbass stuff (I do like the more gentle ambient styled pieces) but I just wish they weren't preceeded by a lecture about the instrument itself. [/quote] Have you heard Yves Carbonne's stuff ? He did a nice album a few years ago with Michael Manring and Dominique Di Piazza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I prefer piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Six is enough for me... Although I do fancy trying a seven tuned BEADGBE, could be fun with the looper. I wouldn't want a bass with a neck so wide that it could no longer be played in the traditional way and basically became a tapping instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1443606009' post='2876087'] I'm FB friends with French virtuoso (and fellow lefty) Yves Carbonne, who plays a 12-string bass [i]and[/i] a 2-string bass he's just had specially made for himself by Letts. [url="https://www.facebook.com/yvescarbonneofficial"]https://www.facebook...arbonneofficial[/url] [/quote] I'm friends with him too, he's an amazing musician. Have you heard this [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbonne-Di-Piazza-Manring/dp/B00125WC4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443744556&sr=8-1&keywords=carbonne+manring"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbonne-Di-Piazza-Manring/dp/B00125WC4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443744556&sr=8-1&keywords=carbonne+manring[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnythenotes Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) You wouldn't want to walk past your local scrap yard carrying that in your hand....If he switched on his 'super magnet picking up things' device, you could lose your arm. Edited October 2, 2015 by jonnythenotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Why are there fretmarks in the upper register along the FAR side of the neck on that bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 I would suggest that there are many more questions about this bass beginning with "..why...?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1443789971' post='2877721'] I would suggest that there are many more questions about this bass beginning with "..why...?" [/quote] ... and that's why I prefer a piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1443791797' post='2877748'] ... and that's why I prefer a piano. [/quote] Sorted: http://www.gak.co.uk/en/korg-rk-100s-keytar-red/93243?gclid=CjwKEAjw1riwBRD61db6xtWTvTESJACoQ04QBPtYTd2QAzVZQeFZ5oOySvz0RJ0QcC3I7lUw665HUBoC_-bw_wcB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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