The DB Of The Future

Sam Sherry · #1 07-23-2010, 01:11 PM

has arrived.

That's right, friends, now you can enjoy all the inconvenience of a large, fragile double-bass, including (but not limited to) the transportation problems, along with the low likelihood of ever finding a suitable case,

AND

also revel in all the sonic compromises built into a short-scale, fretted, magnetic-pickup bass guitar, with all the instant-depreciation that BGs are so justly renowned AND dramatically-diminished resale prospects unique to this particular instrument. Comes complete with our RattleMaster endpin.

We've done most of the sanding for you -- any finish problems are exclusively your own. And if you think there are any troubles that might come from bolting a neck onto a softwood body, why heck, Junior, you're just thinking too hard, now.

Act now, friends. Blink and you will miss it.

Rockingbird · #2 07-23-2010, 01:14 PM

So it's an aftermarket Barker Bass body? Thats pretty cool. Dimensions and sound a bass guitarist instantly recognizes, but with the added ergonomic benefits that upright-users enjoy. I like this!

thobbinghotrod · #3 07-23-2010, 01:14 PM

Does Douglas fir just mean pine? That thing is truly worthless.

bassteban · #4 07-23-2010, 01:16 PM

I will now dust off my poor, neglected DB and struggle through a few scales- just to cleanse my mind's palate(sp?)of the awful sounds I'm imagining now.

hdiddy · #5 07-23-2010, 01:36 PM

Umm... we enjoy ergonomic benefits?!?

Marcus Johnson · #6 07-23-2010, 01:43 PM

That's truly pathetic. Something like that will get you laughed off the stage at the very least, and probably beaten up in the parking lot too. Deservedly so.

thobbinghotrod · #7 07-23-2010, 01:47 PM

I could see it for sitting on the couch and mindlessly playing while your watching the Daily Show. But not for that money, maybe 25$. But in all honesty, in that situation you can just stand up an electric in your lap and call it a day.

Rockingbird · #8 07-23-2010, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hdiddy

Umm... we enjoy ergonomic benefits?!?

Research the Barker Bass. Its less of a strain on your wrist to play it in the upright position than horizontally.

hdiddy · #9 07-23-2010, 03:57 PM

I know about the Barker bass. Sorry I can't take either of these seriously.

Marcus Johnson · #10 07-23-2010, 07:04 PM

Same here.

salcott · #11 07-23-2010, 08:58 PM

Been playing upright and slab for 40+ years and my wrists are fine. That thing is an insult to the P bass.

Jake · #12 07-23-2010, 11:08 PM

It's hideous.

MR PC · #13 07-24-2010, 01:58 AM

In the ***very***

fine print it says each body is handcrafted, one at a time.

Mudfuzz · #14 07-24-2010, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thobbinghotrod

Does Douglas fir just mean pine? That thing is truly worthless.

No, Dug fir is dug fir, pine is pine, spruce is spruce ect.
Dug fir is not what I would call my first choice to make any instrument from, the stuff splits and cracks and checks more then most soft woods. I go through tons of it in my day job. Also rots really easy....

Worthless? maybe. Looks silly to me, no more no less.

Bass · #15 07-24-2010, 10:12 AM

Why doesn't someone buy one and provide a review?

Mudfuzz · #16 07-24-2010, 10:17 AM

Because wasting money in a failing economy is wasteful.
Because it looks lame.
Because if I wanted to I could build one that looked nicer.
Because this is the DB forum and it is a BG on a stick.
Because we have better things to do.
Because collecting pokemon would be more productive in the long run.

MR PC · #17 07-24-2010, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mudfuzz

No, Dug fir is dug fir, pine is pine, spruce is spruce ect.
Dug fir is not what I would call my first choice to make any instrument from, the stuff splits and cracks and checks more then most soft woods. I go through tons of it in my day job. Also rots really easy....

Worthless? maybe. Looks silly to me, no more no less.

FWIW, some nice instruments have been constructed using properly cut and seasoned Fir........but yeah that bass body is good for some laughs. I remember seeing one of Hank Ballard's bassists use something like that and ***left handed*** as well.

TroyK · #18 07-24-2010, 01:55 PM

I am quippless, which as some of you know, takes some doing.

Mudfuzz · #19 07-24-2010, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR PC

FWIW, some nice instruments have been constructed using properly cut and seasoned Fir........

True but you will notice that they are few and far between. I think Ross [Paul's friend] made a bass out of it and when I was looking for wood for my "some day I'm building a bass" project the guy from Orcas Island tonewoods suggested I look for some reclamed dug fir but still, not what my first choice would be, I work with the stuff almost every day, I know it well.