Sleek Guitars. Somebody's gotta talk me out of this.

[two fingers]

Originally Posted by dalkowski

I'm amazed that anyone would need to be talked out of making that purchase.

Beat me to it.

OP drop your computer and kick it to me! We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Let's all go home in one piece. (Enter any other cop movie line you can think of here.)

OK, let's be honest. A $550 bass is not going to be amazing. Adequate perhaps, but not amazing. The same goes for a guitar. But this thing has no upside to me.

It's ridiculous. There were copious amounts of drugs in the room when this "thing" was thought up. SOMEBODY in the room said "Duuuhooohoooohooood, no way dude." And everybody laughed. Doritos were passed around. But nobody sobered up.

You don't have the good kind of GAS right now. You have the kind that comes from beans. It too will pass (literally).

[Solarmist]

Originally Posted by Yerf Dog

Truss rod.

Yeah - how does that work ....... ?

[MD]

I would have expected this from Tennessee.

[spz8]

Wow. Maybe the dumbest instrument idea I've seen yet.

[Joe Nerve]

I knew it was possible to beat the crap out of someone, but talkbass has now proven it's also possible to beat the gas out of them.

Mission accomplished.

I will not buy that bass/guitar. True, I like weird stuff... but I think I may have actually been able to talk myself out of this one. Seemed awesome at first glance, then after thinking about it for a few minutes, yeah, well...

Guitar was my first instrument, so if this thing worked the way I initially invisioned it might, it might be a novelty I'd go after. It just seems so impossible as it is though. Thanks for the help. But you guys can be pretty brutal. If I didn't know ya'll I'd, and if I didn't ask for it there's be trouble here. So I'll just say this, instead

[darkstorm]

Youve got to be kidding. Theres no way the neck is going to be playable at all with strings on both sides of it. Thats just stupid design imo.

[lowphatbass]

Find an attractive Lefty, hopefully one with good breath that you don't mind rubbing business with and have fun. It's surely a guitar built for two.

[Strat Hater]

If you buy that I have a deal for you.

I am selling the Golden Gate Bridge for only $10,000. Excellent location, on beach front

[Engine207]

I can't believe I'm the first to ask...

Do you guys think it's good for metal?

[Dash Rantic]

Originally Posted by gustobassman

Well, if all else fails, you can play the bass line with your hands and do a guitar solo with your......

Other way around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=houU6FjEnaI

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[Avezzano]

Not the most original, indeed. Now, THIS is something definitely better and more playable!!! (Mr. Michael Manring checking out one at some show)



Brochure of one of the possible models realized


Check the videos at the links below.




http://www.thumbstring.com/index.php...emid=1&lang=en

http://www.thumbstring.com/index.php...&id=3&Itemid=4

http://www.thumbstring.com/index.php...id=7&Itemid=17

[Darren Low]

Lolwut

[bootsox]

if it were about $250 cheaper I'd consider buying one, but that's way too expensive for a novelty item

[Fuzzbass]

Originally Posted by Yerf Dog

Truss rod.

Originally Posted by Solarmist

Yeah - how does that work ....... ?

Thermos: keeps hot things hot, cold things cold. How does it know?

Obviously you can't tweak relief on one side without affecting the other.

I applaud the manufacturer for thinking outside the box. I'm not sure how practical this is, but I can see how it can be played with a strap: have it hang normally for bass, then flip it up (so the top horn becomes the lower horn) for guitar. Or vice versa. I do that sometimes as a goof, when there's a lengthy guitar-only intro: I flip up the bass and strum the back of the body. Doesn't take much effort to hold the bass in that position.

[AltGrendel]

Wouldn't touch it. Maybe as a novelty, but I'm not in to that.

[Chef]

^^^^TWSS.

[jellymax]

judjing by the picture, i would guess it to be approx a 30 inch scale. no thanx

[77stingray]

You may forget your shredded left hand thumb if the pain from the pick ups and strings pressing into your body is worse.

Maybe there is a way to play a bass line on the front and play power chords on the back with the thumb slide and perhaps a belt buckle pick.
Now that's stage presence! Add a harmonica with a rack and you're all set, that is unless you want to add a kick drum on the floor and some cymbals between your knees.

[dalkowski]

Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

I knew it was possible to beat the crap out of someone, but talkbass has now proven it's also possible to beat the gas out of them.

Mission accomplished.

I will not buy that bass/guitar. True, I like weird stuff... but I think I may have actually been able to talk myself out of this one. Seemed awesome at first glance, then after thinking about it for a few minutes, yeah, well...

Guitar was my first instrument, so if this thing worked the way I initially invisioned it might, it might be a novelty I'd go after. It just seems so impossible as it is though. Thanks for the help. But you guys can be pretty brutal. If I didn't know ya'll I'd, and if I didn't ask for it there's be trouble here. So I'll just say this, instead

We're here to help.

If you ever take a notion to purchase vials of plague or drums of low-level nuclear waste, please check in with us first.

[artechoke]

Joe, get it.

There's one on ebay for half-of-half price! You'll be a legend.