Originally Posted by Mykk (Post 13788430)

Well, I suppose they wouldn't build it if there wasn't a market for it. I don't see it "replacing" or making bass players extinct. I just wonder what kind of guitar amp could handle the range and still sound good at both ends of the spectrum.

Originally Posted by TheEmptyCell (Post 13788436)

Ibanez didn't bring the world the first 7 or 8 string... Not even be first 9
or 10 string guitars.

Don't cry about it on the Internet just because you don't like it.

Originally Posted by bassfart (Post 13788446)

Fractal processors and powered speakers, that's what.

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall (Post 13777336)

So I ordered this bass over a year ago, sometime in November of 2011, and it finally came in last monday. I'm a little late, but I didn't want to start the thread 'till I had some good pics.
I will say this. Chris Stambaugh (Stambaugh Designs) is a madman. I'm not sure if there's anything he won't build. From 8-string acoustics, to 11 string basses, he just won't say no. If there's a problem, he works through it. And his prices are ridiculously low. Take your best guess for what an instrument like this should cost, and divide it by at least two. He even surprised me with a few extra things on here I didn't even ask for.
Specs:
11 strings tuned C#0-F#0-B0-E1-A1-D2-G2-C3-F3-Bb3-Eb4
37-32.5" scale with 9/10 fret parallel
Neck through
Maple, Bubinga, Walnut and Figured Mahogany neck woods
Morado fingerboard with flame-maple binding
Morado pickup covers
28 frets
zero fret with graphite bridge
MOP inlay at 27/28th fret
Mahogany body wings
Custom body shape, slightly chambered
Claro Walnut top, back and headstock cap
2 Aero custom split coil pickups
1 aero single coil pickup, covers D2-Eb4 strings
Aguilar OBP-3 preamp
GHOST piezo system with Bartolini piezo buffer
Dual outputs:
Piezo/split coil pickups with Aguilar preamp
Aero single coil pickup with tone and volume control
Hipshot ultralite tuners on C#0-E1 strings
Sperzel tuner on A1 string
Sperzel locking tuners on D2-Eb4 strings
Dunlop recessed straplocks

Pics:












The bass plays beautifully and has amazing sustain!
The controls are:
master volume
neck/bridge pickup blend
treble cut/boost
mid cut/boost
bass cut/boost
mid frequency selector
"guitar" output tone
"guitar" volume
piezo/magnetic blend

It weighs about twenty or so pounds, but it's really not that bad if I'm actually playing and not just standing there holding it. The long scale took no getting used to, and I don't even notice the fanned frets. It just feels natural. Though the neck is monstrously wide, It's not that hard for me to get around on.

Originally Posted by Beano_z (Post 13788438)

How do you do full barre chords on that thing?!

Originally Posted by 2cooltoolz (Post 13788463)

and then there is this...

Originally Posted by 2cooltoolz (Post 13788463)

and then there is this...

Originally Posted by Beano_z (Post 13788438)

How do you do full barre chords on that thing?!

Originally Posted by Veldar (Post 13788404)

Dam Djent kids and there down tuned music.:mad:

Originally Posted by toddoutloud (Post 13788488)

They tune down the top string a whole step and play with one finger. Kids these days.....(facepalm)......

Originally Posted by SBsoundguy (Post 13788500)

That Stambaugh looks like a raft.

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall (Post 13788496)

HEY! I resent that! ;)

I love how everybody acts like this is the end of all music... But you hit a good note with that djent comment: this bass is made for a specific market of people who accept the outrageous and new. The metal scene where I'm from uses 6-8 string guitars depending, and thus far (two weeks in) I have only received one "record a video of you playing a song that uses every string!" comment in regards to my 11 string bass.

Not to bash on those content with how things are, etc. but we aren't asking that you take this to your next country or classic rock gig at the bar this Saturday. Hell, we aren't even asking for you to touch it!

When you play rock, you'll probably have an SG or Les Paul and a J-bass. In country, you'll have some sort of strat, tele, or semi-acoustic and a p-bass. In Djent, you have 7-9 string guitars and a bassist who's willing to try to play along with whatever hes got, and a general mindset of "lower is heavier, and more strings is more metal" Not that I agree with this idea necessarily, but it's honestly what I've gotten from past members.

Just my 2 cents... /rant

Originally Posted by Veldar (Post 13788518)

Sorry to offend but, this thread was a joke really and I just wanted to show people the ibanez RG9, I've been listening to some 'Djent' for the last month or so and most of the local scean is starting to mash it with their really slow metalcore, I like most of it chimp spanner, animals as leaders etc.

And I'm jealous I wish I had a 11 string bass, and do a video of marry had a little lamb but change which string your playing the note on that'll show the haters.