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Extended Range Basses

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WarriorBass

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Hi folks !

What do you guys think ok extended-range instruments. I'm a wannabe 9-string player and I absolutely love it.
Ok some may say now : "Jaco Pastorius needed only 4 to achieve this greatness".
I think every bass player is different in his playing style and habits and some are ok with 4 and some want to have more =)
I'm wishing that I was currently in contact with Warrior Instruments about a 14-string (!!) double-neck (!!!!!) bass.
14 strings on every of the two necks, one fretted one fretless. It will be tuned from low G# to high C# and will be multi-scaled with scales ranging from 46" on the low G# to 31.5" on the high C#.
I'm sure Warrior will manage this...
Tell me what you think of this 14-string double-neck and extended-range basses


EDIT(JT): fixed a few grammatical issues ;) :D
 
#4
hey, man! welcome to talkbass...always great to hear more guys playing extended range instruments...i guess you must be all over bill dickens and gregory bruce campbell...being the 9-string swordsman you are ;) the doubleneck sounds like a pretty cool idea. i'm sure jd will hook you up. jauqo may express an interest in something tuned that far down...and i can smell jt coming, too . again, welcome aboard, man
 
#5
I've got no problem with extended range instruments, though I stop as 6 strings myself. I'm afraid I don't understand the point of your question, though--if you already have a 9-string, and are contemplating a double-neck 14-string, why the heck are you asking us what WE think about them? It's enough that YOU like 'em. :)

Mike
 
#12
Well, we didn't really hear the details of the configuration on the 14-strings, so maybe they'd be doubled (+octave) 7-strings. Otherwise, yeah, you're right, that's pretty darn high! I think 11 strings is about the biggest I've heard of.

Mike
 
#14
You're right--my eyes glazed over after the "14-string double-neck" part. Once you throw in the the fanned-fret part with a longest scale length of 46" and a difference in scale of over 14" fromthe bottom to the top, it starts to sound even more improbable....

Mike
 
#19
Hmm, original poster hasn't been back to this one.

I dunno, WarriorBass, this all sounds a bit fishy to me too. If you are a troll, please do not go any further with this. If you are indeed sincere about all of this, I apologize in advance for accusing you of being a troll. Of course, pics of your 9 string would help to clear the air a bit.;)
 
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