8 and 9 String Basses

[LajoieT]

or did they say hollowbodies....

heh.

Ohhhhhh!!!!


OHH OHHH OHHH OHHH!!!!


AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!


DAMN! How am I going to get that off of my laptop!!!

 

[therealting]

or did they say hollowbodies....

Hey JT - what do all those knobs and switches on the 8's do? I am guessing EQ, vol, coil splits, piezo vol, piezo tone, midi switching?

 

[Bernie Connors]

If you go to conklins site and click on the cherished challenges, go to january, and they give the lowdown on JT's fretted 8.

 

[fiebru1119]

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wow.. whats the fretboard made of on the top spalted one? its awesome

 

[mark beem]

wow.. whats the fretboard made of on the top spalted one? its awesome

Macassar ebony.. It also has a maple / bubinga neck and a cherry body core.

 

[LajoieT]

mixing now. lord only's suffered a bit of a loss lately but i'm still planning on wrapping up the cd asap.

Hey man, sorry to hear about the loss!!! I can only assume that the web site indicates what you're talking about, but if you want to/can fill us in on what's up we're listening.

 

[john turner]

Ohhhhhh!!!!


OHH OHHH OHHH OHHH!!!!


AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!


DAMN! How am I going to get that off of my laptop!!!

THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS, MAN! THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS!!!

 

[john turner]

Hey JT - what do all those knobs and switches on the 8's do? I am guessing EQ, vol, coil splits, piezo vol, piezo tone, midi switching?

the fretted is described pretty completely on the cherished challenges page, and the fretless is very similar. 3 band eq, vol, piezo/mag blend, synth vol, and a full band of parametric eq (q/cut-boost/freq). the switches are for turning on the instrument, turning on the parametric eq, a 3-way switch for the pickup (series, single, parallel), synth/mag switch, synth patch selector.

 

[Funky Doctor]

I don't know what it is, but even though all those 7 strings that JT owns are bigger and have one more string than the only 6 string I own, but they look mighty small compared to all those 8's, 9's, and stew's woppa of a 10 string...

Seriously though, I'm still getting used to having 2 extra strings, but the sight of that big 10 makes me want to run away screaming like a little girl.

 

[mark beem]

THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS, MAN! THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS!!!

LOL!!!!

 

[Jackbass]

Waouh, this thread has became a pleasant "show your concklins".
Great pics here.

 

[therealting]

Thanks for the lowdown on the controls.

May as well show mine - not as exotic as some of the others, but it's MY 8 and I like it!

 

[LajoieT]

THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS, MAN! THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS!!!

You mean these???


http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141450

 

[Stewmc5222]

LOL

hey guys,

the 10 is lighter than my Conklin 8, which I wear for 2 or 3 2 hour sets a night.

as to raising the bar, Bernie, I don't know about that! think about guys like Garry Goodman, Al Caldwell, and Jean Baudin on 11... man, I am bush league!!



from the lows,

Stew

 

[jeff schmidt]

Hmmm.

Classic over-compensation.

Look at these things!! The necks are wider than my thigh!

How can you play soemthing like that??

I wonder why we don't see this kind mosnter building with guitars?

Okay - now my original non sarcastic comment.

These pics are nice. Anyone know where I can hear these things being used?

 

[Stewmc5222]

Hmmm.

Classic over-compensation.

Look at these things!! The necks are wider than my thigh!

How can you play soemthing like that??

I wonder why we don't see this kind mosnter building with guitars?

Okay - now my original non sarcastic comment.

These pics are nice. Anyone know where I can hear these things being used?

there are a few places where you can hear 'em, JS. our own John Turner has some samples up on http://www.lordonly.net, Bill "The Buddha" Dickens has some ripping clips at http://www.billthebuddhadickens.com, and there's a killer piece called "Left of Center" on the Conklin download page (Dickens again) -- http://www.conklinguitars.com.

if you want to hear these basses recorded super low tech (still digital), I've got some stuff up on my homepage, http://www.subcontrabassist.com, or on the BOG site (in a much more standard context) at Link Removed

happy surfing!

from the lows,

Stew

 

[mark beem]

Also the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] page on the Conklin website features solo bass compositions by Jean Baudin.

 

[Stewmc5222]

Also the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] page on the Conklin website features solo bass compositions by Jean Baudin.

good call, Mark!

from the lows,

Stew

 

[mark beem]

Also here's a video of Jean tapping some Bach on his 9string..

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[mark beem]

Hopefully there'll be a website with sound clips from my band soon....