Bobe's 9 String Fretless

[bobe]

Ok

bass arrived, I am letting it get warmed up. Upstate NY is about 10 degrees right now.

My first impressions.

OMG, friggin love it

IT is so light

 

[Phil Mailloux]

10.5 pounds light actually I've got 4 string basses that weight more.

I want to hear the rest now

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Phil,

You did a pretty good job on those floors too... Maybe I'm seeing things, but it looks like they're wide enough for caps if you run out of timber...

lol It took two complete full-time weeks to install those and the wife got permanent wrist damage from knocking all those boards in. Now, THAT was a pain in the ass but oh so worth it! They're engineered floorboards though, 16mm's of cheap hardwood with a 3mm layer of Oak, so way too thin for tops but I did think of using a pack for a nice workbench top though

 

[grace & groove]

Ok

bass arrived, I am letting it get warmed up. Upstate NY is about 10 degrees right now.

My first impressions.

OMG, friggin love it

IT is so light

18 degrees over here. :'(

Congrats though man!

 

[RAHAZ]

18 degrees over here. :'(

That's no good. 80* here and I am stuck in the office all day.

I can't wait to hear what you do with her Bobe.

Nice work Phil!

 

[grace & groove]

That's no good. 80* here and I am stuck in the office all day.

My uncle lives in Arizona. He always calls... "so cold here today, almost below 80!"



He's a dick.

 

[RAHAZ]

My uncle lives in Arizona. He always calls... "so cold here today, almost below 80!"



He's a dick.

<lol> We always pay for it in summer though.

 

[grace & groove]

So I've heard. It's a cool place though. He lives in Scottsdale. We went out to a ranch/horse thing around his house one time and ate rattlesnake. I felt sooo much like a cowboy!

 

[bobe]

Since I am in a period of high customer orders, I can't spend as much time as I want.

BUTTT.

I did have about 3 hours last night with my new baby.

as I stated above really nice and light. My back is loving it.

Nice and Balanced. I don't feel the need to shift the bass when I wear a strap.

The neck is nice and thin. Makes getting around nice and easy. There is just enough radius for comfort but doesn't make it thick like a baseball bat.

I tried recording last night with it and it was a breeze. I really didn't have to alter my limited technique to play this.

I recorded directly into a MOTU 828 into Digital Performer. No effects, all dry and clean. I got a nice sounded low C#. It didn't over power the rest of the notes.

So that is it for now. I am trying to get some basic stuff down to post so people can get a good sound of Phil's build and less of my technique

thanks to talkbass. The greatest site ever. If there was no talkbass I would have never met Phil or had this bass made for me.

 

[wilser]

Congrats to both of you! the bass looks and sounds great!

 

[tZer]

WOW! That looks amazing!

 

[7string]

That's superb. So pleased to hear your thoughts on the bass.

Congrats to customer and luthier alike !!

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Thanks! Feels great to have your work appreciated

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Just had to bring this thread back up

Bob just posted a few songs he played on with the fretless 9. Sounds great! I'm pretty happy with the sound and the songs are great too.

Listen up to "She's mine, rough demo" and "Away from her fire" thse are the two songs with the 9 on it.

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[Voltaren]

Good Lord Phil,

Most of my playing is on two strings, my diminutive brain would not know what to do with those other 7 strings

You know where I am coming from

Phil