conklin gallery

[mikezimmerman]

This one is up in the Conklin gallery--not as flashy as some here, but since it's owned by a great local player here in Omaha and I've actually had the chance to play it (badly!), I thought I'd post it:

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My favorite in terms of looks is the carved-top 9, though.

Mike

 

[Tfunked]

I likem Thick!
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Can you say OldSchool?
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[mikezimmerman]

Is that a singlecut hollowbody carved buckeye-topped Conklin? Yowza!

Mike

 

[j-raj]

Ganesh-zilla

 

[mark beem]

It's Goro!!!

Was that the cat off Mortal Combat??

 

[nick g.]

Wow, good call Mark...

I'm so disappointed, I keep on hearing about this Conklin 10 string, no pics ANYWHERE. (That I can access. %^&#@!)

 

[Bernie Connors]

Wow, good call Mark...

I'm so disappointed, I keep on hearing about this Conklin 10 string, no pics ANYWHERE. (That I can access. %^&#@!)

www.subcontrabassist.com for pics.

 

[mark beem]

Here more specifically:

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[Marlat]

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Interesting bass....but *** is going on with Bill's hair?

Are Bill and JT having some kind of competition we don't know about?

 

[Dan Molina]

HI all


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what are the specs on the bass to the left? I'm dying to know.

 

[mark beem]

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Interesting bass....but *** is going on with Bill's hair?

Are Bill and JT having some kind of competition we don't know about?

I see no mullet in that picture... errr, uh I mean mohawk!!

 

[Bernie Connors]

I just love this bass! The body is as big as Bill's upper torso! haha, gotta love it.

Stew, we need a pic of you holding this monster!

 

[Dr_Bassius]

what are the specs on the bass to the left? I'm dying to know.

custom sidewinder with:

28 fret macassar ebony fingerboard
bartolini ntmb 3band pre and pickups (g6 i think)
shadow piezo bridge with RMC polydrive MIDI (13 pin) electronics (i think it's RMC)
figured purpleheart top maple/purpleheart neck-thru construction
swampash body
obvious: gold hardware mother-of-pearl bass clef inlay


green bass

custom sidewinder with

28 note fretless fingerboard
custom conklin pickups
hipshot A piezo bridge
aguilar obp-3 preamp 3 band eq
aaaa quilted maple top
custom paint job (that i designed)
gold hardware with MOP knobs and MOP inlay

i'll add my 7 string MEU to this gallery soon

 

[ole Jason]

Do you have any soundclips of the MEU? I'd really like to hear it bowed if possible. That green bass is purty!

 

[Jean Baudin]

I'm surprised no one has commented on what's behind bill....

(look between his head and the fretboard)

 

[DEFELDUS]

another double neck?

 

[Stewmc5222]

I just love this bass! The body is as big as Bill's upper torso! haha, gotta love it.

Stew, we need a pic of you holding this monster!

well, gimme a few days, Bernie. I'm still in major "new toy" mode! consider this, too: Bill Conklin is around 6' 4" tall and I'm a weasely 5' 9"...



from the Napoleonic lows,

Stew

 

[oversoul]

I'm surprised no one has commented on what's behind bill....

(look between his head and the fretboard)

From here it seems the template to JT's doubleneck.

 

[DEFELDUS]

that was built waaaay before that 10 string. the upper horn is different too.

 

[oversoul]

True, but even the pencil sketches on it are equal.