conklin gallery

[john turner]

gotta love them! Hey John, I'm sure it's been said.... which one is your "go to"? Do you have a favorite / most played?

yeah, the 2 on the floor were the ones that i played the most with my band, when we gigged and recorded. i've been playing a lot on the 8's lately (on either side of the doubleneck), in conjunction with some guitar synth wackiness - the hollows also have the capability to interface with the guitar synth, so they see a good amount of use too.

 

[john turner]

Hey John, how much does the double neck bass weigh?

almost exactly 24 pounds. not too bad considering.

 

[john turner]

Bassius wins! Damn that bass is sweet. Mark...maybe if you woulda actually had that Super Man logo The second one on the couch (the blackk ooze-like one) is my favourite outa JT's bunch.

yeah, that one is called an "ultimelt" - bill has made a few like that. that particular instrument is featured on the conklinguitars website, along with a few of my other basses, in the various galleries (my fretted 8 string is featured in the first cherished customs for january i think).

 

[john turner]

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

(look between his head and the fretboard)

yep, that's the pattern they made for my doubleneck. i gotta visit the shop, just to see that.

 

[DEFELDUS]

this is still the sexiest conklin ever:

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[oversoul]

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Soon to have a little brother

 

[mark beem]

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Soon to have a little brother

That's an incredible bass!!!! Seeing Stew's and Bassius' has put a hankerin' on me!!!

 

[Bernie Connors]

I love the body design on that 9! Your bass is going to be incredible!

 

[Stewmc5222]

... Seeing Stew's and Bassius' has put a hankerin' on me!!!

yeah, I think this is the sexiest Conklin...

from right beside a perfect 10,

Stew

 

[Dr_Bassius]

yeah, I think this is the sexiest Conklin...

from right beside a perfect 10,

Stew

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mine is green with envy

 

[Bernie Connors]

Bill can build such an incredible bass.

Does he realize how talented he is?

 

[Crazy_Fingers27]

all of these customs make my gt7 seem like nothing. but hey, the GT7 aint bad for a 16 year old. who knows, i might be the next JT

 

[Stewmc5222]

mine is green with envy

LOL

and Bernie, to answer your question, I think Bill looks at himself as a working stiff 95% of the time and the rest he's a guy who misses playing as much as he used to!

from the lows,

Stew

 

[Jean Baudin]

wakka, wakka, wakka.

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[Bernie Connors]

The Pac has arrived! That bass is too cool.

 

[Dan Molina]

wakka, wakka, wakka.

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Just curious, do you find fanned frets more comfortable or theres really no difference to you?

 

[HamOnTheCob]

I had been wondering that same thing for a while, dannyboy.

 

[GregBreshears]

beautiful 93 for sale on ebay right now. I was doing a search for Lane Poor p/u's and I came accross this 5 string.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3766014534&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

 

[LajoieT]

yep, that's the pattern they made for my doubleneck. i gotta visit the shop, just to see that.

Glad you changed that upper horn!!!! the one on the template doesn't look anything like any of the Conklins I've seen and I really don't like it personally, while the modified horn on your DN ( and several subsequent copycats ) looks better than the original sidewinder shape.

 

[j-raj]

beautiful 93 for sale on ebay right now. I was doing a search for Lane Poor p/u's and I came accross this 5 string.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3766014534&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Wow that look just like the one that was on the Conklin site under 5'ers:

Can you say OldSchool?
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from the eBay listing...
Looks like it's funkycarnivore's Conklin:
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I would love to bid on that one, nice 5'er... if I had the chee$e to do so.