Ken Lawrence "Joust" 11-string

[Jean Baudin]

okay, so JT spilled the beans on the Ritter... I guess I can give up one of my surprises. I think less than 10 people "know" about this one - and it's been in the works since November 2003. I'll post some specs tomorrow but here's the pics. Should be finished within the next month or two - I thought this would be the last of my customs to finish and turns out it may just be the first.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE HIDEOUS CLAW.

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Early pic of Inlay:
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Early pic of back:
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Comparison to 4-string:

And finally, for those of you wondering about the inlay:

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[mikewho]

my goodness.

 

[Bernie Connors]

Incredible, Jean!! That is an absolute masterpiece. A KL ERB!! Very cool stuff.

 

[Sandman1278]

wow! that is thick as hell, the B/F# strings seem unacessable though, especialy with the changing angle of the frets and the top and bottom of the neck

 

[Nick Bassman]

Beautiful piece of work !!

One day I just might have to try a KL.

 

[JPJ]

So if you "bop" the bass on the headstock, does an egg drop out of the input jack?

 

[Sane]

So if you "bop" the bass on the headstock, does an egg drop out of the input jack?

LoL... it also has the ability to fly off the edge of the world and magicly find it self on the other side of said world. Though I really dig this theme you got goin... Ya know I was a big fan of Dig-Dug in my hey-day.

 

[Frank Martin]

Do you have enough arcade games left in your basement for your other basses?

Idunno, but without the strings on this huge board destroys the image of the sexy sleek, slender contours of a bass... and no, I play a 6-er, but I still think this looks a bit awkward and toomuch of a board... it might as well be called the "Fat Lady"... IMO, of course...

 

[Toasted]

Looks great, fantastic jean

 

[RichValentine]

Wow, that looks stunning

How many other arcade machines you have? We going to see a bass with Space Invaders fret markers?
How long until its gets finished? Would love to hear some samples.

Rich.

 

[Syeknom]

holy jesus.

 

[oversoul]

Fantastic, I dont dig the KL headstock much, but the other 90% of the bass is teh shiznitch!

 

[emjazz]

okay, so JT spilled the beans on the Ritter... I guess I can give up one of my surprises. I think less than 10 people "know" about this one - and it's been in the works since November 2003. I'll post some specs tomorrow but here's the pics. Should be finished within the next month or two - I thought this would be the last of my customs to finish and turns out it may just be the first.



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Oh my God..................

I still have to pick my jaw up off of the floor.

That is beyond words. I plan on ordering a Ken Lawrence 6 next year. My only concern was if Ken will do a fanned fret. That answers that.

What an incredible instrument that is.

 

[Juneau]

Insane Jean, thats just awesome! Thats even cooler than Pac Man Im sorry to say lol.

 

[Atshen]

Joust!?! I loved that game!

Oh, and nice bass, Jean. Definitely an eye-catcher.

 

[Brendan]

I must have issues when it's not the 11 that looks funny, but it's the 4 string that looks all odd and out of place.

 

[Tfunked]

Wow.

 

[Juneau]

I just want to 2nd the Dig Dug comment for one down the road

 

[embellisher]

Wow! That is gonna be sweet. Very nice, Jean.

When are you gonna get a Ms. Pac Man bass?

 

[Ben Rose]

That is truly sick! I love it.

What are you having for the electronics? I heard that Glock is making an onboard pre. What are the scale lengths for the lowest and highest strings?