Ken Lawrence "Joust" 11-string

[greg]

I remember seeing early pictures of this bass and i have to say that bass looks way better than i thought it would! Awesome bass Jean!
-Greg

 

[Stewmc5222]

... the myspace stuff sounds awesome...

what's the address for the myspace stuff?

from the curious lows,

Stew

 

[Tyler Hole]

Here ya go Stew.

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[Brian Barrett]

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Very cool stuff Jean!

 

[mikewho]

what piece by bach is being played in the video?

 

[OriginalName]

Wow...

 

[Deleted member 5551]

My God.....that is beautiful. Truly amazing both in the craftsmanship and your ability to play the beasts. It's you guys that play these exsquisit instruments that are making me GAS for stuff that is at least 10 years away. [read as-after college and hopefully after i get a steady job]

 

[lyle]

Coolest bass I have ever seen in my life.

 

[oversoul]

Here ya go Stew.

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I dug "frosty acres" a lot, but man those low notes made all the windows shake!

 

[Stewmc5222]

I dug "frosty acres" a lot, but man those low notes made all the windows shake!

thanks, Luis. I'm on my way to check out the page right now!

from the lows,

Stew

 

[groveofbass]

thats not a bass, thats a space ship!
im on to you jean.....you're really an aliean

 

[Sheldon D.]

Way to go Ken!!!

 

[flea-bass]

i could stare at that bass for ever

 

[Steve-O18]

This is late.. I missed the whole "themed instrument" discussion from a while ago. Just wanted to say that a Zelda themed bass with an inlay of different weapons (original NES zelda 1) for 1.3.5.7..etc... frets would be awsome.
oh. and the Joust bass looks awsome. congrats Jean. looking forward to seeing all those other monsters you have planned.

Steve

p.s. these are the weapons i'm talking about..

 

[Jean Baudin]

chucko/brendan/anti_wish - this comes up every once in awhile - I'm really attached to my customs so I doubt I would ever sell one. If it was something that was a standard model (like a bongo / jazz bass) I wouldn't have an issue selling, but anything I had a part in designing / choosing woods/options will probably stick with me for good.

anti_wish - mike browne refunded my money because he wasn't building basses (dayjob/no shop). would still like one when he get's going again.

mikewho - that's bach's two part invention #13.

akito - The "unbeatable?" pterodactyl? Man, those get annoying on the higher levels when you have 2-3 of them on the screen.

 

[mark beem]

akito - The "unbeatable?" pterodactyl? Man, those get annoying on the higher levels when you have 2-3 of them on the screen.

I always thought those were dragons...

 

[sheepdog]

nice inlay. if you can play it, go for it. the width of the neck makes it look like a 18" scale bass. pretty scary looking for a 4 string player.

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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[Sandman1278]

so what do u plan on doing with those extra strings? i listened to that music on ur myspace, good stuff!

 

[john turner]

real men pWn the pteradactyl level

 

[j-raj]

nice jean!