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Mega String Bass

I've got Warrior working on my new signature instrument now, it's based on the 14 string, but it only has one neck and has tripled strings. I believe that it will be the first 42 string bass ever made. It will also have a deep cutaway like a Zon Hyperbass to facilitate access to all 42 frets.

The low G# string has 9 layers of winding, gauge is .217. It has a titanium core, but the windings are made of a uranium/nickel/magnetite alloy.

I have to wear special lead lined gloves to play it, so that I won't get cancer in me fingers from overexposure to radiation.

The real chore was getting Lightwave to design a pickup that has sensors for 42 individual strings! It wasn't cheap, let me tell you! They said that it was impossible, but with enough coaxing and cajoling(and $$$;)) I was able to get them to do it.

Build time is 6 months, and it's costing me $18,000, but it will be worth it! I can't wait to get my hands on it!

Oh yeah, it has a graphite neck, velvet coated phenowood board and an aluminum body with a machined steel top.
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embellisher said:
I've got Warrior working on my new signature instrument now, it's based on the 14 string, but it only has one neck and has tripled strings. I believe that it will be the first 42 string bass ever made. It will also have a deep cutaway like a Zon Hyperbass to facilitate access to all 42 frets.

The low G# string has 9 layers of winding, gauge is .217. It has a titanium core, but the windings are made of a uranium/nickel/magnetite alloy.

I have to wear special lead lined gloves to play it, so that I won't get cancer in me fingers from overexposure to radiation.

The real chore was getting Lightwave to design a pickup that has sensors for 42 individual strings! It wasn't cheap, let me tell you! They said that it was impossible, but with enough coaxing and cajoling(and $$$;)) I was able to get them to do it.

Build time is 6 months, and it's costing me $18,000, but it will be worth it! I can't wait to get my hands on it!

Oh yeah, it has a graphite neck, velvet coated phenowood board and an aluminum body with a machined steel top.
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WoW! Can't wait to see it :)