http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/images/benavente/al/DSCF0013.JPG Tell me what you think! I'm playing at the White House next week. And then I'm going to pick this up at the Namm Show. I'll be the first 11 string bassist at Carnegie Hall. (I'll be missing notes like a champ!) This bass is midi and there is a seperate control for all 4 pick-up systems. The bridge is piezo! I have a lot of practicing to do. I can't wait till next week! I'm being interviewed by Bass Player Magazine tommorrow. I can't wait to tell them about this wonderful bass community on Talk Bass. p.s. I have the power amp and speakers that will make you feel that LOW C#!!!!! HYDRAS!!
wowza,thats alot off bass. Looks great and im sure it sounds the same. To many strings for me but with you having that nine under your belt this will be easy like pie for you hehe
woah, al. that's awesome!!! and bass player magazine too? man, stuff's really coming together for you.
That is just SICK! Al!!!! The 9 looked and sounded amazing! I'm sure the 11 will only be a short stretch for you
Man, that's an incredible machine. Talk about "state of the art". That bass really makes me think about the meaning of that phrase. Congrats Mr. Caldwell.
that is one heck of a bass...makes all those 8 stringers look like wimps! (j/k) what are all those strings tuned to? not to mention...what do all those knobs and pots control?
C#-F#-B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb-Eb Let us pray! Al Caldwell Cris told me what all the knobs do but I forgot!!!!!
Congrats. Btw , i dontknow how hold it was, but the Christmas special with Vanessa Williams where people called in and you took requests...watched the whole thing. Sounded sweet.
Thank you for the compliment. I'm moving back to New York in a few months.I hope to get a chance to meet all the East Coast Talk Bass members. Al
String spacing is centre to centre. If you have really wide strings (ie low B and lower) and really skinny strings (ie high strings) I think the bridge pieces may l need to be wider at the bass end and closer together at the treble side to accomodate! BTW - Al very cool looking bass. The Benevente design really does help "shrink" the size of the neck so it doesn't look so wide - not that its a skinny neck by any stretch! PS. Jaco only needed 4 strings! (j/k)
Whoah... that is one SERIOUS hunk of bass! I'm not worthy! Serious congrats are in order, and I'm looking forward to reading the BP interview.
Heh - actually, "center to center" the bridge pieces would all be exactly the same distance apart. What you're describing is "edge to edge".