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NBD!!!!!!! 11 String Multiscale Extended Range Prometeus Bass! (Extended-Range Content)
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I remember when I got my 12 string Chapman Stick, my face had the same look on it as yours. Have lots of fun young man your on the first step of a new adventure.
oh and Jaco only needed 4 strings but I bet he secretly wanted more.
oh and Jaco only needed 4 strings but I bet he secretly wanted more.
Over compensating for a lack of BASS. And for the first time in my life I could afford to get myself something nice, so I did. But I'm no different than anyone else, so 1 string or 100 strings, we're all just musicians.
I followed this build on his FB page as it was coming along - very cool to be able to hear about it now that it is in your hands!
Prometeus looks like great stuff, they *narrowly* missed the cut as being the builder I had a custom bass done with last year, and in retrospect I may have made the wrong choice! Next bass I guess...
Anyway - looks amazing, enjoy it, love it!
Prometeus looks like great stuff, they *narrowly* missed the cut as being the builder I had a custom bass done with last year, and in retrospect I may have made the wrong choice! Next bass I guess...
Anyway - looks amazing, enjoy it, love it!
Wow, that's one nice piece of woodworking. Not my cup of tea, but I hope you enjoy it.
Oh, and for the Jaco crowd, Tony Levin only needed 3 strings.
(Laugh, it's funny)
Oh, and for the Jaco crowd, Tony Levin only needed 3 strings.
(Laugh, it's funny)
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Wow! That looks amazing! I wouldn't know how to play it, but I could just stare at it all day....
Mmmmmmm......wwwooooooddddd.....drooldrooldrool
I would LOVE to get my hands on a 3-string 'Ray like Tony Levin's. 
But your bass, while it reminds me of artsy furniture, is VERY cool. Way more than I would know what to do with, but I congratulate you on having the know-how to play it. Would love to see it in action!
But your bass, while it reminds me of artsy furniture, is VERY cool. Way more than I would know what to do with, but I congratulate you on having the know-how to play it. Would love to see it in action!
Ha! Kidding of course. I don't care how many strings, watts, speakers, picks, fingers, etc, as long as it sounds right for the music!
The first rock concerto ever attended was in 1989, D.A.D. opening for badlands. DAD's bassist had a 2 string P bass and a helmet that shot fire. I don't remember their music, probably for good reason, but I didn't forget that...Wow, that's one nice piece of woodworking. Not my cup of tea, but I hope you enjoy it.
Oh, and for the Jaco crowd, Tony Levin only needed 3 strings.
(Laugh, it's funny)
And always important to remember for all of us that you don't always have to use every string on every song, only what the song needs. But when you need that string and you don't have it because you "only needed 4," that does suck...
Yes, funny indeed...since tony also plays a 12-string Chapman Stick....3 would be enough for what one would want 3 for...Oh, and for the Jaco crowd, Tony Levin only needed 3 strings.
(Laugh, it's funny)
I don't see why not. I would imagine that measuring the lower frequencies of the F# and C# strings would be difficult for a vibrational tuner, but you could work around with harmonics most likely.
Now what you do is tap the bassline with your right hand fingers and tap the melody chords with your left.
Play the whole song.
