NBD!!! My new 11 string bass

[Curtis Rielley]

Mate, you sound like you're most of the way there. I'm certainly going to keep an eye on your Youtube page to see where you take this. I'd love to hear your work with a good singer/songwriter (if you aren't already yourself) and some drums and/or percussion.



I expected something like that vid too and was pleasantly surprised. I can appreciate the skill, technical ability and time it took to get to this but it's not music I can listen to.

Thank you! I actually have a 5 song EP coming up with 3 of my solo songs in an instrumental rock arrangement with some incredible musicians and 2 solo songs.

 

[Curtis Rielley]

Great songwriting and great playing, man.



This is pretty sweet:


Also, the bass player of Battlecross is the most impressive bass player I have ever seen in person. That guy is incredible.

Thanks man! And thanks for sharing! I was jammin the whole time to it. It was sick!

 

[grinx]

Mein Gott!
It actually goes to 11.....

my 2-string Krappy went and hid in the corner with its tailpiece between its legs after watching your vids

 

[Robroy]

Photoshop.

 

[Garret Graves]

Curtis- great meeting you at Bass Player Live, and hearing you play that beautiful bass. Here is a pic of the great Bunny Brunel giving it a go...

 

[HalfManHalfBass]

Excellent playing and a beautiful bass / complete instrument(?!), but after listening to some of that stuff it made me remember why I sold my 7 and 6 string basses. The thinner the higher strings are, the less output they have and the lower notes just seem to dominate the higher ones -adding to the impression that the higher notes are thin and 'twangy'. You can of course use heavy compression to even out the extremes of volume across such an enormous octave range, but then the low notes will be too squashed.

At least with my old Chapman stick, having separate pickups and adjustable pole pieces meant you could achieve a better balance between all the strings -so maybe adjustable pole pieces on the pickups would be an easy solution.

Peace,

Rob.

 

[bassbenj]

Excellent playing and a beautiful bass / complete instrument(?!), but after listening to some of that stuff it made me remember why I sold my 7 and 6 string basses. The thinner the higher strings are, the less output they have and the lower notes just seem to dominate the higher ones -adding to the impression that the higher notes are thin and 'twangy'. You can of course use heavy compression to even out the extremes of volume across such an enormous octave range, but then the low notes will be too squashed.

At least with my old Chapman stick, having separate pickups and adjustable pole pieces meant you could achieve a better balance between all the strings -so maybe adjustable pole pieces on the pickups would be an easy solution.

Peace,

Rob.

I have 2 seven string basses and "many" 6 string basses and never had any problem adjusting them to get the kind of even tone across the range I want. But that said, I must say that 7 strings is the limit of what I can comfortably reach for normal bass playing. I've tried getting into the tapping thing and it just never worked for me. The tone was always thin and nasty and balance across the range always poor. I never figured out what I was doing wrong and I just gave up on tapping and left it outside my fence.

 

[PsyDocHill]

Oh boy wow! @Curtis Rielley! Curtis you are extremely gifted & ambitious. Power to you, lots of it. You're doing your own thing, creating your own voice. Every instrument can be taken past the "accepted" range/style of the day. I remember when people laughed at me for playing a BEADG fiver (I didn't go past that LOL). You give me hope, man! The kids are alright by God!