Olson Guitarworks 17 String

[micguy]

These instruments never have anything remotely approaching equal tension IME.

From the picture, yes, given that the low strings aren't anywhere near .75", that's certain in this case.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Probably gonna play 00010001000000 on the 17th string with some distortion.

 

[micguy]

You get more notes, too! (Microtonal ones, anyway ).

The way I play fretless, I get plenty of notes on just 4 strings. Hundreds....

 

[MVE]

But seriously, instruments like that are usually the equivalent of the 8 foot tall bass drums and 10 foot tall saxophones they used to make as barely-functional, one-off retail attention-getters.

They're advertising pieces that get people talking about the person/company that made them.

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Pretty dangerous standing on the top plate of that ladder, especially with those shoes.

 

[lz4005]

From the picture, yes, given that the low strings aren't anywhere near .75", that's certain in this case.

You're assuming it is tuned in 4ths. That will almost certainly not be the case.

It's a prop for a youtube video. Everybody needs to chill.

 

[monkeyland]

Probably gonna play 00010001000000 on the 17th string with some distortion.

Haha. It's safe to say that almost no one here knows who Dines is.

He will probably make it sound just like the shovel. It will be awesome and hilarious and a bunch of bassists will get angry.

 

[micguy]

It's a prop for a youtube video. Everybody needs to chill.

I'm not the least bit upset - I know it's a prop, not a serious thing - I'm just having a bit of fun with math. That's how Physicists "chill".

 

[MobileHolmes]

If it's under 9 pounds I'm in!

Just the strings weigh 13

 

[kesslari]

Are we opened minded musicians or the insecure jumping in with a schoolyard mob mentality on the kid get picked on?

Its easy to make fun of something behind a keyboard while drinking your coffee thinking your cool as . Its another to show a bit of Aloha and hope somebody can make something work that you cannot.

I really appreciate the sanity and love in this post.
With that said, I would love to see little winged kazoos taking off and landing on it's mighty deck... I mean fretboard...

 

[roller]

Is this the best 17-string for metal?

 

[AltGrendel]

I thing the interesting thing is that they decided on a set neck instead of neck-through. I would think that neck-through would be more stable for something like that.

 

[gustobassman]

Does it come with oars? Depending on how it floats you may be able to ride out a flood.

 

[swarfrat]

If you can't reach across the neck, it's not a bass, it's a zither.

 

[mikeoso]

If you can't reach across the neck, it's not a bass, it's a zither.

Reach across? Hell, I couldn't even WALK across it!

 

[micguy]

Can you work out the equal tension calculations for a multiscale 17 string bass? One that is 32" - 36". (Microtonal ones, anyway ).

Can I? Of course.

Will I? No. If I had a real reason, to, sure...

 

[SirMjac28]

This is all I got.

 

[electracoyote]

The Mothman has competition.

I'd love to see a vid of this in action. That's the only way I can fully assess an instrument.

 

[Sixgunn]

When I get home, I'm going to string up my surfboard!

 

[electracoyote]

Yes.

Okay, vision impaired on a one-string fretless, I'm a little impressed with this.

And horse head still makes my inner child giggle.

 

[India_Sierra]

The thing is, with super ERB's, that no-one can ever really play them effectively. Once the neck reaches a certain size they just tend to be tapped in a fairly generic fashion. In my experience, the Conklin Groove Tools 7 can be played like any other bass, but once you go beyond 7 strings the playability tails off massively for me.