Stone tone?

[Jisch]

Tim Sway at it again

 

[Matt Liebenau]

I saw that. She’s got to be a heavy one. I made a body out of Corian several years ago. Made it thin and hollowed out as much as I could. It was still a sittin’ down bass. Still interesting and I’d like to know how long the frets hold up.

 

[James Collins]

I will say it is well executed. Like he said, not the best sounding. I'm sure Davie504 will get his hands on it sometime.

 

[Ripthorn]

Corian is so heavy. I like the whole alternative materials thing, but there are some endeavors that are purely for the sake of doing them. This strikes me as one of them. Coming from me, that's saying something!

 

[dwizum]

Isn't Corian basically just acrylic?

 

[Rôckhewer]

Isn't Corian basically just acrylic?

Pretty much yeah.... and stone dust...
I think they use Bauxite ore.

 

[TrustRod]

Put an unbuffered single disc piezo and flats on any bass and it will sound that bad. I don't think it's really fair to assume anything about the sound of corian from this.

 

[IconBasser]

Put an unbuffered single disc piezo and flats on any bass and it will sound that bad. I don't think it's really fair to assume anything about the sound of corian from this.

Good point, I was disappointed to see that he didn't at least put an old j pickup or something in.

 

[dwizum]

Yeah no kidding. It's both disappointing and confusing that he spent so much time on the CAD work and getting the thing put together, then didn't even bother with a buffer on the piezo, or a cheap generic mag pickup, to make it sound good.

 

[Jisch]

I can understand aesthetically not putting a magnetic pickup in that given how clean the front looks, but even a ghost piezo bridge with a buffer would be a huge improvement. If I understood his comments on Facebook he saw this more as a piece of art than a playable instrument.

 

[TrustRod]

I've done a handful of piezo installs. And on advice from Richard Mclish of RMC pickups using 5 or 6 in parallel does remove the need for a buffer and gives a decent tone.

My only issue with the video is claiming the tone is because the corian used to be a counter top and not a flaw in the build.