Tennessee 15 String Bass Guitar on Ebay

[michaelwayneharwood]

I was doing some poking around on the internet looking for extended range basses and found an Invalid Link Removed for a 15 string ERB which was built by KnE Guitars if the headstock logo can be trusted, but more than likely it was just a sticker that was slapped on. It looks like the lowest string has either broken the nut, or the nut is out of room!

 

[Lee Moses]

That is ridiculous. Those bottom 4 strings are a tangled mess. 3 of them are actually making contact at the first fret, and the bottom string is hanging off the fretboard. And the bottom strings are so much higher off the fingerboard and pickup than the higher strings, I don't see how anyone could play across those strings with any facility or consistency.

 

[drurb]

That's not a double-bass!

 

[michaelwayneharwood]

That's not a double-bass!

Sorry - I posted on the wrong forum.

*face palm*

 

[ScarfFace]

Why????

 

[TroyK]

Nice strap locks.

The lowest string looks like a flippin' anaconda.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Tennessee has made a number of these "gimmick "instruments of different varieties; by all accounts they're really not good for anything else than for show and a laugh.

 

[scourgeofgod]

It looks to me like someone took an already gimmicky instrument and turned it up a few notches. I'm fairly certain it wasn't designed to use those sized strings stock, and the modder didn't anticipate that he would run out of room at the nut, among other issues. I don't see how the thing could even intonate, it's using monorail bridges as stop tails, half of them are holding 2 strings, and the bridge itself is just straight across the body. Shocking that they wanted £950, more shocking that someone actually offered £600, hilarious that £600 was turned down. If it were £300 you could at least dissect it for parts and possibly come out ahead.

 

[old spice]

...and the electrical tape over what were formerly volume and tone controls.
Probably controlled via thought waves now.

 

[bholder]

Meh, 15 strings - I want 24: In praise of WEIRD LOOKING basses! | Page 41 | TalkBass.com

 

[Solarmist]

Tennessee has made a number of these "gimmick "instruments of different varieties; by all accounts they're really not good for anything else than for show and a laugh.

Yes exactly, and this thread's been done a number of times already.

 

[Gorn]

I'm waiting for someone to assert that you can totally hear note definition from the bottom strings.

 

[loveandbass]

This bass gives me anxiety

 

[Gorn]

This picture is my favorite:

 

[EmptyCup]

Yes kids, this is a result of the rampant methamphetamine use in America today

Just say no to drugs

 

[joel406]

Someone actually bought this?

 

[Orangeclawhammr]

I'm waiting for someone to assert that you can totally hear note definition from the bottom strings.

Your wish is my command. I assert that you can totally hear note definition from the bottom strings. Furthermore, either my Fender Rumble 40 or Acoustic B15 are up to the task!

Unfortuantely, my 62 year-old, pencil-pushing shoulder could not support the weight.

 

[Slevage]

Deal breaker for me is the fact that the top 7 strings aren't fretless and there is no whammy bar.

Also needs a brass nut.

 

[buldog5151bass]

That's just ... wow.

I'm sure there is a way you could achieve this concept, but this ain't it.

 

[rogerbmiller]

This is a joke right?