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The Krappy Bassists Klub

#301
I have been have a very interesting time playing my 2nd Krappy 2-stringer
(the B / E “Joe Diddley”). I have never played a 5 string bass, but I would think
that most 5-string players might base most of their playing on the 4 regular strings, and drop to the B string when they want a lower 5th, or some special effect perhaps.

Well all I have are a B and an E string. So ALL of my playing is rooted on that
low B string. Everything sounds dark and spooky. I was paying it in a bluegrass
jam Sunday.... sounded bizarre but great.

But I must also add that my 1st Krappy 2-stringer (the E/A fretless), remains my
favorite instrument that I have ever owned.

Of course, I recently got a balalaika, that I won on Ebay... and have fallen
in love with her, too. She has three strings. I am such a minimalist!
 
#302
from an email reply to a potential customer:
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dear sir--i would be happy to build you a 1 string tapper, if you would like.

a 1 string tapper has a 100% benefit in volume over that of a zero string tapper,

pitch is also 100% better. other manufacturers who tout their zero-string

products seldom reveal these facts, fearing a loss in sales.

the one string tapper can be tuned to the crafty tuning, of which i know you

are a proponent. zero-string models can not make this claim.

please consider this, and i will begin to build upon your affirmative reply.


thank you,


kevin siebold,

president and janitor of

www.krappyguitars.com

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i failed to mention that replacement sets are inexpensive...
 
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#303
krappy said:
from an email reply to a potential customer:
------------------------------------------

dear sir--i would be happy to build you a 1 string tapper, if you would like.

a 1 string tapper has a 100% benefit in volume over that of a zero string tapper,

pitch is also 100% better. other manufacturers who tout their zero-string

products seldom reveal these facts, fearing a loss in sales.

the one string tapper can be tuned to the crafty tuning, of which i know you

are a proponent. zero-string models can not make this claim.

please consider this, and i will begin to build upon your affirmative reply.


thank you,


kevin siebold,

president and janitor of

www.krappyguitars.com

------------------------------------------------

i failed to mention that replacement sets are inexpensive...
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i lol'd. hard.
 
#304
Kevin mentioned on facebook that he has been jones-ing to do krappyfest (Krapfest?) if enough folks would show up and if he could find a spot to stage it... let's do it, i for one would be willing to put my $s where my mouth is and go anywhere in the continental us (read New Jersey lol!) to support the good news and listen to fellow krapsters... let kevin know once again that if he builds it you'll come, please; kev i know you're out there, listen to the good folk who will follow me in saying "Krapfest, and Krapfest Now!!!"

Cheers of the holidays, and a health to Kevin, his family and yours, and a hearty invitation to all to chime in, ring in, add your voice to the mighty chorus that will rock the nations: "Krapfest, and Krapfest Now!!!"
 

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#313
Mine plays awfully nice - it's got a nice solo bite to it if I dig in, but otherwise it sounds a lot like my other humbucker-based fretlesses. However, it's a three-string fretless upright Twiggy, so trying to describe hand-feel as opposed to a typical bass guitar is probably futile. You can hear it on Kevin's audio page - look for the Twiggy-3.

The only mod I have planned for the Twig is to either grind the existing bridge or fab a new one. If you look at the pictures (my 'club number' is a link to my Flickr set), you can see that the bridge is a simple floating rod of aluminum with two threaded adjusters on either end. I've lowered it down as far as it will go, but the action, though lower than most uprights, is still a wee bit too high for me - it's a bit higher than my other fretlesses, and I'd like to make it a bit more consistent. So I can either find something in my parts bin to make a thinner bridge, grind the underside to thin it down overall (but I don't have a bench grinder), or use a file or a Dremel and cut the string notches deeper. It's plenty playable, but a little lower would be nice.
 
#314
krappy said:
from an email reply to a potential customer:
------------------------------------------

dear sir--i would be happy to build you a 1 string tapper, if you would like.

a 1 string tapper has a 100% benefit in volume over that of a zero string tapper,

pitch is also 100% better. other manufacturers who tout their zero-string

products seldom reveal these facts, fearing a loss in sales.

the one string tapper can be tuned to the crafty tuning, of which i know you

are a proponent. zero-string models can not make this claim.

please consider this, and i will begin to build upon your affirmative reply.


thank you,


kevin siebold,

president and janitor of

www.krappyguitars.com

------------------------------------------------

i failed to mention that replacement sets are inexpensive...
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Just too funny... really... :p
 
#317
Jason Washburn said:
I love those Krappy bass, i'm sure there's a lot of fun to get out of it which also gave me the idea to build my own 2 string bass with using an acoustic pickup, it's pretty fun to play too, but i'm not that good with building my own thing...but was still a lot of fun to do it.

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this is what I call open strings :p
 

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