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Weirdest, most awesome bass ever?

#81
In the running for "gnarliest bass ever", this Engelbrecht:

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#91
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This little pic shows a real oddity: the only known bass to feature the Nilsen pickup system (lifted from a 'Nilsen electric guitar').
This system was patented by a Norwegian radio engineer in 1949 and involved a magnet under the strings, with voltage induced
in the strings themselves and fed to a multi coil transformer at the bridge.
 
#92
cdef said:
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This little pic shows a real oddity: the only known bass to feature the Nilsen pickup system (lifted from a 'Nilsen electric guitar').
This system was patented by a Norwegian radio engineer in 1949 and involved a magnet under the strings, with voltage induced
in the strings themselves and fed to a multi coil transformer at the bridge.
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Very nice, I thought it was a p bass at first because I had to scroll up and I only saw a bit of the bottom, but this is weirder than that :P
 
#93
jbybj said:
I had high hopes for this one, but it failed as a bass. The body is one piece of solid oak burl. There is a reason why burl is used as a top only. The body flexed significantly. Tuning up the strings would raise the action about 1/4". After a few days at tuned tension, the action would creep up another 1/8" or so.

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Someday I might try routing some 3/4" deep channels in the back of this thing, and glue some purpleheart in place to try and stabilize it. The original builder, (late 60's) installed some rods in the body, I'm guessing to stabilize it, and I don't know how far they extend or if they angle towards the front or the back. Anyone in L.A. have access to an x-ray machine?

JBY
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Maybe reduce the thickness a bit and put a back on it? Or make a top out of it?
 
#94
cdef said:
Not mine, but worth posting as a historical curio:

The CCDB Regvlvs Super-Contrabaixo, built in 1965 by Brazilian audio pioneer Cláudio César Dias Batista of the band Os Mutantes. It had 24 frets, active electronics, a separate pickup for each string, a wireless transmitter, a steel cable truss in the neck, anatomically designed die-cast tuners. etc. Remarkable for the time.

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And all his instruments were made with built-in effects (fuzz, delay, chorus). And the Captador Milagroso (Miraculous Pickup), wich is the only known pickup ever to actually pickup ALL the harmonics of the string (from nut to bridge).
 
#98
Bruce Johnson said:
I guess I'll have to enter Banjozilla in this contest. It's my giant upright bass banjo...It just turned 20, and still guards the entrance to my shop.

Bass Banjo
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Banjozilla wins hands down!

I remember seeing the six string version in Bass Player years ago... It ruined me forever.

Your scroll basses are pretty amazing as well.

Moonshine :bassist:
 
#99
My Krappy has normal construction, materials and shape, but it is a unique mix of ascetic minimalism and indulgent excess.

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Here's somebody else playing it.

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And here's how to play it correctly.

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