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yeah, thats is indeed a bee, Fred does awesome work, although he takes his time doing it! 2 years in the making.

Hey, Well, its been a while since I've been on here, and I cant remember if I ever posted a picture of the finished 10 string, so.... drum roll.... here it is in all its glory! (hopefully the picture is attached right!) Russ. [attachment=63110:binky.JPG]

I'd recommend him, Rogers a good guy, sends you pics and keeps you updated. The cost isnt too bad either. for 7 custom made and inlayed 1 inch diameter knobs, the truss rod cover (as shown), a set of ten hipshot ultralite tuners and 12 rabbit shaped camphor burl and birdseye tuner buttons it came to about 500 quid. thats quite alot of custom hardware for the money. What would yo be going for?

heres a pic of the truss rod cover. the works being done by roger at THG knobs. Man, after 15 months of waiting, yeah 15 MONTHS! i cant wait for this thing to be delivered!

you should check out yves carbonne www.myspace.com/yvescarbonne listen to holy spirit, theres no over dubbing, just chordal work, sounds amazing. there are some vids on youtube under "yves carbonne holy spirit" the man has a ridiculous reach when it comes to chords on a 10 string fretless! gregory bruce campbells a good ER player too, more slap orientaited tho.

at the moment im running tracey bmc cab full range 1000w beast with a tracey pre and poweramp set up. its will handle it fine. im looking to get an accugroove whappo grande cab, 21' speaker at 800w. that'll give me all the head room i need.

yeah, the inlay is pretty "unique" shall we say. bill nichols did the work. hes am anazing inlay artist. literally ANYTHING you want as an inlay he can do. good rates aswell.

yeah, they got reported. according to ebay, the messages i got where from people who had their accounts hacked by the exact same scheame they tried to get me with. so dont go clicking on links from random ppl, otherwise they'll turn you into a scammer without you even knowing it! bastards. i fail to see for all the effort they put in, what they get out of it. besides access to peoples ebay accounts. again, bastards! Russ

hey guys, If your listing your stuff on ebay, stay the hell away from the following ebayer... hortonfishery carscostco mpk610p they are scammers and they'll try and screw you. they do it from multiple angles so you dont know who to believe. Mpk610p was the winning bidder on my auction and this is what he send once i sent him the invoice.... [b]"hi sorry to mess you about but unfortunately i cant pay for the item now as my washing machine caught fire and i have to replace it and redecorate sorry again mark"[/b] hortonfishery and carscostco both sent me messages with links to phishing websites, websites that ask you to type in passwords, usernames, card numbers etc etc. DONT DO IT! these where the messages they sent me..... [b]"Thank's to eBay the forum,we already know that you are a scammer, get a real job or something: www.monitor-ebay.by.ru/monitor.eBaycgi-eBayscammer-FORUM.html"[/b] and... [b]"Hello, I want to purchase your item but I have seen the same item posted by another seller . It has exact description and pictures as yours. Please let me know who is the real seller . You can still see the item at the seller's on-line store by clicking on the link below or copy and paste it to you browser: [url="http://89.34.215.66/cgi/ws/eBayISAPI.dll/SignIn/authrequiredn_W11QitemZ180099995083QQcategoryZ14233QQraZ235QcmdZViewItem.php""]http://89.34.215.66/cgi/ws/eBayISAPI.dll/S...wItem.php"[/url][/b] anyone whos knows the username of a ebay scammer post it here, we'll get a list together of who to avoid, should make us all a little safer. Cheers, Russ.

you ever thought about using nitromorse? its a paint stripper that 100% harmless to woods. i used it a couple of times to get thick layers of lacker and paint off bodies. makes sanding sooo much easier!

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='19807' date='Jun 18 2007, 06:40 PM']because it has 4 strings, it doesn't matter what it's made out of, it's still an electric bass. However the instrument in your avatar because it has so many strings, it's not actually a bass.[/quote] basses are allowed more than four strings!

haha, love the postcard, good work! as for changing my tune... just thought id tone down my thoughts on this bass... people didnt like my innitial "what the hell is this" remark. but still... deffinatly not a fan of it! call me shallow, but unless it sounded absolutly astonishingly ridiculously amazing, i just couldnt get rond the look of the thing! probably the T-1000's bass of choice, and if its good enough for him, then who am i to disagree! extended range bass or ERB if you will, would be the correct term for the "instrument" in my avatar.

for me, it just doesnt look good, it looks cold and harsh! but, it may play like a dream. im interested to know the price on these things. any ideas? anyone played one?

as per the title.... what the hell is this evil creation? [url="http://www.bassline.ch/produkte/occ/prod.info.borntorock.htm"]http://www.bassline.ch/produkte/occ/prod.info.borntorock.htm[/url] answers on a postcard please.

hey, did a trade with rohan, 6 logitech speakers for a rack tuner. the item was delivered exactly when said, in excellent condition and works beautifly rohans a good trader, trade/buy/swap with confidence! Russ.

where would the next bass bash be? never been before.

yeah man, buckeye is deffinatly a favorite wood of mine! jens ritter has some incredible examples of buckeye burl on a few of his basses, museum quility pieces.

Nordstrand are amazing pick ups, if thats a choice, you should go for it! you can describe your perfect sound and nordstrand will make the pick ups to produce it!

a scrunchie on the neck is always a good option, personally i tend not to do that, ive had this bass built with a zero fret, so that minimizes resonation from other strings, but i rarely use open strings, ive found that, especailly because of my style, fretting what would be the open note is easier for me any way. as it goes, i only own 4 string basses at the moment, ive always been interested in ER basses, so i stepped up to a conklin 7 a while ago, but sold it on this very site a few months back to raise more funds for this bass, the conklin 7 took a while to get used to for sure, as im sure this one will, but when i was playing the conklin 7 i was almost inspired purley because of the extra strings to write some of the best pieces ive written, but i still wanted more strings! so 13 months ago i started having this 10 string beast built. you should check out yves carbonne or jean baudin. yves plays 10 string unmarked fretless (thats beyond me, i dont understand how he does what he does!) jean plays 13 string basses. both obscene players! infact jean was an excellent source for advice when choosing who to have build it. have a look at www.beebasses.com run by Fred bolton, the very man whos building mine. Peace. Russ.

the inlay is deffinatly a personal thing, its binky the bunny from life in hell by matt greoning, ive just been drawing that little rabbit in random places from about 10 years, so look out for it! 10 string is a hella lot of strings, but its kind of a cross over between bass, chapman sticks and warr guitars, i play alot of tapp style, so 10 strings really opens out the possibilities!

Good to see a decent collection of basses in essex! thought i might be the only bassist in essex who actually knows the instrument. its good to see a fellow essex player! heres a pic of whats soon to be my cherished slag!