10 string beast... destroyer of basses.

[binky_bass]

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.

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[mcgraham]

Quality! I love the inlay. Is that a Bee bass?

[Bass_Guardian]

WOW

[binky_bass]

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

[daz]

A bass has 4 strings. What you've got there is a [b]sitar[/b]

[mep]

Looks great, how do you manage play it? Youtube clip?

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='daz' post='1013633' date='Nov 5 2010, 06:59 PM']A bass has 4 strings. What you've got there is a [b]sitar[/b][/quote]

Or, with a quick tweak of the truss rod, a harp!

[EdwardHimself]

I'd totally forgotten about seeing this build thread! Yeah it's been a while. Looks awesome though.

[Bilbo]

[quote name='daz' post='1013633' date='Nov 5 2010, 06:59 PM']A bass has 4 strings. What you've got there is a [b]sitar[/b][/quote]

I thought it was an aircraft carrier?

[Bloc Riff Nut]

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha...

That's ridiculous, I absolutely love it.

Go on. Let us hear it.

[charic]

That inlay is epic

[4 Strings]

Its truly an amazing piece of work, congratulation. I would have no idea how to go about tuning it, let alone playing it.

[Noisyjon]

Bloody mad looking thing that!
Indeed, a YouTube clip of it would be interesting to hear please.

[xilddx]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1013719' date='Nov 5 2010, 08:23 PM']I thought it was an aircraft carrier?[/quote]

[Dood]

[quote name='binky_bass' post='1013590' date='Nov 5 2010, 06:27 PM']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.

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Hey Russ, good to see you back. I think I had seen a pic already; yes indeed that's quite a beast! - do you have links to more pics to see it in all it's glory?

[GBass]

Outrageous!!

[7string]

Brilliant

[binky_bass]

Yeah, ive got a nice little collection of pics from 1st stage wood choices to the final product, which i must say, although it came out an amazing instrument it took fred 2 YEARS to build.

Oh and its tuned in 5ths all the way down from low F#, B, E, A..... you get the idea!

Ill try and post a vid on youtube of its sounds, looks whilst in play etc, and ill try and do a dood and chuck up a build diary.

Heres some extra pics to tempt those who KNOW they want one of these build for themselves!

Russ.

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[purpleblob]

Looks awesome !

Now I have enough trouble getting to the low notes on my 8 string, you must be a contortionist to get to those notes on the F# string

[Spoombung]

Nuts

[bluesparky]

Mental!
How the hell do you go about playing a beast like that?!!

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='bluesparky' post='1030489' date='Nov 20 2010, 03:05 PM']Mental!
How the hell do you go about playing a beast like that?!![/quote]

I should imagine it's for 2 handed tapping mostly.

[binky_bass]

yeah, i pretty much use it for tapping, but it growls like a beast if you play it in the standard fashion. An all round awesome bass!

[AttitudeCastle]

I'd get to the 6/7 string (from the treble side) when re-stringing then set up camp for the night

[Alien]

[quote name='binky_bass' post='1020859' date='Nov 12 2010, 12:07 AM']Oh and its tuned in 5ths all the way down from low F#, B, E, A..... you get the idea![/quote]

Sometimes known as 4ths too

Hell of an instrument though

A