Hybrid porn thread. Why didn't we think of this before?

[paul_5]

We seem to have a thread for every other kind of amp/bass/pick but I can't believe we don't have a Hybrid porn thread.
In an effort to rectify this oversight with alacrity I started one.

All of my decent pics are at home, so I'll use this one as a place holder…

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I [i]love[/i] this amp.
SWR SM400 (1993). More to follow.

[Oopsdabassist]

Hybrids eh? well I have a Prius if that helps

Edited December 26, 2013 by Oopsdabassist

[paul_5]

is that a pre-Fender Prius or a Chinese one?

[Oopsdabassist]

Japanese all the way, had to wait an extra12 weeks for it to be floated over to the UK.

I'll tell ya summat else too....IT'S DAMN GOOD FOR METAL!!

[Ol Grey Bear]

Dead thread resurrected 11 years later 😒 🤔 

Newest build, finished yesterday, not even strung yet. In fact, I still need to buy the bass strings!

So, it's a baritone/bass combo (2 bass strings above 3 baritone strings. Strung, or will be, with the A & D bass strings, and the A, D & F# strings from a baritone string set. However, despite the strings used, it'll be tuned G, D, G, d, g. Here's the wee beastie...

 

[LeftyJ]

Fascinating! Properly weird, in a great way. 

[Ol Grey Bear]

9 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

Fascinating! Properly weird, in a great way. 

 

I myself have been described in much the same way, though without the added suffix of "in a great way". Literally "Properly weird" 😄 🤣 😂 

 

Thank you.

[Baloney Balderdash]

Don't know if this counts, but I have my two 28.6" scale Ibanez Mirko Basses, respectively a 5 string and a 4 string, tuned in a tenor bass tuning and strung accordingly.

 

The 5 string Mikro Bass is strung with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges: .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 - .026, and tuned in G standard tuning, that is 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning.

 

Using only the stock bridge J pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket.

 

"Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer" :

 

 

 

And the 4 string Mikro Bass also strung with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings, of the gauges: .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned to A# standard tuning, that is one half step above the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass tuned in regular B standard tuning.

 

With an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup wired directly to the output jack socket.

 

"Dud Bottomfeeder" :

 

 

These are my main instruments of choice, and I play them through an always on 1 octave up effect, blended with parallel clean signal, for an effect somewhat similar to that of an 8 string bass (with pairs of respectively bass and octave strings), using a custom made Toneprint on my TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Mini for this: 

 

 

On 15/07/2024 at 07:39, Ol Grey Bear said:

Dead thread resurrected 11 years later 😒 🤔 

Newest build, finished yesterday, not even strung yet. In fact, I still need to buy the bass strings!

So, it's a baritone/bass combo (2 bass strings above 3 baritone strings. Strung, or will be, with the A & D bass strings, and the A, D & F# strings from a baritone string set. However, despite the strings used, it'll be tuned G, D, G, d, g. Here's the wee beastie...

 

Very cool. 

 

With that tuning are you planning to use it as a slide bass/guitar?

 

Also what is the scale length?

 

Edited September 4, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[Ol Grey Bear]

3 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Don't know id this counts, but I have my two 28.6" scale Ibanez Mirko Basses, respectively a 5 string and a 4 string, tuned in a tenor bass tuning and strung accordingly.

 

The 5 string Mikro Bass is strung with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges: .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 - .026, and tuned in G standard tuning, that is 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning.

 

Using only the stock bridge J pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket.

 

"Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer" :

 

 

 

And the 4 string Mikro Bass also strung with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings, of the gauges: .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, and tuned to A# standard tuning, that is one half step above the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass tuned in regular B standard tuning.

 

With an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup wired directly to the output jack socket.

 

"Dud Bottomfeeder" :

 

 

These are my main instruments of choice, and I play them through an always on 1 octave up effect, blended with parallel clean signal, for an effect somewhat similar to that of an 8 string bass (with pairs of respectively bass and octave strings), using a custom made Toneprint on my TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Mini for this: 

 

 

Very cool. 

 

With that tuning are you planning to use it as a slide bass/guitar?

 

Also what is the scale length?

 

 

I love your use of alternative tunings. I find unusual tunings really make me think about the music in a different way. For instance, if I'm tuning open C I'd rather go for the alternate C, G, C, g, c, D# so that I can get an open minor triad for slide playing on the higher register.

 

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I play lots of slide but I'll play a steady, maybe alternating, bass in the background. The scale length is a straight 30 inches. Top of the baritone range, bottom of the bass range. I'm hoping to find a new happy place therein.

 

All the best,

 

Bear/Dani