15 String Bass Guitar

[Annoying Twit]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-BASS-GUITAR-/291235104105?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43cef70569"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item43cef70569[/url]

I'm not sure that all the strings on this are at the same height.

Wonder what would happen if someone asked the seller a question of whether this would be a suitable bass for a beginner.

Tennessee instruments do not get good reviews. "Buyer beware" is often said, alongside "unplayable ****" and the like. This one on ebay appears to have had work done to it.

The bass, even the same picture, turns up in this list of the craziest guitar designs ever: http://leftyfretz.com/17-crazy-guitar-designs/

Edited September 3, 2014 by Annoying Twit

[TheGreek]

Featured here many times already...I wonder why it hasn't sold yet

[Bradwell]

For a start those are all electric guitar machine heads and aren't putting a straight pull on the strings. Even with two truss rods the string tension is going to destroy that neck. String spacing is well off, it's only got 10 saddles. It's also had the mounting holes for volume and tone controls taped over. There's a lot of things wrong with this and I would say 'Unplayable' is spot on.

For single course bass guitars (as oppose to 2 course where strings are octave pairs) the limit seems to be around 12 strings - they tend to be real high end instruments though, 'ply material' doesn't cut it.

[alittlebitrobot]

Yeah, I've seen this desperate pile of crap a few times.
Just burn the thing.

"The body is made of a thick ply material"
....."material", eh?

[yorks5stringer]

The most telling photo is the one where it is supported on a Black and Decker Workmate...expect it will spend some time on that during the new owners life!

[bassbiscuits]

ha ha that's dreadful!

[HowieBass]

Will somebody wealthy please buy it and destroy it so we don't have to keep seeing it?

[steve]

his other items for sale is a bit of a hoot too, anyone fancy a thomann newsletter for 99p? they're from 2008 no less and therefore nearly vintage

[inthedoghouse]

Unplayable!

Pedal steel bass? :-) Gotta love the strap 'pins' too :-)

[Annoying Twit]

Even if it's been posted many times before, it still seems to create discussion.

One Tennessee instrument I haven't seen before is this "18 string bass". Except that it isn't really. Two different necks right next to each other as I see it.

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Edited September 4, 2014 by Annoying Twit