merello Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Double necked single neck bass! Look for the sunny side up double necked bass! [url="http://www.inspire-instruments.de"]http://www.inspire-instruments.de[/url] As you scroll over, it shows the back of the bass! Edited July 7, 2015 by merello Quote
merello Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 There's a video of Leo Lyons playing it. Fretless on one side, fretted the other. Novel idea. Quote
goonieman Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) That be fugly. Is it Klingon Starship - inspired? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_starships Edited July 7, 2015 by goonieman Quote
kodiakblair Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah saw a video today on FB. Cracking idea and using a footpedal to swap between sides is genius. Simple but still genius Quote
HowieBass Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Buckle rash not a problem here but cheese grater belly (or worse) might be... Quote
alyctes Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 I bet the neck's proper uncomfortable. But I guess you might get used to it. Quote
discreet Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Not for me - I get enough hernia trauma from a normal smooth-backed bass! *Carefully adjusts truss* Quote
alyctes Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1436305486' post='2817003'] Buckle rash not a problem here but cheese grater belly (or worse) might be... [/quote] Belt buckle might be a problem... snag a string and PING! Quote
KevB Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The fretted side looks like a startled bison wearing wraparound shades. Must reduce my medication. Or possibly up it. Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) It should be impossible to gig. would anybody feel confortable having a fretboard and strings on the back of you normal basse's neck? Try it, flip your bass around and rub your hand across the FB... IMHO this is top candidate for "2015´s world stupidest idea" In fact, this issue (fretted/fretless) has already been solved in a more classy way: [url="https://youtu.be/MViWP44Abt8"]https://youtu.be/MViWP44Abt8[/url] [url="https://youtu.be/ft3t0YjfXEc"]https://youtu.be/ft3t0YjfXEc[/url] By this guy: [url="https://www.facebook.com/MikeyGuitars?hc_location=ufi"]https://www.facebook.com/MikeyGuitars[/url] Edited July 9, 2015 by Ghost_Bass Quote
Andytre Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 that mickey bass has blown my mind, i want one and i dont even play fretless! Quote
kodiakblair Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The Mickey bass is fantastic but why is nobody making them. The web page is dead and last FB entry 2012. Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Yep, i think he hasn't made the best pub for his invention. It's by far one of the best ideas anybody had regarding bass building in the last decades. He could have registerd the patent and licensed it to the big dogs, i'm sure that a few would have picked this up (not Fender obviously). This design has a few years but i see that a big lot of people still don't know it exists. Quote
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