ARGH Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 A beautiful vid of Jean Baudin playing an original composition of his own. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_qARdE08p0A&feature=related"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_qARdE08p0A&...feature=related[/url] Quote
Kiwi Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Looks like a chapman stick to me. Nice sound with that multitap delay though. Quote
Buzz Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 WHhhhattt? MORE THAN 4 STRINGS? HOW DARE YOU SIR!!!111!!!eleven!!11!!!! Saying that, how goes your band search? Quote
ARGH Posted October 22, 2008 Author Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Like kicking water uphill...... Its Baudin's Ken Lawrence 11 string,made for tapping. Im getting so itchy to try a stick. Edited October 22, 2008 by ARGH Quote
Kiwi Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 like shooting fish in a barrel... [quote name='ARGH' post='312550' date='Oct 22 2008, 10:04 PM']Its Baudin's Ken Lawrence 11 string,made for tapping. Im getting so itchy to try a stick.[/quote] Don't do it. Your 9-string orgasmatron will never forgive you. (HOW much did you pay for it again?) Quote
ARGH Posted October 22, 2008 Author Posted October 22, 2008 Gonna have to lower the action on it.. The family like additions,Ive got time to spare. Quote
ARGH Posted October 22, 2008 Author Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='312567' date='Oct 22 2008, 10:20 PM'](HOW much did you pay for it again?)[/quote] I never said....ever,not even my own mother knows For a Basic 2 octave,ebony f/board.....single P/u,2 bnd eq,basic woods etc etc nowt flash... Jim charges £2500ish...I think. Mine ISNT standard.Anyway enough.... Sub contra master Yves Carbonne [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbAVo6FBKI"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbAVo6FBKI[/url] Edited October 22, 2008 by ARGH Quote
bass_ferret Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Will........not............take............the...............bait Quote
thisnameistaken Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 [quote name='ARGH' post='312579' date='Oct 22 2008, 10:33 PM']Sub contra master Yves Carbonne [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbAVo6FBKI"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbAVo6FBKI[/url][/quote] Wow, that sounds bloody awful. Sounds like someone trimming a privet hedge with a banjo. It's worth watching the video for the occasional moment where he tries to fret notes on the bass strings and realises he'd need to have been born with orang-utan hands. Quote
Kiwi Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 [quote name='ARGH' post='312579' date='Oct 22 2008, 10:33 PM']I never said....ever,not even my own mother knows[/quote] ah well, I wasn't all that interested anyway. Quote
ARGH Posted October 23, 2008 Author Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='312647' date='Oct 23 2008, 12:04 AM']ah well, I wasn't all that interested anyway.[/quote] But you did ask,which means you were,and now that seed of denial,will grow,into sheer frustration of 'lack of knowledge',and soon..say..a few months,you WILL hear the voices..and you WILL KILL THE FINNISH CONSULATE..... --------------------------------- To be honest,the Carbonne vid sounds AWFUL,and the banjo thing is what I thought,But there isnt any decent footage of Yves on the 12,good stuff on his 8s,the only thing that vid shows is good technique. Still its better than dull everyday sh*t 4 string Bassplaying by unimaginative,plodding,dullards that wouldnt know the 12th fret if it slapped them. This guy isnt one of them:- [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jRUjH1zAcZA"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jRUjH1zAcZA[/url] Quote
rjb Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 ERB = Egg slicer. (Just because I can't play them, you understand.) Quote
Dood Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='312613' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:16 PM']Will........not............take............the...............bait[/quote] Dangles an F# string in front of John whilst he's trying to watch the football ;o) [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='312632' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:42 PM']Wow, that sounds bloody awful. Sounds like someone trimming a privet hedge with a banjo.[/quote] coffee>keyboard - Must remember that one!! [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='312632' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:42 PM'].... and realises he'd need to have been born with orang-utan hands. [/quote] OY! Why were you lookin' at me when you said that lol lol ... ok.. its true.. they're hooj! Quote
crez5150 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Sounds like U2....... I hate them too!! Quote
Adrenochrome Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I curse you for your extended-range multi octave heresy! You'll be expecting to be clearly audible in the FOH mix next... and wanting to take over the world after that... it's all madness I tells ya... Quote
bass_ferret Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='ARGH' post='312701' date='Oct 23 2008, 07:58 AM'].......snip.......Still its better than dull everyday sh*t 4 string Bassplaying by unimaginative,plodding,dullards that wouldnt know the 12th fret if it slapped them. ..........snip........[/quote] slap is over rated as well Quote
birdy Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='ARGH' post='312701' date='Oct 23 2008, 07:58 AM']Still its better than dull everyday sh*t 4 string Bassplaying by unimaginative,plodding,dullards that wouldnt know the 12th fret if it slapped them.[/quote] I'll take the bait How do you define better? Would The Beatles have been 'better' or sold more records if Macca has played a 12 string? To my mind the ERB is a different instrument than a 4 or 5 string bass guitar and the owners, generally, have different goals, aspirations and views on what is 'good' and 'better'. I don't think there is a right or wrong in this. The ERB playing in the video is impressive but I bet he could have played most of it on a 5 string. How many of you ERB fans like this stuff just BECAUSE its played on an ERB? Not looking for an argument on this just stating my opinion. Its all music innit. Quote
Adrenochrome Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='312733' date='Oct 23 2008, 08:57 AM']slap is over rated as well [/quote] poppity poppity Quote
Rich Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 The Yves Carbonne sounds almost sitar-like. The world needs more bass/sitar crossover hedge-trimming banjos Quote
bnt Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I think I'd rather have a piano than one of those ERBs. That 11-string has only 11-note polyphony, after all... and the piano strings have even longer scale and higher tension. Quote
yorick Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Pardon my rather large ignorance.... What's an ERB? Quote
dangerboy Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='yorick' post='312763' date='Oct 23 2008, 09:58 AM']Pardon my rather large ignorance.... What's an ERB? [/quote] I think it stands for Egomaniac's Re-imagined Bass. I think. Quote
mcgraham Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I'd personally love an ERB. I absolutely love the idea of a 'total' instrument, one that combines the range of a guitar and a bass together in a compact instrument. My idea of a total instrument would be more like an Extended Range Guitar than a bass, i.e. scale length, spacing etc closer to that of a guitar than a bass. Here was my idea: I worked out that an 8 or 9 string would be a good combination (IMO), strung BEADADGBE like an extension of Charlie Hunter's original 8 string tuning, or perhaps BEADGCFAD. Fanned frets with a fan of approximately 32" to 29" (give or take an inch either way). The spacing would be more guitar like, but not quite as tight, maybe around 13mm (anywhere from 11-14mm?) at the bridge to make picking/guitar like chords easier, but still allow for more relaxed fingerstyle as on bass. Split pickups for the guitar and bass courses would be useful so as to allow for general strumming on guitar side without having to worry about the bass strings. Midi options on a fixed bridge/individual saddles would be good too. In fact... I think I may just get in touch with ACG about this Mark Quote
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