worlds most complicated (and expensive?) bass

[NickA]

Hey folks look at the knobs on this!!!!!!!

https://www.ebay.co....ckAAOSw0xRZoy7F

Ebony, carbon, ebony, yet more ebony and more electronics than you could shake a soldering iron at.

Bit pricey tho.

Edited November 19, 2017 by HazBeen

[T-Bay]

That is just crazy.

[TheGreek]

I was expecting the new Mark King Status - but that only has 7 knobs and a few switches.

Sometimes more is NOT better.

[Woodinblack]

If you find a good sound, you could spend a lifetime trying to find it again!

[TheGreek]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1509732366' post='3401312']
If you find a good sound, you could spend a lifetime trying to find it again!
[/quote]

I had that issue with my Warwick Dolphin...

[yorks5stringer]

Good that Rick Turner could be bothered to reply.....I spent 2 years waiting for a response from him and I was prepared to pay him!

[paul_5]

As a general rule of thumb, if it's got more knobs than strings then you're a technician, not a bassist.

[prowla]

The "Bass played on The Chain" seems to be up for sale quite regularly.

I suppose people buy it and then spend a few months trying to find the settings to get [i]the[/i] sound and then give up in frustration and sell it on!

Edited November 4, 2017 by prowla

[oldslapper]

Is it my imagination, but pic 12 shows a poor neck joint finish?

Just noticed that there are 4 holes on one of the back plates, presumably for "trim pots"...just in case you still can't get the tone you want for the next song....😂

[T-Bay]

I remember when Performance bikes reviewed the first GSXR with fully adjustable suspension. It went along the lines of ‘provides the opportunity for an individual to set up the bike to their personal perfection, but in the real world all the knobs will be turned by a guy called Kevin and you will end up with a bike that handles like a complete dog’. This strikes me a bit like that.

[Hellzero]

Hi owned this for a few weeks : http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/vigier-nautilus/1774

If you have no plane pilot license, better forget it.

[alyctes]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1509732366' post='3401312']
If you find a good sound, you could spend a lifetime trying to find it again!
[/quote]

You'd have to take a photo of the control settings...

[jazzyvee]

How about this one. ;-)

[url="http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_knobfest2010.html"]http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_knobfest2010.html[/url]

[TheGreek]

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1509838539' post='3402065']
How about this one. ;-)

[url="http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_knobfest2010.html"]http://www.alembic.c...obfest2010.html[/url]
[/quote]

A good bass ruined

[Happy Jack]

You've all missed the point.

T[size=4]h[/size][size=4]ose aren't control knobs, each represents one note in a scale and you play them by tapping the knobs with your right hand while tapping (in a slightly different way) the strings with your left hand.[/size]

What appears to be a pickup selector is actually a rotary knob which allows you to choose which key the 'knobs' play in.

[oldslapper]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1509904574' post='3402505']

.....a rotary knob which allows you to choose which key the 'knobs' play in.
[/quote]

I'd like one of those for one band I play in.....those knobs are always playing in the wrong key.

[Paul S]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1509904574' post='3402505']
You've all missed the point.

Those aren't control knobs, each represents one note in a scale and you play them by tapping the knobs with your right hand while tapping (in a slightly different way) the strings with your left hand.

What appears to be a pickup selector is actually a rotary knob which allows you to choose which key the 'knobs' play in.
[/quote]

Ah, I see - so a bass accordion? Surprised no-one has thought of it before.

[T-Bay]

If you look at the link and the controls it’s a bit tongue in cheek, the increase hair growth rate and call waiter controls had me chuckle a bit.

[alyctes]

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1509912243' post='3402582']
If you look at the link and the controls it’s a bit tongue in cheek, the increase hair growth rate and call waiter controls had me chuckle a bit.
[/quote]

I liked the "drummer tempo" switch, personally

[NickA]

I love controls 15= "singer mute" and 16 ="drummer tempo".   Brill.

[ped]

On 04/11/2017 at 22:52, Hellzero said:

Hi owned this for a few weeks : http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/vigier-nautilus/1774

If you have no plane pilot license, better forget it.

I’ve been searching for one for years!

[Hellzero]

And did you find one? 

The entire preamp must still be somewhere in the house as I removed it to have a "playable" bass....