"For the average to advance bass player"

[JMT3781]

See what you make of this..


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i left pretty much speechless

[witterth]

Just "daft" really

[Clarky]

At least it doubles up as a cheese grater or vegetable mandolin

[razze06]

A little small for a harp

[Clarky]

I would love to casually mention to someone playing that monstrosity, I think your tuning is a little out ... and retire swiftly out of arm's reach

[hubrad]

Just WHY????

[Stylon Pilson]

From what I've heard, these absurd "Tennessee" brand basses are fundamentally unplayable.

S.P.

[MB1]

MB1.
Good for clearing snow with?
The descriptions the only skinny thing about it!
...Wouldnt let that guy clean my windscreen!..

[Guest MoJo]

Intonation is going to be all over the place.....would be a laugh to pull it out at a rehearsal though

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='Clarky' post='844394' date='May 21 2010, 05:13 PM']At least it doubles up as a [b]cheese grater [/b]or vegetable mandolin[/quote]


From every review i've read on Tennessee basses i think cutting cheese would be too much strain for the dodgy construction to take!



Check out the bridge! I wonder what it intonates like?

[JMT3781]

i really dont think much thought went into the pickups either

[Ou7shined]

Damn! If only it were a 16 string.

[ahpook]

[quote name='witterth' post='844391' date='May 21 2010, 05:11 PM']Just "daft" really[/quote]

plus the one

unless you're into 'look at how many strings i've got'

[lemmywinks]

To be fair you could tune so that you could play an entire gig one handed, leaving the other hand free for Saxon style air pointing.

Also i thought Tennessee basses were usually a couple of hundred dollars? This is over $3000!

[Clarky]

With a few cross weaves it could also double up as a tennis racket. Maybe its the multi-functionality that justifies the eminently reasoble 3000 bucks?

[steve-soar]

I use to build custom tennis rackets.

[wesfinn]

what tuning would that even be!??

[arsenic]

Shame it's not fretless - at least you could use it as an ironing board.......
Look at the neck on that thing, you would need to either be the Sugar Puffs Honey Monster to get your hands round that.

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='844405' date='May 21 2010, 05:20 PM']From what I've heard, these absurd "Tennessee" brand basses are fundamentally unplayable.[/quote]
Indeed. I'm no expert, but two truss rods just doesn't seem like enough for a "neck" that wide. ("Neck" just doesn't seem the right word... "shelf", maybe?) It'd surely get warp-tastic. You'd also have to say bye-bye to your shoulder. And the floor, after the headstock dived into it when you took your left hand off the neck. Sorry... shelf.

[quote name='wesfinn' post='844691' date='May 21 2010, 10:19 PM']what tuning would that even be!??[/quote]
Whatever the hell you want. You still couldn't play it.

Seriously, though, it seems to be strung up in groups of a single gauge. The bottom three or four strings look about the same gauge, and the same with the top three. It wouldn't surprise me if it's strung up chromatically or something.

[jezzaboy]

[quote name='Clarky' post='844398' date='May 21 2010, 05:15 PM']I would love to casually mention to someone playing that monstrosity, I think your tuning is a little out ... and retire swiftly out of arm's reach[/quote]


You wouldn`t need to worry about being out of arm`s reach Clarky. Anyone who played it for 10 mins would be so knackered just having the thing slung over their shoulder that they wouldn`t have the energy to lift an arm to thump you! That has to be the most bizzare guitar I have seen. You would need a mortgage to buy a set of strings.

Jez

[umph]

are most of the strings the same guage?

[tauzero]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='844505' date='May 21 2010, 06:57 PM']Also i thought Tennessee basses were usually a couple of hundred dollars? This is over $3000![/quote]
Tropicalmoonmusic seem to be trying it on a bit. They've got a 10-string Stick "clone" on there which I have thought about buying - their previous auctions for them have finished up at $150-$200, they're asking something like $1500 BIN now. No spare cash ATM so won't put in a best offer of $100.

[Stylon Pilson]

[quote name='umph' post='846086' date='May 23 2010, 10:04 PM']are most of the strings the same guage?[/quote]

I reckon it's tuned B B B E E E A A A D D D G G G

S.P.