Its a small bass?

These have actually been around for a while now if I'm not mistaken. Basically a ukulele bass?

Cute! But it's a stupid concept, I can't imagine any working musician trading his normal bass for that. At least it's green ?

The guy is a good player though. Would like to hear him play a normal bass.

epictring wrote: These have actually been around for a while now if I'm not mistaken. Basically a ukulele bass?

That ignores that it can lay down the full bodied, reasonably tight sound in a tiny package. As I mentioned: sounding more like a bass fiddle than a bass guitar. It does what a bass guitar does - arguably better (at least til someone catches me up on the debate) - in a much more portable form.

Scorched: why stupid? 'Cos it's little?

From what I gather from the video, it's is being marketed as a viable replacement -but smaller, bass for a gigging bassist.

I don't see a professional compromising his sound (although it doesn't even sound like a bass) for something that is debatably more transportable.

Scorched wrote: From what I gather from the video, it's is being marketed as a viable replacement -but smaller, bass for a gigging bassist.

I don't see a professional compromising his sound (although it doesn't even sound like a bass) for something that is debatably more transportable.

It doesn't sound like a bass guitar. But a bass guitar was meant to sound like a bass fiddle - something at which it failed. It can be easily argued that this sounds more like a bass fiddle than a bass guitar does. So I wouldn't leap to quickly on the stupid concept concept.

I like the sound of it. Of course, some music would demand a more bass guitar sounding bass but i can imagine many applications for this. I wonder how readily one would be able to get hold of those odd strings.

deefstes wrote: I like the sound of it. Of course, some music would demand a more bass guitar sounding bass but i can imagine many applications for this. I wonder how readily one would be able to get hold of those odd strings.

Would probably need to buy online. The Aquila Strings are top notch for ukulele type instruments.

I played around on one of those a while ago. It sounds pretty fat! No bright sounds at all though and the rubbery strings feel weird but it must have a place somewhere.

I'd try something like that in an Indie project.

Cool!

I see... A guitar sized instrument, similar scale length to a guitar aswell, 6 strings each made out of that fat rubbery stuff - with a metal core maybe, mag and piezo pickups and a slightly wider neck - 7-string width or so. Same (or lower) bottom frequency of a bass fiddle.. ? Could be majorly kiff.

It looks eatable , or is it just me? Looks like it's made from candy.

mmmm candy yes ?

Still pretty cool stuff though