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jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3562
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 11:11 am:   Edit Post

I found this link today and wondered what you guys thought of it.
http://stashstainlessbass.com

Jazzyvee
mtjam
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Username: mtjam

Post Number: 66
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

Wow! As my mother-in-law would say: that's different! I'm not really a fan of how it looks, but I checked out some of the YouTube clips, and it definitely sounds like a bass! I don't know how I would fare with that skinny rounded neck, but the guy in the video seemed to find his way around okay!

I'll be interested to see what others have to say about it. I can think of many other instruments I could buy for 3K. I have to give the makers credit for trying something that I've never seen before!
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3000
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post

Very Interesting indeed ! In appearance ; A real AXE ! Or perhaps a Kingon weapon. I would have to play it for a real opinion . The "Farmer Viking Construction Worker " in me likes it ,but the musician /engineer is in the wait and see mode. I want Alembic pickups and electronics in mine anyway . AS I write this I admit, that I have not watched the video yet, I shall do so next !
cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1546
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 2:40 pm:   Edit Post

Hmmmmm.

Peter
that_sustain
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Username: that_sustain

Post Number: 234
Registered: 8-2012
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 2:53 pm:   Edit Post

Is there a roadworn version?
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5506
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 2:58 pm:   Edit Post

Talk about a small radius fretboard!

Bill, tgo
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 1888
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 5:40 am:   Edit Post

No cold weather outdoor gigs with that one.

Keith
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 920
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 8:28 am:   Edit Post

Playing an outdoor gig during a Texas summer would turn this bass into a frying pan!
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 1889
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 9:50 am:   Edit Post

I've always like a couple of eggs over easy after a gig and a little PAM ought to take care of sticky fingers.

Keith
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 921
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 10:02 am:   Edit Post

My band played an outdoor gig in July a couple of years ago & we made the mistake of setting up at 2 in the afternoon. Our guitar player left his EVH Wolfgang guitar in the case in the direct sunlight & the heat melted the wax in the pickups & the guitar would not play! Luckily our other guitar player had a spare guitar for him to use! He had to get the pups replaced & EVH took care of it under warranty!
pace
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Username: pace

Post Number: 940
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 4:35 pm:   Edit Post

http://www.industrialguitar.com/guitars.html

Kind of the same vibe, their lap steels are what they're getting known for.

The neck radius on the Stash bass reminds me of it's indigenous african counterpart: http://www.artichokeguitars.com/published/our_collection/dat/folk_lute_1_front_b.jpg
wideload
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Username: wideload

Post Number: 202
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Monday, August 12, 2013 - 2:49 pm:   Edit Post

Wonder if they'd make an 11 string for Jean Baudin? Maybe use 8" pipe for the neck??
hankster
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Username: hankster

Post Number: 332
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 10:16 am:   Edit Post

Well, you could put it in the oven and the handles wouldn't melt, which is why i usually like stainless steel.
hankster
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Username: hankster

Post Number: 333
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 3:16 pm:   Edit Post

Okay, sorry - I think my glib comment (see immediately above) might have shut down discussion about an interesting instrument. Has anyone actually played one of these? I can't see any advantages of stainless steel over other rigid materials except cosmetic, and I can't quite imagine what a stringed instrument without any wood would behave or feel like.

R.
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3600
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 3:30 pm:   Edit Post

I doubt if you shut down the thread, some threads just die a natural death. :-)

Jazzyvee
hankster
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Username: hankster

Post Number: 334
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 3:35 pm:   Edit Post

Hmm. I see that there is a Youtube video of Pat Kilbride, who is a bit of a monster in Toronto, playing one. I don't think it is his, though. but it seems to do the job.

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