nice job its a beautiful instrument. would love to hear a full sound demo on it. may be worth it to collab with a known 9 string player to really see what it can do. cant wait to see more!
It’s crazy that the low notes have so much clarity despite scale length being so short and the strings being so thin. Normally basses that go that low have much longer scale lengths and use much heavier strings.
Incredible craftsmanship. It is a work of art. Althought, the string spacing makes me pause and wonder about playability. I ordered a custom guitar a few years ago (different builder) and went with a smaller and tighter nut width than usual..thinking it would be a good idea. Big mistake. I waited 2 years for the thing (it was built during the height of the lockdowns) and totally regret the nut width. You wouldn't think it, but just a single millimeter or two can make a huge difference it how a guitar feels. Everything else about my guitar is perfect...but the narrow nut causes issues when playing any type of chord below roughly the 3rd fret.......especially when open strings are needed...as. I am constantly accidently muting them. I see the same issues arising with the guitar in this video. Especially if playing as a traditional bass. But after saying all of that, this thing is a work of art.
DIOS mio ese bass guitars, 9 cuerdas es una bestia depredadora, los tonos graves son fabulosos y los tonos agudos también. Que claridad. Me encantan las maderas que usastes RICK.
The Ibanez RGIR9FME (that I bought a month ago) has two bass guitar strings for the 9 - C#1 and 8 - F#1. However the two machine heads have guitar mechanisms but bass posts; the guitar body has two bass ferrules and eight guitar ferrules - I'm going to create one of my Octave Method books for it. Like your creation a lot but would have stopped at 24 frets if it was mine.
Genuinely impressed by the clarity and note definition on the low F#. That sounds just as good as the 37" .168 on my multiscale bass! Obviously the tension leaves something to be desired, but thats kinda just the price for doing the impossible. 😆 Well-made!
On a good day I would know what to do with 6 of those strings. ....... assuming I retuned the top half like a guitar. Cool build, but I don't think I could handle it. Lol
For some reason the spacing between frets 23 and 24 seems to be off slightly, making a bit of a V shape starting from the treble side. Must be an optical illusion from the radius, kind hard to tell.
nice job its a beautiful instrument. would love to hear a full sound demo on it. may be worth it to collab with a known 9 string player to really see what it can do. cant wait to see more!
It’s crazy that the low notes have so much clarity despite scale length being so short and the strings being so thin. Normally basses that go that low have much longer scale lengths and use much heavier strings.
Incredible craftsmanship. It is a work of art. Althought, the string spacing makes me pause and wonder about playability. I ordered a custom guitar a few years ago (different builder) and went with a smaller and tighter nut width than usual..thinking it would be a good idea. Big mistake. I waited 2 years for the thing (it was built during the height of the lockdowns) and totally regret the nut width. You wouldn't think it, but just a single millimeter or two can make a huge difference it how a guitar feels. Everything else about my guitar is perfect...but the narrow nut causes issues when playing any type of chord below roughly the 3rd fret.......especially when open strings are needed...as. I am constantly accidently muting them. I see the same issues arising with the guitar in this video. Especially if playing as a traditional bass. But after saying all of that, this thing is a work of art.
DIOS mio ese bass guitars, 9 cuerdas es una bestia depredadora, los tonos graves son fabulosos y los tonos agudos también. Que claridad. Me encantan las maderas que usastes RICK.
The Ibanez RGIR9FME (that I bought a month ago) has two bass guitar strings for the 9 - C#1 and 8 - F#1. However the two machine heads have guitar mechanisms but bass posts; the guitar body has two bass ferrules and eight guitar ferrules - I'm going to create one of my Octave Method books for it. Like your creation a lot but would have stopped at 24 frets if it was mine.
That is insane. Looks beautiful
siiiick, I just wanna say that I would love to own one
That has a very usable sound. What a beautiful guitar all around...
Thats a crazy looking and amazing sounding instrument! Congrats on your creation, my friend!
Beautiful wood choices. I can see a jazzer digging this.
Wow. That is exceptional. 🤘
that looks classy, beautiful instrument. i could see this being used from jazz fusion to thall.
gimme a while to try and afford one of these haha
Genuinely impressed by the clarity and note definition on the low F#. That sounds just as good as the 37" .168 on my multiscale bass! Obviously the tension leaves something to be desired, but thats kinda just the price for doing the impossible. 😆 Well-made!
@@JoshZanders Thanks! Yeah, tension is one thing, but with a light touch this works great.
love it, love everything you've done to it.
Oh my hod that looks so fun
I like your work, man. This thing is cool
Excellent work, very interesting
Work of art.
That is a monster of sound.
On a good day I would know what to do with 6 of those strings. ....... assuming I retuned the top half like a guitar. Cool build, but I don't think I could handle it. Lol
Charlie Hunter would be the guy for this instrument.
* Joshua Travis would like to know your location * 🤣🤣
Insaaaaaane
Nice brother!
That scale length is … not enough for the lowest string imo. Then again I’m a bass player x)
how do you do the truss rod on these things, do you even put one in?
It has a truss rod. You can see the nut on the headstock
@@vlorschbuug Yep, there’s one in this.
would be a great bass for playing some Jean Baudin
@@Cryogenic5 Absolutely!
im building an 8 string that looks simmilar.
Is this thing available for purchase by chance? Thing is absolutely sweet asf
@@Catspss Actually, no. This one is a commission build, but i’d be more than happy to build one for you. Shoot me an email, beardlycustoms@gmail.com.
For some reason the spacing between frets 23 and 24 seems to be off slightly, making a bit of a V shape starting from the treble side. Must be an optical illusion from the radius, kind hard to tell.
@@sentientabyss4734 Gonna go with optical illusion.
So yeah..... where do I buy this!?!?
@@Sackalicious check your inbox. 👍🏻
so a 9 string baritone?
@@user-pi2ei6lo5r Tuned an octave lower.