Hi Mark,
I well remember, in the early/mid-eighties, attending a
demonstration of the 'indestructible' Status Bass (also carbon
graphite/fibre, whatever) at the Bass Centre in London. To
demonstrate the strength of the instrument, the guy from Status
laid the bass across two chairs and then jumped on the middle, if
you see what I mean. Needless to say, the damn thing broke in two,
much to the huge amusement of all present, including the demonstator.
LOL :-D
Great story :-)
But i saw the first appearance of the Steinbergerbasses on the Frankfurt
(germany) music fair a long time ago (1976?), where this experiment
really worked!
Same setup, 2 chairs etc... and the promoter really stood on that bass
for a couple of minutes and you only had to re-tune the E string a
bit after
that "stunt".
Looks like Mr. Steinberger has a "secret formula" for his home brewn
carbon graphite stuff ;-)
I never did see the necessity for instruments to be indestructible,
Actually, it is NOT necessary, but it is ;-)
and I've stuck with wooden basses ever since, and they're even
flammable. :)
Hihi, regards to Jimi H. :-)
Mark
On 3 Jun 2005, at 15:08, Klaus Major wrote:
Although this "headless" design may have been invented by Mr. Ned
Steinberger,
this is a 6-string frettless bass-guitar made by a german company
called "Clover".
Best from germany
Klaus Major
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.major-k.de
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