Electric Octobass??? (History and EBow Test)

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Full Review:

Pheonix Octobass Demo:

Kalium G#-1 Bass:

Time Stamps:
3:32 Demo

[Tedris]

The distortion made it sound like Sunn O)))
...C0)))?

I do wonder what doom and drone metal can do with these ultra-low tunings.

[vXx]

there are some sweet tones in there. Thick industrial-doom drones.

[noice]

I see you wore a matching shirt this time to combat the finish rubbing off.
On the back of the headstock: "wash with like colors" lol

[timothymckane]

Having a distortion on with the eBow sounds like you're making a drone/doom metal song.

[FarragoTheFox]

Holy shit, with distortion that sounds pretty wicked.

[redheadguitarist]

5:30-7:20 Sunn o))) tuned down. That's the first thought that popped into my head.

[Vexnatos]

Look up the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Organ. It has a 128 foot stop on the Pedals, which lets it go down to C-2.

[Sir-Thrash]

Sir i believe you're officially a madlad

[micahsnyder]

Not gonna lie, I’m slowing growing an interest in getting one of these Kalium basses.

If you don’t mind, would you be willing to tell us how much one of these basses will set a guy back?

[brendanhoppe]

I've always had an idea of a giant ass electric octobass, bout to steal some powerlines for experimentation 🤣 honestly I think I might have to give it a shot. I'll let u know if I have any success in making something along those line, cheers mate!

[thatheavenlycomposer]

*Wolfgang Staab*




i guess orchestra instrument artists were considered gangsters.

[SteelSkin]

Droning away with an ebow is a very compelling use case for an instrument tuned that low. The distorted parts reminded me a lot of Sunn O))) (which is one of my favorite bands, if the profile pic didn't give it away already). Really cool sounds !

[moonchild]

You could try the pencil bow trick, or get a cheap violin bow to see what that sounds like. Needless to say I'm excited to see what you do with this thing. Also good on not wearing white this time!

[burningglory]

Finding a speaker with that frequency response though....

[svensaturn]

Kevin, your videos such as this have really been inspiring me to explore more experimental and avant-garde approaches to my guitar and bass guitar. I look forward to hearing your future demonstrations!

PS What do you think of making a experiment song using only this quake bass, and your soprano guitar? I’d be intrigued to hear the extreme contrast!

[kevinmitchell]

Tone shaping will broaden it uses to other genres of music. The fusioneers etc.

[gkthewin]

This is the 21st century we do vocal notes at g#-7

[Jimenez]

4:36 - 5:06 this sounds like something cliff Burton would do for a next solo

[lexusmaxus]

I actually like those distortion feedback sounds when the e-now is on the pickup

[nicgundy]

I've been playing the upright bass for 14 years; which actually two years before I picked up the bass guitar & its still a dream since college to try an Octobass!