Oh. My. God... Becky, look at her [bass]...
Honestly, though, this is super cool. Original bass heads, for sure.
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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025
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Thank you for that. Amazing, but entirely the wrong type of music. I wonder if pieces have been written for it + other instruments. I see a lot of potential as soon as you move away from classical classic.
octobass go BRRRRRRR
I tried to learn this but it was taking me 3 days to get to and from school.
I saw some dude on the Subway with one of these. And he was sitting down!
How rude!
!obscureinstruments@sh.itjust.works
Thanks, I’ll crosspost!
Now we’re just being silly. Cool find.
I wanna hear Apocolytica incorporate one of these.
drops the bass, losing tends of thousands of dollars probably
I saw one of these on display at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix AZ, but never heard one played. It's so huge you can't reach those frets at the top there, so the inventor had to come up with a keyed mechanism you see the guy working in the photo.
I've always wanted to go to the MIM but have yet to get the opportunity. Worth the cost? Are there a lot of interactive exhibits? I want to play with unique and rare instruments.
The original Super Bass
The dude with the bitch ass cello in front is gonna have some PTSD with LOW vibration in his nape.
Better not play the brown note....
Mythbusters have entered the chat.
The party pooping SOB is looking for a one way ticket to El Salvador. Right away.
If this can't produce the brown note, nothing will!
(Better not) drop the bass!
I would love to try playing that
Davie504 boggles
Anyone happen to know what song they where playing?
In my head, it's Another One Bites the Dust.
It gave birth to 8 violins and starred in a piorno.
If you play the wrong note, people probably won't even notice
Ok, you've peaked my interest and I would like to hear the album "Drums & Octobass" by Keiji Haino & Guro Moe
https://conradsound.bandcamp.com/album/drums-octobass
I'll try it in my car later and on my home system with a decent sub
I really hope that "flower which is orange and very strong-willed" lives up to my very high expectations
Edit: ok, I listened to this turned up nice and loud and it's quite amazing but not at all in the way I expected. I know what album I am gifting my family and coworkers with this Christmas.
low-key that sounds like strangling a goose while a cheap subwoofer tries to squeak it's last audio because it exploded
I was not strong willed enough to make it all the way through that song.
Piqued your interest.
Appreciate the share, because I can't see something like this and not want to hear it play G.
Peeked my interest.
you've peaked my interest
I'm more impressed that a mountain drives a car!
I feel like that is something Ivor Cutler could produce while on an acid trip
The brown noise!
If a string breaks, everyone in that photo is gonna have a bad day.
No, I said I wanted the world's smallest violin!