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I have an original Steinberger. Same body style, but with a real transtrem and Active EMGs. Bass too, but with a slightly different body style and a drop D tuner. Anyway, I love them both DEARLY. I think STEINBERGERS LOOK COOL! Even those bodiless ones. Sure, Dreamtheater may have ruined it for all of us, as Hitler ruined the little mustache deal, but so what? They're great guitars. Well made and NOTHING I've played does what a transtrem does. So, has anyone on the list played one of these Spirits? I am also sick of doing the bass/guitar switch live. Lately, I've just resorted to abandoning the bass and using a Roland GR-30 for bass parts. Actually, it works pretty well. The idea of a double neck is interesting, but I must admit, I bet it's damn heavy. Mark AaroneousAG@aol.com wrote: > Hey Loop-Addicts! > > I just ordered my very first Doubleneck Guitar and bass!! It's an >SG style 1976 Starfield with the Bass at the top. I started out playing >bass, then moved to guitar later, so this reflects my preferences as well >as how high I generally hang each instrument . . . I can't wait, because >instrument switching has been my one hang up with looping . . . It's cool >to jump to keys after laying a guitar line (just letting the guitar hang >there Springsteen style), but taking off a guitar and strapping on a bass >has always been a distracting time waster . . . I had an upright bass set >upright to jump onto, but those don't sound so good when going into a >digital loop praser (they need a preamp of some kind before going in) and >it's huge and impractical . . . Now, I can lay a bass line, then guitar, >then keys, then lead, then scratch, when the bass starts to fade, do a >funkier bass, then solo, then bang stuff, squeeze rubber duckies, or make >armpit farts into the mike (try it!) . . . ! > ! > I am so totally psyched this is > > gonna be VERY cool . . . I've been fantasizing about having one for >quite some time, but they're rare or custom made, so usually expensive >(mine was just $445 on Ebay, thought :-)) . . . I do have one concern, >however . . . with my shaved head, people might confuse me for Elliot >Sharp (or, worse, an Elliot Sharp WANNABE)!!!! No offense, Mr. "Downtown >is more than just a zipcode" . . . > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else had a Guit-bass or something >similar, what they prefer to have on top or bottom, what kinds they have, >and the like! Also, I thought you all should check this out: > > http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=189 > > I personally can't stand Steinbergers, but it's a pretty cheap (although >sold out at the moment) Guit/Bass Doubleneck and the white one with the >black trim doesn't look THAT bad (read: not quite so 80's dinner theatre >metal) > > Lastly, everyone interested in the possibilities inherent in random >instrumentation should check out the Beck-flavored tour de force known as >Self's new album > "Gizmodgery" > > http://www.spongebathrec.com/ > > - The album is done entirely using Toy Instruments (Muppet Show Drums, >Pianosaurus, Plastic Guitars, Sears Student Bass, Doll Voice Boxes, Speak >and Spells, Micro Jammer Drum Machines, and so on)!! You'd think it >would sound lo fi, but with the aid of samplers, studio tricks, and a lot >of love, the instrumentation is only Overtly noticeable when it is meant >to be . . . If you didn't tell someone what it took to make it, most >people wouldn't know, with the occasional Cindy Speaks samples and cheasy >"drum fill" button solos aside. Kind of makes you wish you hadn't speant >$3600 on your custom made Koa guitar with active electronics and midi >pickups, doesn't it? . . . . > > Love, > > Aaroneous > > > >