Corvette Taranis

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Frankly I'm shocked that I don't see mention of it on here, although I've been on vacation so I could be missing it. What does everyone think?
 
Unless it's a typo, it's called the Taranis. I didn't want to blow the surprise for anyone, but I'm staring at a picture of it in the new Guitar World.
 
:shock: never heard of it (also because we don't get many guitar/bass magazines over here :roll:)

..i guess it's a NAMM preview then, have you got the specs? or some pictures, of course :D
 
It's a Corvette FNA Jazzman; minus the maple top (ash body); 2-band EQ instead of a 3-band EQ; black hardware instead of gold. There isn't a 3-position pickup switch (for the humbucker) in this picture anyway. But here's the punchline: It says the 4-string model is set up for BEAD tuning...
 
Maybe I should have said it looks like a $$ with the Jazzman pickup configuration... duh.
 
that's a GOOD thing to hear, finally a stock BEAD warwick :D can't wait to test one :shock:
 
Agreed. I tune my $$ C/G/C/F, so I might have to see how it compares. One other note, the picture only shows 3 knobs. Granted Warwick does some pretty unique stacking tricks...
 
Yup, Taranis, from the Celtic God of thunder, So I guess the BEAD makes sense... 35" scale I guess?

Maybe F#BEA for the ones among us twisted enough?

:twisted:

PJ
(Any way to put up a scan of that pic?)
 
I don't quite get why we need whole new models just for alternative tuning.

If they come up with a nice model and it's tuned F# B E A, you'd need a custom shop order just to get an "ordinary" 4 string out of it.

I'm also an F# sceptic. I think it's too low to tell whether it's in tune or not, or really hear what's being played on it.

But that's just me!
 
I hear you JazzMan, B is already low, so F# is far off and C# even more, and I'm not talking about the crazy people who go all the way down to the lower B....

(Yves Carbonne on the pic with his latest 12-string Jerzy Droz Bass...)

For those who don't know, the theory goes a little like this:

A musical note is not only it's fundamental frequency, but a rich mix of various haromonics, from which the ear and brain understand what the fundamental or "note" is...

Already the 40Hz fundamental of the low E of the bass is very low in the human hearing range, and on a bass guitar we actually mostly hear the 2nd and 3rd harmonics, and the same goes with the lower notes...

"Yes, but the human hearing only hears down to 40Hz, what's the point of going lower????" is an often-cited objection to the lower register...

But the brain, being a wonderful machine, doesn't need to hear the fundamental frequency in order to understand the note...

"Ok, fair enough, someone can understand the note, but why use it? music has been made for centuries with the low E or B as it's lower limit, why use lower notes?"

Because, in short, in a band setting, the bass "competes" with the sound space and frequency range of the drums... Sure the bass can lock in with the kick drum and provide the fundamental groove of a song, but if it'S not heard in the mix, what's the point? Going lower "clears" the sonic space of the drums and opens up a new area in a band's sound...

After all that's what bass is about, being the foundation of a song?

PJ
(And JazzMan, I respect your position as an F# sceptic, it's a very valid one, I just wanted to present my view of the subject...)
 
Nice, JVH! ...and sometimes the mind fill the gap where the ear doesn`t follow. You don`t hear, but you feel it and know it is there.

Some of my favourite "bass-moments" are on concerts, when I wonder where the bass went in the mix, only to discover that it went in the stomach. :twisted:
 
It's more feeling the note than hearing it! Brown note anyone? I would hate to 'hear' a 40 Hz wave at huge volumes! That must be quite stomach-churning after some time. I have also this theory that the loud low frequency waves would physically disturb the internal workings of the ear, throwing you off balance. I have yet to test it :D

Besides, you would need some specific speaker design to reproduce those notes.

That Taranis looks a perfect match for the metal Hordes. I'd love to hear what it can do. 35'' scale would make some some pretty sick downtuning.
 
That bass sounds cool but WE WANT PICS !
 
maybe the 5-stringer will be tuned F#BEAD, would make sense with the new .175 gauge string being released.

was just gonna buy a $$, but mite wait for this :)
 
this is going to sound inappropriate... but...


my front of house sound engineer reckons he's determined the resonant frequency of the woman's... erm... fill in the blanks...


let's just say this frequency is quite low. he hasn't worked out how to create it yet.


Maybe these 12-string-low-note bass players might be making a LOT of new female friends without really knowing why.... :)

(Mods — feel free to delete this post hahah)
 
Lex said:
this is going to sound inappropriate... but...


my front of house sound engineer reckons he's determined the resonant frequency of the woman's... erm... fill in the blanks...


let's just say this frequency is quite low. he hasn't worked out how to create it yet.


Maybe these 12-string-low-note bass players might be making a LOT of new female friends without really knowing why.... :)

(Mods — feel free to delete this post hahah)
Click to expand...

Not as far fetched or ridiculous as it might seem...


I'll be conducting extensive testing and research on that subject myself...
 
Okay, I'll scan the pic later today and post it tonight. Although I would suggest getting too worked up - it truely looks like a $$ with the Jazzman pickup configuration. Still wondering why only 3 knobs? Is it all passive (like a Corvette Standard), and therefore only 1 tone knob? Hmm...
 
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