The "twisted" bass guitar.

Rigsby · 05-02-2010 4:52pm #1

Judging by the amount of playing injuries ( tendonitis, carpel tunnel syndrome, etc ) people receive from bad technique on the bass, I'm surprised that this design has not caught on. I'd say it would be hard to notice the twist from a short distance head on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLi8pOa6zYk

05-02-2010 5:02pm

*head explode*

How does the action work?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 05-02-2010 5:08pm

Papa Smut wrote: »

*head explode*

How does the action work?

magic!

Rigsby · 05-02-2010 5:31pm

Papa Smut wrote: »

How does the action work?

See "How" on this link.

http://littleguitarworks.com/torzal-natural-twist/

Murphyt · 06-02-2010 12:00pm

That is beautiful, they do a six string guitar version also, it makes perfect sense when you think about the way your hand moves as you move up and down the neck.

Rigsby · 06-02-2010 1:58pm

Murphyt wrote: »

That is beautiful, they do a six string guitar version also, it makes perfect sense when you think about the way your hand moves as you move up and down the neck.

I agree. That's why I'm surprised that you dont see or hear about this bass often.

reniwren · 07-02-2010 1:42am

I think it might be the worst posture i've ever seen with the right hand

unclebill98 · 07-02-2010 2:32am

That is wierd. I'd love to have a go.

Murphyt · 07-02-2010 12:47pm

Rigsby wrote: »

I agree. That's why I'm surprised that you dont see or hear about this bass often.

I wonder how you would know if the neck became warped :cool:

Rigsby · 07-02-2010 1:36pm

Murphyt wrote: »

I wonder how you would know if the neck became warped :cool:

It would straighten out.

Dord · 07-02-2010 2:42pm

Rigsby wrote: »

It would straighten out.

I think the reason you don't see many of them around is due to cost and the fact that they look very unusual.

I think I'll keep my non twisted basses. :pac:

Miklos · 07-02-2010 5:49pm

That makes my brain hurt.

Rigsby · 07-02-2010 10:43pm

NickWray wrote: »

That makes my brain hurt.

Makes up for it by being kind to your wrists and hands though. :pac:

Ross Mc · 09-02-2010 5:07pm

if bass and guitar players just learned to relax more then they would save themselves money and health problems down the line

Rigsby · 09-02-2010 7:23pm

Ross Mc wrote: »

if bass and guitar players just learned to relax more then they would save themselves money and health problems down the line

I agree.

It's just that a lot of players don't realise that they are tensed up, until after a few years of playing like this, they end up with carpel tunnel or tendonitis etc. I'm sure if they were aware of the hazards, they would put good technique at the top of the list when starting to play a guitar, especially bass. That's one advantage of going to a good teacher at the beginning.

Ross Mc · 09-02-2010 7:43pm

Rigsby wrote: »

I agree.

It's just that a lot of players don't realise that they are tensed up, until after a few years of playing like this, they end up with carpel tunnel or tendonitis etc. I'm sure if they were aware of the hazards, they would put good technique at the top of the list when starting to play a guitar, especially bass. That's one advantage of going to a good teacher at the beginning.

Suppose it is but I didn't get lessons and am at ease playing now. If your relaxed your gonna play better anyway

The "twisted" bass guitar.

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