OT fine musical instruments. WAS progress bars

[Klaus Major]

Hi Mark,

> I well remember, in the early/mid-eighties, attending a  
> demonstration of the 'indestructible' Status Bass (also carbon  
> graphite/fibre, whatever) at the Bass Centre in London. To  
> demonstrate the strength of the instrument, the guy from Status  
> laid the bass across two chairs and then jumped on the middle, if  
> you see what I mean. Needless to say, the damn thing broke in two,  
> much to the huge amusement of all present, including the demonstator.

LOL :-D

Great story :-)

But i saw the first appearance of the Steinbergerbasses on the Frankfurt
(germany) music fair a long time ago (1976?), where this experiment  
really worked!

Same setup, 2 chairs etc... and the promoter really stood on that bass
for a couple of minutes and you only had to re-tune the E string a  
bit after
that "stunt".

Looks like Mr. Steinberger has a "secret formula" for his home brewn
carbon graphite stuff ;-)

> I never did see the necessity for instruments to be indestructible,

Actually, it is NOT necessary, but it is ;-)

> and I've stuck with wooden basses ever since, and they're even  
> flammable. :)

Hihi, regards to Jimi H. :-)

> Mark
>
> On 3 Jun 2005, at 15:08, Klaus Major wrote:
>
>
>> Although this "headless" design may have been invented by Mr. Ned
>> Steinberger,
>> this is a 6-string frettless bass-guitar made by a german company
>> called "Clover".

Best from germany

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de