On Feb 19, 2010, at 8:33 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
One fascinating advantage of such a setup for the avant-garde-minded would be that outrageous tunings impossible on a real guitar (because, as Curtis says they would either break the neck or the strings) are possible. Phil Lesh always used to dream of such a setup for his six-string bass.
I recently requested some slack tunings and standard tunings dropped down to Bb for the Low E string. It already can go up to the 7th fret as if a capo was placed on it. It will also go down a full octave, essentially making it a six string bass. There's been at least one alternate bass tuning added as well. Since firmware and the open source SDK will allow live updating, you may eventually be able to add whatever you want. But right now it already has about 60 preset alternate tunings.
Have you ever heard of the Eigenharp? That's what I want: http://eigenlabs.com/
I'd heard of it, but that the first time I saw one.
