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Josef K wrote:Pat Methany.....snigger......

BadComrade wrote:Bassist Michael Manring.

He invented a 3 octave fretless bass that has a lever on each tuning machine that allows him to change the tuning of each string "on the fly". The bridge has a lever on it as well, which allows him to change the tuning of all 4 strings at once.

His song The Enormous Room has about 114 tuning changes in it, and it's played in 14 different tuning. The tunings are:

Bb F Bb F
Bb G Bb Eb
F G Ab Eb
F F Ab Eb
Bb F Bb Eb
Ab Eb Bb F
Eb Eb Bb F
F F Bb F
Bb G Bb F
Ab F Bb F
F G Bb F
Ab Eb Bb Eb
F F Bb Eb
Ab Eb Ab Eb

Here is a video of him playing the song

I'm not saying anyone here's actually going to like it or anything (I do), but he's a pretty fucking unique bass player. He also occasionally plays 3 basses at the same time. I've seen him do both things live, and it's just fucking amazing.