Here is what we are waiting for – convertible bass from Mikey Guitar. Just one move of hand and it converts from fretted to fretless and vice versa.

The main idea is rotating fret. Manufacturer promises that bass is reliable and durable including conversion mechanism.

… stress test was setup. The mechanism was hooked up between two solenoids and driven back and forth. A counter kept track of the cycles. The “clack clack” sound of the solenoids drove everyone nuts but, over the course of 8 weeks, the mechanism was cycled 1,000,581 times. That’s the equivalent of 20 back and forth switches a day for about 137 years. The result…
NO SIGNS OF WEAR. Needless to say, we’re happy.

Unfortunately it is available to “test drive” in Toronto, Canada only.

Popularity: 9% [?]

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 30th, 2006 at 10:27 am and is filed under basses, video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.