After almost 17 months of waiting...and waiting....and more waiting!! Should be in my hands in a week or so.

Gorgeous. You're gonna have a lot of fun messing around on that thing.

Rikonkulous.

Anthony said:

I'll bring it to the next show we play together,so you can check it out for your self.

what kind of wood is the body? Walnut?

d.cead said:

Ya,claro walnut(one solid piece.)

how will that monstrosity be tuned?

brad weymouth said:

Low to high(F#,B,E,A,D,G,C,F,B-FLAT,E-FLAT).

You better hit the weights just so you can carry that beast around.

i need to see that thing in action

what are your gauges?

BornSoVile said:

Josh,He's using a custom set of rotosound strings. I'm not sure the exact guages,but the low F# will be a fatty i'm sure.

That is a piece of art.
How will you buy replacement strings for it?
Would you buy direct from the company?
I don't believe I have seen a bass string pack of ten in a music store.

xanonymousx said:


I'll most likely get a 6 string set,and by singles for the rest. I actually got a hook-up,and can get a 10-string set for $17!

that shit is HOT niggah!

Holy fucking shit man.
Looks real nice. Good fuck!

Farten_Dust said:


holy shit. I was thinking 50 to string that thing. I want that hook up!!!

Farten_Dust said:

Awesome thanks alot man. I need to book a show with Porphyria now!

yes, yes you do.

by the way shawn, is the low f# saddle off the body a little bit?

I just noticed something with all you dudes in Porphyria getting new axes with more strings and such, is it going to be hard for you all to tune to a pitch and play all of your songs. IE Blue with his six string.
Shawn with his 10 string and now tom with a 7 string. This is going to be interesting to see you dudes now. what tuning do you use in the first place? i forget

blue said:

Ya,it looks like it is. I don't think it should be a problem though.If you look where it's screwed on,it seems like it should be fine.

xanonymousx said:


Blue's got a 7-string now.

Oh snap you guys are going to be more br00tal than that band emmure. haha
no thats sick your sound is amazing already can't wait to hear what this new 10 string brings to the table.

at one point we boasted a full 21 strings in our band. were upping the ante going for 24.

Sweet can't wait to hear this 24 string assault.
Maybe on a new record?

Here's a closeup,you can see how nuts the grain in the wood is!

wow that bass is really something.
the craftsmanship on it is really amazing.
now i can see why it was so much $$

xanonymousx said:

one day.

Farten_Dust said:

17 bucks?! are you kidding me?! i cant even get a pack of blue steels for my 4 string for under $40! i hate you!

sick looking bass.. that's the kind of thing i would need to play if i saw one.. you never see shit like that around. good luck mastering the use of it-- it has dimension!

guard this with your life.

those hartke strings are about 15 bucks for a 5 string pack or something.

They don't sound half bad either, they just get dull sounding quicker then steel strings.

Farten_Dust said:

you can get all those extra strings straight off the conklin website (SITs... very nice) but seeing as you've already got a conklin 7, you probably have already visited said website.
you gonna hang on to the 7 still? if not, hive smasher needs more strings! 6 just ain't doin it for me.

t2daeek said:

Actually,i already sold it on ebay.

Farten_Dust said:

ah. well fuck. looking forward to seeing this bad larry in person at the brickhouse.

i dont think youll be seeing it live too often, if at all.

why no more pictures. that's some beautiful wood.

i'll show you pictures of my beautiful "wood"

you should have got 11 strings. you never know when you might need the extra range.