BassLab - Frankfurt Musikmesse 2008

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Just to make sure: the third neck belongs to another bass, so do NOT order this! Hadrien Feraud (left) and Rosaire Riccobono (right)
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Rosaire Riccobono and a 2x7-string double-neck Demo time for Rosaire
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A guitar with an artwork by Matthias Cieschinger. Daniel Kohn
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Lars Lehmann from the "BassProfessor" mag, Germany and a fretless 4-string. Lars Lehmann from the "BassProfessor" mag, Germany now trying to handle a 2x 7-string double-neck.
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Not sure, how often this double-neck has been photographed.... Hadrien Feraud, Rosaire Riccobono et al. I wonder, what Hadrien saw?
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T-Man from the next booth looking fresh. Must have been day one, early midday? We know it«s Rosaire Riccobono, but: who is on the left?
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Gerald Reese (middle) Had no time to go there! Well, nothing to see.....
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Please ignore the T-shirts! I mean the writing.... <<end of the girls section>>
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"Cool-Contest"! Andreas Richter is our electronics guy, doing both the BassXX preamps and the StepABout. Usually, he is not playing double necks. And probably never will.....
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Rosaire is doing fine, but that left hand in the lower register definately needs more practicising.
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Concentrated in the beginning..... and slightly relaxed after a few minutes.
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Discussing in a (very, very) noisy environment.
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Demo time for Rosaire Riccobono. Werner Hohmeier prooving, that slapping on a fretless can work quite well. Again with an astonishing perseverance.... ; >)
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An L-bow-V with the "snake" skin The Musikmesse is exhausting - physically and emotionally. Once again: do NOT order this! Its 2 instruments, some would even say 3.