Baritone Pentaphonic Lowezo

High Plains "Drifter"by Mr Tibbs (aka jt burnbridge)

A four string baritone, b-e-a-d tuning

Lowezo 9" cone

8 stonehenge pickups, in two groups of 4: (stereo array)

With one more under the cone 

Wood and strap knobs from a 100 year old chest of drawers

Brass plates cut and acid etched by hand

Danelectro baritone neck w/ hand cut buffalo horn nut

Buffalo horn bass reflex ports

No volume or tone, no artificial flavors

It can use 5 different amp setups:

A: monophonic: cone only 

B: stereophonic: downstroke left, upstroke right

C: triphonic: cone + stereo array

D: quadrophonic: left & right bass B string, left & right E-A-D

E: pentaphonic: stereo bass array, stereo guitar array + cone

yep, vastly different sounds from 5 amps at once.  ;)

has this ever been done before?  i don't know.  I'd heard rumors of this setup being possible.  it does produce a noticable ping pong effect.  the transients go to one channel or the other, but the note sustains out of both sides of the stereo array.

 
will post recordings when I move to Columbus OH later this week and can scare up some amps and recording gear.

stereo pairs

headstock

outputs

more pics on my profile page.

how-to-etch pics are forthcoming.