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Posted by sondance on 05-12-2012 at00:20:

  vox humana & the 12 string bass

so i'm late to the party on this one but does anyone know if there is any relationship between chandler playing 12 string bass on vox humana and the fact there is a 12 string bass by the same name?

some outfit in Nederland gebruikt de naam

http://www.voxhumana.nl/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=70

there is 5 string beauty on this site, or as they describe it:
JB type 5 snaar fretless met streepinleg in de ebben toets. AAA birdeye neck. Bartolini elementen, ABM bas brug. Swamp ash, 3 tone sunburst.

anyone know anything about these? pickups look different... first snaar fretless bass i've seen with frets:-)

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Posted by wayneb on 05-12-2012 at03:50:

 

Interesting! I remember that in the insert for (I think) Alarma, it stated that the 3rd album in the series was to be called "Vox Robottica".
Maybe the name of the bass caused a rethink? Were these particular make of instrument even around then?

Tim, we need you!

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Posted by Audiori J on 05-12-2012 at05:39:

 

Yeah I know the album was started by Terry and Rob Watson and at that time it was titled Vox Robotica. There is a demo tape with some weird Vox Robotica demos they made. If I remember correctly they are very rough and not much like the songs eventually released. Don't think I ever heard the story about why the name changed.

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Posted by Pfiagra on 05-12-2012 at18:54:

 

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Originally posted by Audiori J Yeah I know the album was started by Terry and Rob Watson and at that time it was titled Vox Robotica. There is a demo tape with some weird Vox Robotica demos they made. If I remember correctly they are very rough and not much like the songs eventually released. Don't think I ever heard the story about why the name changed.

The robot population was pretty sparce in the eighties, so the marketing would have been tough.