Bamboo Bass Kalimba (Marimbula)
Bamboo Bass Kalimba
the latest bass kalimba
This chromatic bass instrument has tines made from bamboo slats. The tines are shaped to generate an additional overtone one octave above the fundamental. This increases the definition of the bass tones.
- 20 tones
- 1 ½ octaves range from C2 to G3
- size: 67 x 42 x 25 cm
- weight ca. 13 kg
- Includes a piezo pickup system with output jack
The Bamboo Bass has a pleasant ‘woody’ sound. It is not a very loud instrument, but adequate for use at home or in the studio. The built-in pickups allow for amplification if you need more volume. These videos demonstrate the features of the bamboo bass:
I recently finished & sold two more of these instruments. So please enquire about the plans for the next batch. These bass kalimba takes a lot of time to build, so I have to set the price at 995 Euro + shipping (about 40 in the EU) + VAT for customers in the EU. A total of about 1250 Euro. The price for customers outside of the EU is 1100 USD. Shipping to the USA will be about 160 USD.
Please send me an email if you are interested in this instrument.
Here an explanation of the overtune tuning, demonstrated on a prototype of the bass kalimba