(From BASS to “GAYSE”?)
VOX YOMI’S POTENTIALLY LAST SONG W/ KEVIN ON BASS⤴️ [JAPAN 2026 PROMO]
Kevin Lemon of VOX YOMI goes over his post-tour switch to a new hybrid 7-string guitar/bass in pursuit of the best tone.
Even better than one tone, a multi-output guitar, with offset pickups to pick up the bass and guitar gauge strings separately!
We will let Kev explain the multi-tone setup from here:
Yeah, I bought it from a dude on eBay. It came stock with the lowest string as a D string, like the middle string on a five string bass. Similar to how Charlie Hunter would string it up, but one string lower, I think his lowest string is a G…. I have my Luther file out the nut and the bridges on the low end so that I could fit taper core low B as the lowest string. I’ve got it tuned open B. It’s a bit insane and I’ve messed around with a few different tunings, but this is the one that I like and it’s really unusual. I’ve not seen this tuning before. BF#BBF#BF#
Limitations are the mother of invention…[CLICK TO ZOOM IMAGES]
I haven’t made the mods yet, but I’m taking the cheap copycat Ibanez individual bridges out and replacing them with hip shot bridges. The bridge pick up is actually fire AF, so I’m keeping it. The neck pick up on the guitar side I’m ditching for a Deathbucker and the bass pickups I’m ditching for a Nordstrand Big BladeMan 4. I’m gutting the electrical too… Replacing all the pots, installing a series parallel switch for the death bucker, and installing dual kill switches for both the bass and the guitar output.
I’m still waiting on the bridges to finish production because hip shot doesn’t keep stock. They make everything to order…
To be continued…
I just realized I left out one detail. The dude I bought it from on eBay bought the parts from a Chinese guitar company named MUSOO/BATKING. Or maybe he just bought it stock from them and re-sold it to me. I’m not quite sure…
T.M.A.F. 