My design for this Warwick Fortress Masterman Dual-Neck Electro-Acoustic Bass Guitar incorporates exotic hardwoods, bell brass components, and precision gold timepieces; all craftily combined by hand to produce a fantastical 19th century inspired invention. In addition to its eight-string, fourty-eight fret total scale, this one-of-a-kind musical instrument features a ROTO-GAGE with ground glass focusing magnifier, a CHRONIKOMETER with microscopic viewer, a HUGO MEYER RANGE FINDER, two synchronized pocket watches (a HAMILTON and a HAMPTON), plus six hand hammered brass acoustic resonance chambers. The bass is attenuated via the control panel on the front of the guitar and can be electronically output through a quarter-inch stereo coupling to an external bi-amp speaker system.

KEVIN BARNARD • 2013 Golden Gate Avenue • San Francisco, CA 94115 • studio 415-928-0190