This crazy bass guitar robot shreds like a total machine

by Laura Domela

We’ve all heard of drum machines, but you’ve probably never heard of a bass machine. Appartently at least one exists, and it’s awesome.

This MechBass by a student named James at Victoria University of Wellington rocks out harder than any two-handed bassist ever could by four separate picks, one for each roboticly fingered string. Awesome as that is, it seems like we meatbags might have an advantage when it comes to peddling between two notes on the same string. Maybe.
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Feb 19, 2026

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This crazy bass guitar robot shreds like a total machine

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