{"id":447,"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=447"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:49","slug":"bass-of-the-week-the-swedish-harp-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-the-swedish-harp-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: The Swedish Harp Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swedish-Harp-Bass.jpg?resize=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swedish Harp Bass\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56033 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>From the mind of Joel Illerhag comes one of the most incredible, dreamlike instruments I\u2019ve ever seen. The Swedish Harp Bass is a double bass fitted with a 3D-printed carbon fiber structure to add 39 sympathetic strings and electromagnets that help to make the strings sound. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of this project is to produce acoustic sound from a musical instrument without loudspeakers using electromagnets,\u201d Illerhag shares on the Swedish Bass Harp website. \u201cThe electromagnets can be controlled externally via audio, midi and motion sensors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearing is believing, so just watch this video of Illerhag talking about the design and demoing its uses:\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCuHKXHw5P891LFZOmrpFWEw\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n<p>Illerhag details all the steps in the creation process, so if you\u2019re interested in more be sure to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/swedishharpbass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish Harp Bass website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Joel-Illerhag-with-Swedish-Harp-Bass-960x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swedish-Harp-Bass-Early-3D-Model.jpg?fit=993%2C647&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-main -->    <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n<h2>Swedish Harp Bass Features:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-callout\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the mind of Joel Illerhag comes one of the most incredible, dreamlike instruments I\u2019ve ever seen. The Swedish Harp Bass is a double bass fitted with a 3D-printed carbon fiber structure to add 39\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1645,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-447","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}