Steve Ratchen
Musical Artist and Songwriter
Ever hear the old Indian proverb about the six blind men and the elephant? It's standard reading for any philosophy class and a treatise on moral relativism. But when people ask me what I do musically, I tell them, “I'm the elephant!”
Steve Ratchen Music Tribute Acts

Winslow - An Evening of the Eagles
Voice of Timothy Schmitt and
Randy Meisner of the Eagles
Steve Ratchen Music Discography
Steve Ratchen Endorsements

As a left-handed player who none-the-less employs right-handed extended range instruments upside down, Ratchen has had a long-standing relationship with Conklin, his endorsement with them going back 15 years. While the GT-7 has been his instrument of choice since that time, in 2010 Conklin built the prototype SR-14, a signature 14 string bass that bears his name. Octaves from the low B thru G and then summarily echoed at the C and F, the GT-14 is a feat of engineering brilliance- Essentially an octave 7 string, it solves the conundrum of sacrificing high end riffing for low-end structure and rumble.
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