FW: Fender bass [was: [Dixielandjazz] Answer to the Million...

[Henry B. Stinson]

Sorry, Randy, a good acoustic dog-house double bass
has overtones that can't be duplicated on an electric
-- plus, it can be bowed to quite nice effect (yes, in jazz).

randymillan wrote:

> I have been playing Electric and Acoustic Bass (I prefer the term Double
> Bass) for 30 years now.  I've played in every kind of group in every
> style including concert orchestra.  I truly don't understand why people
> like the sound of a Double Bass in a large band size like Dixieland or
> Big Band.  The group sound is so large that it covers up the acoustic
> sound of a Double Bass. So what do a lot of bassists do?  They amplify
> the bass.  Well, if you are going to amplify the bass, why not use the
> instrument invented strictly for that purpose.  It has much more range
> and depth and 10 times more control.
> In a smaller group where you can hear all of those beautiful acoustic
> vibrations, Double Bass sounds wonderful.  Once you put a mike on it, DB
> gets very muddy.  I don't like that sound at all.  Give me a Fender any
> day for larger bands.
>
> Randy Millan
> Dixie North Jazz Band
> Vernon B.C.   ph:  250.260.7744
> web:  www.armenterprises.cjb.net
> email:  randymillan@shaw.ca
> icq # 3377917
> "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
> hour.
> Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
> THAT'S relativity." A. Einstein
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of David W.
> Littlefield
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:00 AM
> To: dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Fender bass [was: [Dixielandjazz] Answer to the Million...
>
> At 08:20 AM 7/18/2002 -0400, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> >Maybe the problem with seeing a Fender bass is that many players will
> >play them as if they were in a rock band and not a jazz band.
>
> I haven't used an electric bass for dixieland gigs, but did in my dance
> band for many years. My bassist played it so that to non-musician ears
> it might as well have been an accoustic, and I've come to know a few
> others who can do the same...My current bassist uses an old, I think
> Ampeg (?), bass guitar that sounds close enough for most purposes, when
> we need the old sound.
>
> --Sheik
>
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