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

[Patrick Cooke]

>>>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).

Henry....
    Unless you spend a lot of time at the symphony, you won't find many GOOD
acoustic basses in the jazz/dance/pop world.  They're mostly plywood.
Plywood is rugged and dependable, and have their overtones frequently in the
wrong places.  With a GOOD bass, you never know when it will develop a new
squeak, rattle or other problem.
     Also, I have two very nice French bass bows.  But I haven't bowed a
bass since the early sixties, when I was playing big shows.  That was the
last time I bowed or did any serious reading.
     Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry B. Stinson" <HenryStinson@earthlink.net>
Cc: <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Fender bass [was: [Dixielandjazz] Answer to the Million...


> 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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