[Dixielandjazz] Re: A rant on the unamplified rhythm section

[Don Mopsick]

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From: "Rebecca Thompson" <res0a3qw at verizon.net>
To: "Don Mopsick" <mophandl at landing.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: A rant on the unamplified rhythm section


> Don, I thought you were amplified when you play at the Summit.  Am I
> mistaken?

Nope, just a microphone as always at Summitt. It was someone else's bass set
up with metal strings, and it had a bridge pickup on it, so you may have
therefore assumed that I was using it along with an amp, but I wasn't
(heaven forfend!).

I couldn't hear it very well on stage, but musicians in the audience
(including Dan Barrett) assured me that I was getting the "true bass sound."

mopo
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> > When Jim Cullum called me to audition for the job with his band, he told
> me
> > that amps are forbidden. That's one of the main things that attracted me
> to
> > the job. I had always hated the unmusical tone quality that an amp and
> > bridge pickup gives to a bass fiddle, besides ruining the attack.
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