Basses that changed history

Re: Basses that changed history

> Multi string basses:

You mean at one time, there were only single-string basses? Thank God,
that was way before my time.

Re: Basses that changed history


"Brian Running" <brunning@XXameritechXX,net > wrote in message
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>> Multi string basses:
>
> You mean at one time, there were only single-string basses? Thank God,
> that was way before my time.


Ya know Brian,

I have always wanted to jamm with a guitarist with a slack tune guitar;
joined in with a snare drum with brushes and a broom stick (single stringed,
wearing a glove of course) bass, and have a little fun (and a little hooch).

Sounds like a great time!
--
Best regards,

B.

Re: Basses that changed history

> Ya know Brian,
>
> I have always wanted to jamm with a guitarist with a slack tune guitar;
> joined in with a snare drum with brushes and a broom stick (single stringed,
> wearing a glove of course) bass, and have a little fun (and a little hooch).
>
> Sounds like a great time!

You're right, that would be fun. There's a band around here that is
made up almost entirely of improvised instruments, including washtub
bass, and they're a blast to see and hear perform.

Re: Basses that changed history



Axtman wrote:
>
> I was thinking about this and have a short listing of innovations that
> changed the course of basses or bass playing.
>
> In sort of chronological order:
>
> Fender Precision Bass: The "first" electric bass
>
> Rickenbacker basses: This bass is not limited to the bottom
>
> Fretless basses: Just the opposite of why a "precision" bass was invented.
>
> Active electronics: Improved fidelity
>
> 5 string basses: E is not longer the bottom
>
> Multi string basses: 8 or 12 for a fuller sound.
>
> Steinberger: Launched headless basses
>
> Electric Upright basses: Combo upright and electric
>
> So what does the future hold for basses?




I don't think is really the bass, by itself, that did the history changing.

It was really the person holding it, that did the history changing.

That person defined what it was to *be* in the music, by how THEY heard the bass in the music.

The instrument was further defined by the players choice and use of amplifier and speakers.

A Jazz bass on an Ampeg SVT yields things worlds apart from the same Jazz Bass on an Acoustic 360.

JS stated an example of the Hofner in the hands of Sir Paul with respect to what the Hofner did in
the hands of others.

If you listen carefully to the sound of the bass in the music of the British Invasion, you will hear
the bass players in England heard the bass in the music differently than we heard it here in the
States.

I have basically stayed all my playing life with the first type of bass I purchased in 1962.

Here is a pix of me with that bass back in the day.

http :// www .timeelect,com /Book02.htm

That bass has been retired because of a crack in the neck I never get around to fixing.

Here is my modified original 1966 backup Jazz Bass I've had for many years.

That one bass, with the right vacuum tube amp, can let me do anything.

One bass for everything, and the amp with the EQ to do it.

The last thing required, is the ear to hear it in the music.


Remember, the Strat was just another guitar till Jimi came along.




Regards,

Rich Koerner,
Time Electronics.
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