[Trombone-l] Acoustic vs electric bass

Thu Aug 24 08:40:12 CDT 2006

Probably can't hear the accoustic bass because the rest of the ensemble is to $%@# loud.  One bass can support a small orchestra of double the size - with winds.  Now, winds are to loud, so the soloist uses a mic...  and the swirling, climbing pile of dung begins....

J.c.S.

---- "Richardson wrote: 
> Agree with you on the electric bass.
>  
> I'm not sure the same is true of the upright.  Is it bad musicianship on the
> bassist's part that causes it to be inaudible under the other instruments?
> He's playing too soft because he's lazy?  Or maybe it really IS the
> instrument.  
>  
> I dunno, I don't play either one.  
>  
> Gotta start practicing though, I've got a gig Friday.  Hee, hee.  Somebody
> loan me a pick?  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Jeff Albert [mailto:jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 14:25
> To: Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW
> Cc: Adrian Drover; Chris Tune; conn60h; Bill Dinwiddie;
> trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Acoustic vs electric bass
> 
> 
> I think you guys are missing the point, that it is the musician, not the
> instrument.  Electric bass players play too loud, only when they lack
> musicianship, which might be all too often, but still the instrument is not
> the cuplrit. 
> 
> The saxophone doesn't play out of tune, the saxophone player does.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> On 8/24/06, Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Franconia DPW <
> <mailto:timothy.a.richardson at us.army.mil> timothy.a.richardson at us.army.mil>
> wrote: 
> 
> I have to side with Chris on this one. 
> 
> More often than not I can't hear the upright bass, though I see the guy
> pulling like mad on the strings.  I feel kind of sorry for him, working so
> hard for so little.
> 
> On the other hand, I would far rather NOT hear the upright than hear the 
> fuzzy distorted sound of an electric bass adjusted wrong.  Maybe it's just
> my ears, but I like a clean percussive bass sound, and that is not so comon
> either.  For some odd reason the worst offenders are church groups.  All 
> church groups include a bass turned up too loud, which I could maybe live
> with if it wreren't fuzzy, with no clear start to the note and then no clear
> tone afterwards. I know it is possible. I played the last three shows with 
> the same bass player, who managed to balance the volume and play clean and
> in tune.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Drover [mailto:slide at adios.co.uk <mailto:slide at adios.co.uk> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:27 
> To: 'Chris Tune'; 'conn60h'; 'Bill Dinwiddie';
> trombone-l at server5.samford.edu <mailto:trombone-l at server5.samford.edu> 
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone-l Digest, Vol 19, Issue 20
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Chris Tune 
> >
> > I play in a LOT of different groups and I'm beginning to really
> > appreciate the FENDER BASS.  I know this sounds sacrilegious but hear
> > me out.  I LOVE the sound of an excellent quality stand up bass, WHEN 
> > I CAN HEAR IT.  Like during a very good recording session.
> 
> 
> I play with at least half a dozen different big bands here in Scotland.
> Only one of these bands regularly uses an acoustic upright bass.  That is 
> the one I enjoy playing with the most.  I never have a problem hearing the
> bass, even on the rare occasion when there is a power out.  I always have a
> problem hearing the horns around me when an electric bass is used.  The 
> rhythm section always plays far too loud.  The horns are miked up to
> compensate.  The result is a ridiculous volume of noise.  And all this in a
> small room too.  Why?
> 
> Give me an un-amplified band with acoustic rhythm section any day.  There 
> really is no need for all that power.  It might even help to save the ice
> cap from melting by switching it all off.
> 
> And the thing that pisses me most is the guy who brings in a 6-string
> electric bass and plays on the lowest strings all night.  Is bassicide 
> illegal?
> 
> A.
> 
> 
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