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jdogric12 wrote:The Bass VI is awesome!!! You deserve a good glove slap to the face for that Josh!
I'd love to hear some good clips of one, or play one myself. So far all I've heard was utter dreck... And generally by people who've done good clips in the past so I wasn't going to attribute my dislike of it to the audio engineering.We can always ask her (link to Carol's forum) but I think she has never doubled a bass part, in fact, she was proud that she could achieve the "tic tac" sound and the deep bottom of an upright in one take with her P bass, Fender medium gauge flats, a hard pick, and a mute over the bridge. She did own a 6-string bass, but it was a Danelectro, not a Fender VI.jingle_jangle wrote:Well, Carol Kaye was known for doubling her bass parts on some Beach Boys songs with a Bass VI.
If memory serves me, "The Little Girl I Once Knew" is a good example. So are "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "I Get Around". All played on a '63 Bass VI.
If "Back in the USSR" is your only reference for sound, you're in for a treat.
Posted by Carol on December 30, 2000 at 17:28:52:
In Reply to: For Carol Kaye: Questions about tic-tac bass posted by Robby Garner on December 26, 2000 at 19:08:02:
Hi Robby. I had to customize the Dano by replacing the bridges, the strings, and the pickups so it could get a good recording sound - replace the strings too. It's not really a quality instrument at all.
I played Dano on a few things, but notably "The In Crowd" with Dobie Gray....you have to palm-mute the Dano all the time to get that clicky sound (but keep the lows on your amp as well as some mid-range, and some highs too). I don't remember what pickups I had installed on them both (back in the 60s) now...they were the hot pickups of that time. You can hear the real sound of it with the solo Glen Campbell played on it on "Wichita Lineman" (he borrowed my Dano right there on the date to cut his famous solo). He also used my Dano on another hit, think it was Galveston.
Interestingly enough, Barney Kessel probably did more Dano work than I did....and it was Bill Pitman who first popularized the Dano in the LA recording scene. It was called the "bass guitar", the only instrument to be called that. The Elec. Bass was called the "Fender Bass" back then. Happy New Year!
Actually it wasn't a reference--I don't know the Beatles very well and refuse to keep track of what Paul played when, kind of like how I feel about Geddy. It's just not information I care to know. The other issue is, I don't think I can remember what that song sounds like.jingle_jangle wrote:If "Back in the USSR" is your only reference for sound, you're in for a treat.
One thing's for sure, Paul didn't play bass on Back in the USSR. Both Walter Everett and William Dowlding indicate that Lennon played the Fender VI and George played a Fender Jazz bass. So, maybe BITUSSR isn't the best example of a bass VI.cassius987 wrote:Actually it wasn't a reference--I don't know the Beatles very well and refuse to keep track of what Paul played when...jingle_jangle wrote:If "Back in the USSR" is your only reference for sound, you're in for a treat.
<mode=reese's>wints wrote:What's this guitar doing in the bass section?
Fortunately, it also started life as a JetGlo...rickenbrother wrote:Poor thing started off life very happy with 4 strings.
cjj wrote:Fortunately, it also started life as a JetGlo...rickenbrother wrote:Poor thing started off life very happy with 4 strings.
May all your Ricks be Jetglo! 
If you were closer, I'd throw rocks at you!rickenbrother wrote:
Tony's too!
Your back must be feeling better today!ajish4 wrote:If you were closer, I'd throw rocks at you!rickenbrother wrote:
Tony's too!
rickenbrother wrote: Your back must be feeling better today!
Funny though that you should say that. For about an hour or so today, there was a particular venue's windows that I wanted to go throw rocks at!