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Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:37 am
by cassius987
FretlessOnly wrote:You liking the Roto 88s on that?
Sorry I didn't address this earlier. Yes, I do like them, but would go with Chromes/Fender 9050Ls if this were my only bass. To me they are a string only for certain applications... to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:50 am
by kiramdear
Sorry I missed this one till now. Congratulations; this looks fantastic.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:45 am
by rickenbrother
cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?!
Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:05 am
by cjj
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:07 pm
by FretlessOnly
rickenbrother wrote:cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?!
Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!
I believe that Joshua meant the Roto TruBass88's.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:11 pm
by cassius987
Yep John, I was referring to the Rotos.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:57 pm
by sloop_john_b
What exactly do you mean by "country" bass?
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:59 pm
by FretlessOnly
Real country. Upright w/ good fundamental and punch. Not too much in the mids dept., but decent growl and treble, as upright (nee double bass) has a good deal of high end crispness.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:55 pm
by cjj
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:05 pm
by jps
This is the "bassist" for
The Kahuna Cowboys.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:40 pm
by cjj
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:47 pm
by FretlessOnly
Let's see you get some growl out of that! Lots o' thump though. I've been thinking about making one. My wife is from Alabama, don't you know.
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:42 am
by rickenbrother
FretlessOnly wrote:rickenbrother wrote:cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?!
Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!
I believe that Joshua meant the Roto TruBass88's.
cassius987 wrote:Yep John, I was referring to the Rotos.
Whew...Good! I don't want no country bass!
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:43 am
by jps
Notice how the bass Kahuna's legs match his face?
Re: Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:40 am
by cassius987
FretlessOnly wrote:Real country. Upright w/ good fundamental and punch. Not too much in the mids dept., but decent growl and treble, as upright (nee double bass) has a good deal of high end crispness.
This. If you have never heard it, you have no idea what country even is really. Kind of like the people who assume rap is what they hear on the radio. I was lucky enough to get asked to do a country gig once... quite a learning experience, my normal gig boss at the time basically handed me over to his 80-year old jazz guitarist dad for that show and said, "Have fun!" Tunes like "Sugarfoot Rag" were a blast and the crowd was great.
If I ever play country again, it's going to continue to be on a fretless. I can't see ever using a fretted for it.
