DB called recording bass or bass horn

[truckplayer]

Does anyone have any knowledge/experience with an upright called "recording bass"? (Also called bass horn). It was described to me as "an upright bass with a bell that bends forward like a Sousaphone". Used in big bands, a bass player would double on DB and recording bass, using the latter on ballards. That's all I know.

Does anyone have a pic?

Sounds interesting!

thanks

[bassist14]

Originally Posted by truckplayer

Does anyone have a pic?

yes:
http://www.springersmusic.co.uk/Library/Stroviols.htm

[Jake deVilliers]

Rob, you are a sick individual! Thanks for the link!

[Paul Warburton]

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[Ike Harris]

More than likely this guy is talking about a very large tuba with a forward facing bell that is very popular with the trad jazz scene these days.

[chuck3]

so far as I know, that is a tuba with a bell facing forward like this:



rather than like this:



Of course, it would be great to hook it up to a double bass and play both simultaneously.

[bassist14]

Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

Rob, you are a sick individual! Thanks for the link!

jake, my name is not rob, but thanks for the compliment.

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally Posted by Ike Harris

More than likely this guy is talking about a very large tuba with a forward facing bell that is very popular with the trad jazz scene these days.

Oren Marshall has a custom tuba with a bell that faces forward - he plays anything but trad Jazz!

So I have heard him play squelchy funky bass lines - like Stevie Wonder synth bass and split notes as well as great melodic lines...