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05-10-2009, 07:14 AM
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I've googled and searched on this forum a bit but cannot find indication of the history of the "doghouse" name. Can someone hook me up with a link? Sorry if I missed the thread here. Thanks.
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05-10-2009, 08:19 AM
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05-10-2009, 09:36 AM
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05-10-2009, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald  I always just figured it was because it's big enough for a dog to sleep in. | You figured right, DURRL. Believe me. I was there. 
Nathan, I figure Leo's line was just a sales pitch from some publicity suit who did some research. We and those before us many, many years before Leo was born were calling it that.
Before that, it was "Bull Fiddle".
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05-10-2009, 10:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Seattle, WA | | | It's good to have an answer from someone that was around pre-electric basses. It sounds about right that it was a marketing pitch. That Leo Fender was a slippery one. Of all the nicknames of the double bass, doghouse is my favorite.
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05-10-2009, 01:15 PM
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Oh, you play the double bass?
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05-10-2009, 02:34 PM
| | | | Nicest doghouse I've ever heard of was owned by a guy in Vermont in the '60's.
He, his dog, and two Italian Beauties (well, basses) all fit in a VW Bug and traveled to coffee houses to do solo bass concerts. |
05-19-2009, 11:00 PM
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05-19-2009, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave R How did he get TWO doghouse basses in a VW Bug? | He didn't.
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06-12-2009, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave R How did he get TWO doghouse basses in a VW Bug? I just can't picture it... | It's as good a story as any.......I loved it when I first heard it.......whether he did or didn't depends on your imagination and sense of humor. Maybe one on top and one inside. |
06-12-2009, 04:25 AM
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06-12-2009, 05:11 AM
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...or maybe an open top to stick your bass through :  
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06-12-2009, 08:06 AM
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Key word: IN.
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06-12-2009, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bassteban I could get mine into my 63 beetle- front passenger side. | Did you need to remove the seats? |
06-12-2009, 05:08 PM
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The earlier bugs had no headrests or elongated back rests. Basses went right in through the passenger door bottom first, back down over the seats. Mine was a 62. Very little heat and no balls what so ever. I still loved it.
Basses fit nicley in most cars in the days before the advent of head rests.
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06-12-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton The earlier bugs had no headrests or elongated back rests. Basses went right in through the passenger door bottom first, back down over the seats. Mine was a 62. Very little heat and no balls what so ever. I still loved it.
Basses fit nicley in most cars in the days before the advent of head rests. | Spot-on, as always. 
Edit: Why is this in 'Bluegrass'? 
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06-13-2009, 03:08 PM
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06-13-2009, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by swmmojo Thread derailed!!! | Oh, Lord have mercy on us all. 
Save the wimen and chilin'!!!!
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06-13-2009, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Oh, Lord have mercy on us all.
Save the wimen and chilin'!!!! | My Heavens!!! Paul is in a bluegrass thread…where are the moon and stars aligned today?
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06-13-2009, 10:43 PM
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I know, huh.
Molly, my ability to annoy people isn't limited to the jazzers.
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