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05-29-2008, 05:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: LaBelle, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gearhead43  I got quite a kick out of the guy who said "old Kay C1s that had no tone", in the Bluegrass forum. 
What a nice fella. | That would be me. I didn't even realize I was in the bluegrass forum. I have owned several C1s back in the 50s and 60s and never thought they were much of a bass. It was all I could afford at the time. I still don't like them, But they do have their place, so my sincere apologies to all of the Kay lovers out there.
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06-02-2008, 11:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: SoCal | | AHH!! its ok jtlownds..we are use to it here!  well back then, the luthiers probably didnt know what they do now, how to get them sounding good!! |
06-06-2008, 12:13 PM
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Retailer: Shen, Sun, older European | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Burlingame, California | | | Roof rack on a VW Jetta
I have a good friend that insists on strapping his old Kay S-9 onto the roof rack of his VW Jetta. He used to do this in Alaska of all places! The bass is holding up okay, but I think that he's completely nuts. He's in about 4 bands right now and plays constantly. These California summers are going to destroy that old bass in a hurry. |
06-10-2008, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RcknBass4Christ ...So, got a PT Cruiser with a Thule roof Rack...how do I strap that thing to the roof rack? | Use two of these, and loop them through the carrying handles in the gig bag. One at the heel and the other at the endpin. Be sure to get them good and tight.  |
06-11-2008, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NorCal | | If I was actually going to do something like that, I'd have the bass in a "suspension" flight case up there. Or at least a foam hard case, no way I'd do it in a gig bag.  |
06-13-2008, 04:05 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | | I guess the answer is... YOU DON'T! |
06-16-2008, 02:33 PM
| | | | Transporting a bass
I think the concensus is in on putting a bass on the roof. But here is something... whenever transporting a bass, if any forces at all will come to bear on it at all, remember that a bass can withstand a lot of weight and force on the sides (we've all seen the rockabilly guys standing on theirs)--and much, much less on the top or back. It probably shouldn't, but it even makes me a little nervous to lie my bass flat on its back in the car--I guess imagining that a really big bump might poke the sound post right through the wood. Take good care of 'em, guys. |
06-16-2008, 11:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Consider renting a suitable vehicle.
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06-23-2008, 10:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dublin, Ohio (Columbus suburb) | | | I have a Honda Accord and a Shen SB-90 just fits in it diagonally from left rear to right front (with the front passenger seat down, of course).
My next vehicle will definitely be a station wagon...maybe a Subaru Forester.
Oh, yeah...... |
07-01-2008, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boise, ID USA | | | If I can carry mine in a Hyundai Elantra, you can carry yours IN a PT Cruiser.
You have to carry it in the front seat. And you have to recline the front seat pretty far. Your two buds are going to have to get cozy in what's left of the rear seat.
It goes like this. BTW, I read this here in another thread, and it worked great for me.
1. Recline the front seat.
2. Put the headstock in, first.
3. Rotate the bass so the headstock points toward the rear window. You want to bridge facing the driver's seat, not the passenger window.
4. Adjust the reline on the front seat as needed.
5. Put the other people and gear in the rear. Enter from the driver's side.
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07-05-2008, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Western Arkansas | | | You are probably going to have to go with a ratcheting tie down strap from Atwoods. Don't go over the strings; pass the hook / strap around the body at the "C" cuts in the body under the strings & hang the neck over the windshield where you can keep an eye on the headstock. (better areodynamics with the headstock / neck facing into the wind)
Also, you should only haul your bass during 68 - 78 degree weather with 40% - 60% humidity, 0% chance of rain, and "double replacement cost" insurance policy on the bass................. Good luck.
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07-13-2008, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | | Does anyone have any old pictures from the 40's and 50's with a double bass being carried on the top of a station wagon? Was it really done? or is it just a bluegrass legend? |
07-14-2008, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: LaBelle, FL | | | I don't have any pictures. but rest assured that carrying a bass that way is no urban legend. Of the ones I saw back in the day, most weren't even in bags. Bluegrass wasn't very popular back in the 50's, most of the ones I saw were either jazzers or country western. The last Kay bass that I owned was a victim of this practice. It was a 38 or 39 Selmer Kay Slim Line. The previous owner told me how it left the roof of his station wagon at 70 mph, just outside Victorville, CA. That old bass was played every week for over 30 years at Knotsberry Farm. That bass was an absolute mess. The neck was broken, the top and back separated from the ribs. The bottom half of the backs lower bout was replaced with a sheet of 1/4" plywood, the top was sunken, and the rosewood fingerboard had grooves worn an 1/8" deep. The previous owner was badly in need of some money, and offered me the bass and a 6 string banjo for $500. I really didn't want it, but I bought it as a favor to him. I had it around for about a year, and sold it for $500. ( I still have the banjo ) It's still being played, somewhere in California. It was one of the best sounding Kays I've ever heard.
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09-22-2008, 08:08 AM
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09-22-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ctregan Does anyone have any old pictures from the 40's and 50's with a double bass being carried on the top of a station wagon? Was it really done? or is it just a bluegrass legend? | No legend. There is a picture of Bill Monroe and co. when Lester and Earl played with him in a little biography that accompanies a boxed set of Bill's music. The bass in on top of the car covered with a tarp.
This type of carrying is also mentioned in "Can't You Hear Me Callin"--a Monroe biography and pretty good read.
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10-04-2008, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RcknBass4Christ Some of you made me feel like an idiot... | Well?
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10-04-2008, 09:53 PM
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Nice to have your caustic wit among us again. |
10-05-2008, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Jesus Warmbottom, you're everywhere over the last few days!
Nice to have your caustic wit among us again. | Hey Jake...I can't pass up a chance like this.
I get bent when people call our instrument an upright or a stand-up, but when this guy calls it a " Thing "....well, you know.
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10-05-2008, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Yep
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Originally Posted by Tim Skaggs You are probably going to have to go with a ratcheting tie down strap from Atwoods. Don't go over the strings; pass the hook / strap around the body at the "C" cuts in the body under the strings & hang the neck over the windshield where you can keep an eye on the headstock. (better areodynamics with the headstock / neck facing into the wind)
Also, you should only haul your bass during 68 - 78 degree weather with 40% - 60% humidity, 0% chance of rain, and "double replacement cost" insurance policy on the bass................. Good luck. | Gary Karr used to do this with his Amati.....but for some reason, he called his headstock a scroll.
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