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05-01-2011, 03:46 AM
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Hi everyone. This is my first post on TalkBass. I'm trying to make a list with a lot of the famous bass player's equipment. I've done a lot of searching on TalkBass already for this information. Feel free to add any information you know, or to correct anything that's wrong, and also to add players that you want to see on the list. Thanks! [edit] Has now been alphabetised according to surname
NAME Brown, Ray
D.O.B 13/10/1926 - 2/07/2002
Bass Sylvestre
Pickup
Strings Thomastic Spyrocores Weich
Mic
Bow
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NAME Carter, Ron
D.O.B 04/05/1937
Bass
Pickup Realist (previously Kurmann Soundpost)
Strings 7710 Black Nylon Labellas
Mic
Bow
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NAME Clarke, Stanley
D.O.B 30/06/1951
Bass Spellbinder (for travelling), 120 year old German Flatback
Pickup Fishman BP-100 Bridge
Strings Thomastik Spirocore Weich
Mic
Bow French
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NAME Cohen, Avishai
D.O.B 20/04/1970
Bass
Pickup Realist (previously Schertler)
Strings
Mic
Bow
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NAME Grenadier, Larry
D.O.B 06/02/1966
Bass Tyrolean Bass
Pickup Schertler DYN-B
Strings Helicore Hybrids (orchestras)"light" (E,A,D), Velvet Anima (G)
Mic Schoeps CMC6 + MK41 Capsule
Bow
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NAME Haden, Charlie
D.O.B 06/08/1937
Bass J.B. Vuillaume
Pickup Schertler Stat Set Vintage
Strings Kaplan Golden Spiral (G+D), Spirocore Orchestra (E+A)
Mic
Bow
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NAME Holland, Dave
D.O.B 01/10/1946
Bass Czech-Ease Acoustic Road Bass
Pickup Realist
Strings Thomastik Infeld Spirocore - Orchestral
Mic AKG 406c Condenser
Bow
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NAME Johnson, Marc
D.O.B 21/10/1953
Bass
Pickup
Strings Spirocore Weichs
Mic
Bow
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NAME LaFaro, Scott
D.O.B 3/04/1936 - 6/07/1961
Bass 1825 Prescott
Pickup
Strings Gut (golden spirals)
Mic
Bow
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NAME McBride, Christian
D.O.B 31/05/1972
Bass Juzek 7/8, Unknown German 3/4
Pickup Realist
Strings Helicore Hybrids
Mic AMT S25B
Bow John Norwood Ree - French
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NAME Patitucci, John
D.O.B 22/12/1959
Bass Thomas Martin
Pickup Realist
Strings Helicore Hybrids - Heavy, Pirastro - Olic, Obligato, Eudoxa
Mic DPA 4099B
Bow D.T. Navea Vera & Sarri
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NAME Pedersen, Niels-Henning Ørsted
D.O.B 27/05/1946 - 19/04/2005
Bass 7/8 or 3/4 Tyrolean Bass
Pickup Wilson piezo + Josephs, Pierre magnetic pup
Strings
Mic
Bow
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NAME Thompson, Danny
D.O.B 04/04/1939
Bass 1860 Gand French Swell Back
Pickup Highlander bridge pickup (guitar one) + Shadow pickup in the wings of the bridge
Strings Thomastik Spirocore Solo
Mic
Bow
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05-01-2011, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | | I would be interested in Willie Dixon, Barry Bales, Mark Shatz, Mike Bubb and Danny Thompson's gear.
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Lewis & Sons Double Bass; Spirocore Weichs; K&K Bass Max; MXR M-80; Ampeg BA115
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05-01-2011, 06:34 PM
| | | | Good stuff man! |
05-03-2011, 06:01 PM
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Oprah Winfrey is famous. Mohandas Gandhi is famous. Barack Obama is famous.
There is no such thing as a "famous double bass player." If there is, it would be Sting but he's not famous because he plays the double bass. Even Esperanza Spalding has a long way to go before she's "famous."
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05-04-2011, 01:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | | There are, however, infamous bass players. |
05-04-2011, 01:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California | | | I think this could be really cool...if it was alphabetized. |
05-04-2011, 06:38 AM
| | | Thanx for the info! What about Paul Chambers,John Clayton,Peter Washington?  |
05-04-2011, 09:38 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassist1962  I would be interested in Willie Dixon, Barry Bales, Mark Shatz, Mike Bubb and Danny Thompson's gear. | Barry Bales' sent an email outlining his gear, both road and studio. Use the 'Search' function and you'll find it.  |
05-04-2011, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway | | | I belive NHØP used a Wilson piezo + Josephs, Pierre magnetic pup.
Last edited by odin70 : 05-04-2011 at 09:53 AM.
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05-04-2011, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
There is no such thing as a "famous double bass player." If there is, it would be Sting
| Yea man I'd like to know Sting's "Double Bass and EUB" gear list |
05-04-2011, 12:58 PM
| | | | Sting doubled some of his bass guitar tracks on those Police records with EUB. He's been seen and heard on stage using upright as well. |
05-05-2011, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by bassist1962 I would be interested in Willie Dixon, Barry Bales, Mark Shatz, Mike Bubb and Danny Thompson's gear. | here more on Danny Thompson's gear
might be nice to add it to the list: http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com/in...iews&Itemid=70 |
05-10-2011, 03:46 PM
| | | | I'd love to know how the ratio between the flat back and the round back bass users... |
05-11-2011, 12:56 AM
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Last edited by Les Fret : 05-11-2011 at 01:02 AM.
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05-11-2011, 11:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington NZ | | | NHOP used medium sporocores (red at both ends) E A D and a Pirastro (purple at bridge) G.
Hey, interesting thread! Thanks for the research.
Last edited by rprowse : 05-11-2011 at 11:52 AM.
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05-11-2011, 07:08 PM
| | | | To avoid confusion it might be a good idea to add the source of the information to the items. Every player changes gear from time to time. When you display the source it is more accurate.
Last edited by Les Fret : 05-12-2011 at 02:24 AM.
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05-22-2011, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry Awright, I'll be the other guy.
Oprah Winfrey is famous. Mohandas Gandhi is famous. Barack Obama is famous.
There is no such thing as a "famous double bass player." If there is, it would be Sting but he's not famous because he plays the double bass. Even Esperanza Spalding has a long way to go before she's "famous." | I think we all understood what he intended with this thread. These guys are the prominent bassists that most bass players will know of |
07-03-2011, 07:42 AM
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A&R, Soulless Corporation Records | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Round Rock, TX | | | Dave Holland uses french- and german-style bows, variously made by Freschner and Dorfler. He also uses an circa 1860 3/4-size French flatback. And he uses an Underwood pickup.
This from a June '10 BP article. |
05-22-2012, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, TX | | | They haven't made Kaplan Golden Spirals in a number of years. Charlie Haden needs updating.
I'm still looking for what strings Avashai Cohen uses. That shouldn't be to hard to find out though. |
05-23-2012, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lincland They haven't made Kaplan Golden Spirals in a number of years. Charlie Haden needs updating. | Yes, but cats still find them. Neal Miner has Golden Spirals for his D and G.
But this thread is pretty pointless; Ray Brown, for one example, used any number of basses over the course of his career. Percy Heath's bass was called a Guaneri for a number of years, but it wasn't.
Etc.
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