Am I Nuts?

Don Higdon · #1 07-17-2002, 12:46 PM

Got a duo gig coming up with a very good guitarist (any New Yorkers know Lenny Argese?) in a no-pressure room with a roomy stage. I've been wondering for the longest time how my to-die-for orchestra bass would do on a jazz gig. I love my jazz bass, a 1937 DeLeone, but...
I've got Obligatos on all my basses, and my custom made K&K (all hail Bob Gollihur) can be moved from bass to bass in 5 seconds.
So I want to bring two basses to the gig; am I nuts?
They're in picture #3 at http://lordonly.net/Images/John/talkbassass/don4131/

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #2 07-17-2002, 01:50 PM

Are you nuts? Certainly.

Are you nuts because you want to take two basses to a single gig? Not at all. I've done this several times, and while it was a pain in the @$$, it satisfied my curiosity beyond a shadow of a doubt. And although I've been too embarrassed to admit it until now, once I even took two large amp setups to the same gig so I could compare them. Again, the experiment got results.

Go for it.

Tim Ludlam · #3 07-18-2002, 08:15 AM

I agree with CF, you are nuts.

I digress. My biggest concern would be the safety of bass #2 whilst I am playing bass#1. You said you have ample stage area, but you never know when some inebriated slop is going to take a nose dive into a parked, large, stringed instrument.

George Looney · #4 07-18-2002, 10:12 AM

So you're nuts, so what ? Join the club :-)
What's wrong with bringing two basses to a gig, or even four for that matter ?
So long as you're not hurting anyone, do whatever the hell you want ... that's my motto.

Don Higdon · #5 07-18-2002, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by George Looney
So long as you're not hurting anyone, do whatever the hell you want ... that's my motto.

Obviously, you've never heard me play.

George Looney · #6 07-18-2002, 06:11 PM

If you're really so bad it hurts, then you can always play air-bass at the gig ...
that way you can even bring ten airbasses, no problem at all :-)