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12-07-2004, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Lex Luthier I have always wondered why it is called the "Double" Bass. Is there another instrument in the violin family it is "double" of? As far as I know, there is nothing between cello and bass, and a cello is tuned differently, so it's not doulbling the cello, or am I wrong? I did a search but nothing turned up.  | I guess i'm gonna be the one to bring this up.
I've read your posts and understand that you're a guitar luthier. But, i also have to say that I find it awkward to communicate with you as Lex Luthier because one of our great double bass luthiers, Jeff Bollbach, has been using that as a signature name for many years.
I'm not trying to start a scene and I welcome you to TBDB!
It just seems a bit awkward.
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12-07-2004, 08:29 PM
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12-08-2004, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith It's was named 'Double Bass' because it was twice the size of a Fender !!...... Of cource there were no Fenders yet, or electricity for that matter but they had Vision !!.....LOL....Ya Like that one??
Yo guys (and gals).... lets make a rule here.. If you don't use a real name.. we don't take you real seriously.. This is not the Slab Forums.. This is the real stuff..... With the exception of my Slabavarious models....
So let's encourage all the DBs (not dead beats) to use a Name we can call them by..... What do you say.....?? | O.k. but is there a way to change the name with out having to toally re-register? |
12-08-2004, 07:24 AM
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Before I started playing bass again in 1998 after a several years layoff due to tendinitis, I worked in a guitar store in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of the owners is very heavily invested in being the authority and having the last word. He repeatedly claimed that "Double Basses" were 4/4 basses only because they were the biggest!
About 3 years after I left that store, I started playing again and came across the note about doubling the cello line somewhere, maybe in one of Elgar's great little bass books.
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12-08-2004, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by goodbass O.k. but is there a way to change the name with out having to toally re-register? |
Ditto |
12-08-2004, 07:30 AM
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People here call me "Mingus" for short - that wasn't my intention!!! 
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12-08-2004, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry Pmail Paul, owner of TB. He doesn't bite too hard. | Quadritto. Hes not terribly hardcore about this kind of thing at all. Helping support the site would be a nice gesture as well for those who aren't supporting members yet, and the TB coffee travel mugs you get by way of compensation are worth the price of admission on their own. |
12-09-2004, 11:37 AM
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12-09-2004, 12:20 PM
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12-09-2004, 01:11 PM
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12-12-2004, 12:47 PM
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12-13-2004, 10:14 AM
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uh oh, now TBers can find and stalk me.....no ....wait.....I'm on a crappy Island
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12-13-2004, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Alexi David Success.
uh oh, now TBers can find and stalk me.....no ....wait.....I'm on a crappy Island | 
Thanks Paul. |
12-13-2004, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton I find it awkward to communicate with you as Lex Luthier because one of our great double bass luthiers, Jeff Bollbach, has been using that as a signature name for many years. | How was he able to register as "Lex Luthier" when we already have one? On other boards I've been on, I've found that if somebody has already registered with a username that I'm attempting (People must like mine because I've found it already registered on many other sites lately. Plus I get a lot of compliments on it being clever and entertaining.), I get a denial and am prompted to choose another name. TB doesn't have this? EDIT: OK, just checked the members list. Jeff isn't using "Lex Luthier" anymore. 
For what it's worth, I think having a user name (other than your real name) is perfectly fine (lighten up boys), just as long as your true name/info is in your user profile.
I have also heard the "double the cello line" given as an explanation for the term/name "Double Bass".
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