How Many PacNW Bassists Does it Take to...

TroyK · #1 05-24-2009, 09:09 PM

Jake and Bob were in town for the FolkLife festival, which is more or less in my neighborhood, so it started small and turned into a bass-love-fest at my place this afternoon. Had a great time meeting everyone and going from bass to bass and bow to bow. Thanks to everyone for coming and making such a nice Sunday for us.

In the photo, left to right (your left, not ours):

Dwight, Al, Bob, Nancy (With the Laughing Face) {below}, Troy, Maiken, John and Jake.

The low end was shaking the windows and I won the raffle!

rllefebv · #2 05-24-2009, 09:15 PM

Of course, you know that there's no picture... Right??

-robert

TroyK · #3 05-24-2009, 09:18 PM

Yeah, I'm working on it. It's not taking it, but the edit message isn't telling me why.

Stay tuned, it's coming. It'll be worth it, we're all good lookin' fellas!

EDIT - Well, I got a small one up there. Best I can do for now. Why don't my images appear inline to the message like they used to, I wonder out loud.

**Freddels** · #4 05-24-2009, 09:50 PM

You've listed 8 names but I only see 7 people in the pic.

TroyK · #5 05-24-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddels

You've listed 8 names but I only see 7 people in the pic.

Nancy (With the Laughing Face) is just in front of my right foot and just left of Bob's lower bout. Sorry the picture is so small, I had to shrink it down to get it to upload. I'll keep futzing with it.

**Freddels** · #6 05-24-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TroyK

Nancy (With the Laughing Face) is just in front of my right foot and just left of Bob's lower bout. Sorry the picture is so small, I had to shrink it down to get it to upload. I'll keep futzing with it.

Just open a free account at photobucket.com and then you can post away.

jlilley · #7 05-24-2009, 11:17 PM

Troy,
Thanks for hosting, it was a good time!
John

D McCartney · #8 05-25-2009, 01:29 AM

Troy and Kirsten, thanks so much for hosting. That was great to meet everyone and try out all the basses. Del the percussionist didn't make it into the picture.

Jake deVilliers · #9 05-25-2009, 02:21 AM

Thanks to Troy & Kirsten for having us all over, we had a great time.

Thanks to all the rest of you for being cool and playing nice.

Also good to finally meet 'Droolin' Del the Drummer Boy' (looks just like his dad right now) and the impressively bilingual Nancy with the Laughing Face.

fingers · #10 05-25-2009, 08:49 AM

Wow. So many bass players. Was there a depression in the space time continuum? Be careful. Too many and Earth will be pulled too close to the event horizon of the nearest black hole. I can see the headline now "The Demise of Reality Caused by Cello Summit in the Pacific Northwest"

Looks like hella fun!

foilracer · #11 05-25-2009, 11:30 AM

All of the above comments plus learning about different basses, different styles, and the fact we all got along so well and shared info so well. Thanks Troy for keeping us all in line, well behaved and "off the streets". foilracer (Al)

jlilley · #12 05-25-2009, 01:53 PM

I found it really interesting being able to try the two carbon fiber and one wood end pin in Maiken's bass. On some level I realized the effect that an end pin could have on the tone of a bass, but on another I've always thought of it as the silly peg that adjusts the height.
It was also great hearing someone with some bonafide arco chops bow my bass... thanks Al.
John

Jake deVilliers · #13 05-25-2009, 02:19 PM

It was really nice to finally play a New Standard Cleveland, especially back to back with a real American Standard, and with an Epiphone and 2 Kays in the room! Classic American plywood was well represented.

Al's old French/German has gorgeous varnish and a really deep swelled back!
The arco sounds from it and from Troy's 'Ilsa' as played by Al were especially sweet but all the basses sounded great under the bow. Bob's basses with their Gamut guts had an almost baroque thing happening and the Dominants, Spiro Mittels and Weichs held their own sound-wise with the Belcantos.

Two basses with Weichs, one with Mittels, one with Dominants, one with three Belcantos and a Mittel E, and two with Gamuts over Animas. Hmmm

I only wish we had a photo of the pile of bass bags on the porch!

Marcus Johnson · #14 05-25-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

I only wish we had a photo of the pile of bass bags on the porch!

At my house, we call that the "guest bed".

Jake deVilliers · #15 05-25-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

At my house, we call that the "guest bed".

Nice! Kinda lumpy with tuners and rosin and assorted stuff, no?

Treyzer · #16 05-25-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

Nice! Kinda lumpy with tuners and rosin and assorted stuff, no?

Just the Hawaiian way of helping people not overstay their welcome!

The confab looks like it was a lot of fun. How many more bassists are there up in the great NorthWest?

Jake deVilliers · #17 05-25-2009, 05:46 PM

There are lots more, TalkBassers even but space was limited.

Next time we'll have to go big - you come too, TAZER!

TroyK · #18 05-25-2009, 08:03 PM

I'm pretty sure that Hawaii is technically PacSW, but you're always welcome.

And yes, Al inspired me to spend more time with my bow. Some beautiful tones coming from the stick.

MR PC · #19 05-25-2009, 08:43 PM

Pacific Northwest, a great climate for acoustic basses!

Marcus Johnson · #20 05-25-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

tuners

Sorry, I've no idea what that is.... oh, wait, we call that "ahi" here.