And I thought I was a slabber for life.

Wilbyman · #1 12-09-2004, 09:49 AM

Just got a new electric. Digging it. However, I just realized that I've played about three electric gigs in the past year and 2-3 DB gigs a week. Is this how it happens, slowly and insideously?

I don't think we choose the dark side, I think it chooses us.

Just a thought.

Ed Fuqua · #2 12-09-2004, 02:12 PM

I know yer just being funny, kinda.

But in all seriousness, with me, that was just the sound I heard in my head. Like dying your hair blond, but still seeing yourself as brunette in your dreams.

Wilbyman · #3 12-09-2004, 02:32 PM

I might be the only one round here who's this much a noob, but I started playing upright after I heard Avishai's first record. The whole record and sound was too awesome for me to keep slabbin.

I am kinda being funny, seeing as how I go through cycles of slabbin and non-slabbin just like everything else.

I think the thing I notice the most about *myself* is that I typically blame bad BG sound on the bass (or some gadget) and bad DB sound on myself. I think there's alot of truth in that. Somewhere.

mikemulcahy · #4 12-09-2004, 04:13 PM

No sir, I think I have the title of the biggest noob here. I just been reading too much to ask too many stupid questions. I rocked slab for years, the DB put a coolness in my soul. My Kay speaks, I am just learning how to translate my soul into her language. On the odd occasion when mental groove meets physical ability, all is good in the world.

Mike

brianrost · #5 12-10-2004, 06:27 AM

I hear ya Wilbyman, I get mostly DB gigs these days to the point where I've been thinking of starting up a rock band just so I'll have an excuse to play some BG instead

I recently sold off all my 5 string BGs and a few amps. One of the things I did with the proceeds was buy myself a better bow

I'm actually contemplating whether I should thin the herd further...I've still got 9 BGs. If I sold a few more I might be able to bankroll another (better) DB. Yeah, that's the same GAS which led to me owning a dozen BGs in the first place

Wilbyman · #6 12-10-2004, 06:29 AM

Dizzam. I've got 4 and that's 3 too many.

What kind of bow did you get?

Will

Mudfuzz · #7 12-10-2004, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

I know yer just being funny, kinda.

But in all seriousness, with me, that was just the sound I heard in my head. Like dying your hair blond, but still seeing yourself as brunette in your dreams.

What if you suffer from MBS and hear more then one sound in your head, and so far you have died you hair purple, then red and then blue?

Marcus Johnson · #8 12-10-2004, 01:49 PM

Time to shave. Everybody's doin' it.

Seems like there's plenty of slabbists who really like their work, so I just try to leave it to them, other than some session work. I think I'm seen as a DBer, so I'm happy with that. The more you play it, the more people seem to want to pigeonhole you into one or the other. Fortunately for me, that's DB.

Wilbyman · #9 12-10-2004, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

Time to shave. Everybody's doin' it.

Seems like there's plenty of slabbists who really like their work, so I just try to leave it to them, other than some session work. I think I'm seen as a DBer, so I'm happy with that. The more you play it, the more people seem to want to pigeonhole you into one or the other. Fortunately for me, that's DB.

One day they're scowling at your for bringing the DB and the next day they're scowling at you for whipping out the slab. I think one of the main reasons I *always* bring my DB nowadays is that it's a visual thing people want to see. I'm fairly certain I could make it swing as hard with my electric, but I always get some heckling like "where's big bertha" blah blah blah.

Of course, that's not denying the sound differences applicable in a jazz setting. I haven't heard a slab which will get that big room-filling sound "bloom" that a properly amplified DB brings. It's kind of the difference between a stereo with a subwoofer and one without. You can't EQ it into an electric (BG), at least not one I've heard.

kip · #10 12-11-2004, 07:56 AM

[quote=Marcus Johnson]Time to shave. Everybody's doin' it.

Or, curl up and dye.

Just finished a session w/ some songs on Fender and some on DB. Would have used Tuba on one song if I had one. The switch just seemed appropriate for the material. I'd love to post a couple of the DB pieces on the sampler if I can figure out how to make a MP3 file.