NAMM Show: Solo Czech-Ease performances

jazzbass72 · #1 01-15-2006, 03:02 PM

Hi everyone,
for those of you who will be attending the NAMM Show in Anaheim, I wanted to let you know that David Gage has hired me for some Czech-Ease solo bass performances at his booth. David's booth is shared with Coda Bows (#2810). I will be playing on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st, from 11:00AM to Noon and from 3:00PM to 4:00PM on both days. Feel free to stop by and say hello if you're at the show. I will also be playing duets on electric bass with Carol Kaye at the Ibanez booth, every day from Thursday thru Sunday, times TBD.

Best,
Marco

mpm · #2 01-18-2006, 11:52 AM

So what TBers are going to NAMM? I'll be there...

Bruce Lindfield · #3 01-18-2006, 12:02 PM

It tends to be more of the BG side people than the DB...?

mister_k · #4 01-18-2006, 01:02 PM

I'll be there on Saturday.

I'll wear a white carnation. Or a badge with my name on it. One or the other.

K.

mpm · #5 01-18-2006, 01:19 PM

I'll wear a badge with my name on it and a white goatee above it...

Craig Garfinkel · #6 01-18-2006, 01:28 PM

Excellent! Finally a DB-related, must-check-out for NAMM.

I'll be sure to say hello Marco. See you in a coupla days.

BTW...forecast for Anaheim is 67 degrees and sunny every day.

brutuscheezcake · #7 01-18-2006, 03:22 PM

hey guys!

i will be there thursday and sunday most likely.
i will be working the barker bass booth sunday morning!

i have my own pass these days, but i sure did like it the year i went as "wanda round"

definately looking forward to check out the uprights and bows! ... and BOOTH BABES!

in case anyone was wondering where is the best cheesesteak or hoagies are nearby to the anaheim, IMHO phillys best at 8309 LaPalma, bueno park oughta do it. phillys best has other locations as well.

just in case.....

simon

jazzbass72 · #8 01-18-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig Garfinkel

BTW...forecast for Anaheim is 67 degrees and sunny every day.

Yes Craig, don't you love that? Last year, it was actually between 80 and 83 degrees every day of the show. I mean, this is freakin' JANUARY!

Man, if there only were a New York City with an L.A. weather year-round. That would be perfect.

-Marco (heading to a nice outdoors Jacuzzi in a minute)

jgbass · #9 01-19-2006, 06:34 PM

Be sure to hear Marco at NAMM if you are going.

I had the pleasure of hearing Marco perform with his Czech-Ease at a concert as part of Eldar's trio here in San Diego last week. Fine playing. Still trying to figure out how you play that fast and so well, Marco, and holding it down just great on those slower tunes too. I'll be sure to catch your shows at NAMM.

Steve Killingsworth · #10 01-20-2006, 07:18 AM

Marco,

Will you post any clips of you playing the czech? I would love to see and hear that.

FredH · #11 01-20-2006, 06:00 PM

I used to own a couple of rehearsal studios and one of our renters gave my piano player and me a couple of NAMM passes which came from a local guitar builder. Fun time, met some really cool folks seemed we were asked to 5 or 6 parties, course we spend way too long at the snack bar (aka booze kiosk). I’d love to go again but I’d just want to buy stuff.

Funny side note, I received demos packages from two separate budding girl-rock bands who each thought I was a record producer, weird…

jazzbass72 · #12 01-22-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Killingsworth

Marco,

Will you post any clips of you playing the czech? I would love to see and hear that.

Hey Steve,
I got some video clips taken over the past couple of days here at NAMM, I will try to post them after I edit them out and compress them (they're huge files).

Meanwhile, you can check out this live clip of me playing "Moanin'" on the Czech-Ease. It was recorded with my minidisc recorder right on stage. I had only gotten the bass one or two weeks before that gig, so the intonation sucks royally, but I hope the clip can give you a better idea how the bass sounds. The mp3 is at the following link:

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/marcopan...moaninedit.mp3

Best,
Marco

Aaron Saunders · #13 01-22-2006, 12:48 AM

Hey Marco, what're the strings on the Czech-Ease? Seems a little too fuddy-duddy for me as-is.

jazzbass72 · #14 01-22-2006, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

Hey Marco, what're the strings on the Czech-Ease? Seems a little too fuddy-duddy for me as-is.

What does fuddy-duddy mean? Sorry, English is my second language... I'm still trying to improve my knowledge of slang

To answer your question, the bass was strung with Thomastik Spirocore Weichs.

Marco

Aaron Saunders · #15 01-22-2006, 02:07 AM

Well, you know how the word buzz actually sounds like buzzing, and "thud" approximates the sound of a thud? This one sounds "fuddy duddy" to me.

Anyway, I would've thought the Weichs would give it a bit more zing. Strange.

ninnlangel · #16 01-22-2006, 08:15 AM

Marco,

My Czech-ease is strung with weichs too, and I find that the lesser tension on that instrument makes me want to try it with mediums. Do you usually play weichs on your bass ? My German bass sounds beautiful with them, and it's a pleasure to play, but it's true that they don't have as much sustain and feel a little floppy on the Czech.

Great playing anyway !

Ninn

jazzbass72 · #17 01-22-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ninnlangel

Marco,

My Czech-ease is strung with weichs too, and I find that the lesser tension on that instrument makes me want to try it with mediums. Do you usually play weichs on your bass ? My German bass sounds beautiful with them, and it's a pleasure to play, but it's true that they don't have as much sustain and feel a little floppy on the Czech.

Great playing anyway !

Ninn

Hey Ninn,
thanks for your note. I have been loyal to Spirocore Weichs for the past 14 years or so, except for a few months of gut string experimenting. Mediums are generally too stiff for me, even when the tension on the instrument seems lighter. I also find the mediums too midrangey for my tastes...just my $0.02

Marco

Farin · #18 01-22-2006, 12:59 PM

Hey Marco,
Off topic...
Do you use Thomastik Spirocore Weichs on your full upright bass? If not what?

ninnlangel · #19 01-22-2006, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzbass72

Hey Ninn,
thanks for your note. I have been loyal to Spirocore Weichs for the past 14 years or so, except for a few months of gut string experimenting. Mediums are generally too stiff for me, even when the tension on the instrument seems lighter. I also find the mediums too midrangey for my tastes...just my $0.02

Marco

I agree, the weichs are definitely more open, with more fundamental and less of the focused mids which I dislike in the mediums. I'm just finding them a little too floppy on the Czech Ease, and I'm thinking of trying the mediums.

Have you tried anything else on the Czech-Ease ?

Ninn

jazzbass72 · #20 01-23-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Farin

Hey Marco,
Off topic...
Do you use Thomastik Spirocore Weichs on your full upright bass?

I do use Weichs on all my basses, and try to change them every six months or so, since I like that bright, "in-yo-face" kinda sound... being a Thomastik endorser definitely helps

I've tried other strings (gut as well), but the Weichs are the only ones that make me sound more like myself, at least I hope...

Marco