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11-04-2012, 09:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hawaii | | | Are There Any African American Bass Builders?
There's so many great African American bass players but I can't recall if I ever heard of any black luthiers. Or what about Latino, Asian or women builders? Just curious.
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11-04-2012, 09:56 AM
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11-04-2012, 10:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hawaii | | Just found out that Scott Ambush, the bass player from Spiro Gyra, builds basses. http://babicznews.com/blog/2011/09/1...ntact-hardware
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11-04-2012, 10:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Scott Ambush of Spyro Gyra offers his own line of basses. Does that count? Come to think of it, I can recall more Jewish builders.....great basses, more guilt.
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11-04-2012, 10:24 AM
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11-04-2012, 10:26 AM
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11-04-2012, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Zooberwerx  I can recall more Jewish builders.....great basses, more guilt.
Riis | There's this thing about Jewish carpenters.
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11-04-2012, 10:28 AM
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11-04-2012, 10:32 AM
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11-04-2012, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by fourstringdrums ...does it matter? | Not really. A great bass is a great bass regardless of who makes it.
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11-04-2012, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by fourstringdrums ...does it matter? | +1 |
11-04-2012, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by fourstringdrums ...does it matter? | +1. Huge plus 1.
The last thing I think of when I order a bass is I wonder what colour the person is building it. That pretty much defines racism.
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11-04-2012, 10:37 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Martin Keith Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Long Island, NY | | | The OP asked a question and he said he was just curious. If you don't care, don't post in the thread please.
And, FWIW I don't agree that asking a question about the race of someone "defines racism."
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11-04-2012, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by DiabolusInMusic That pretty much defines racism. |
No it doesn't and he asked a very valid question.
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11-04-2012, 10:40 AM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | I don't think the OP meant for this to be anything negative about race it's an honest curious question if he had posted " Would you buy a bass from a black luthier" that would be different in my opinion.
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11-04-2012, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by DiabolusInMusic +1. Huge plus 1.
The last thing I think of when I order a bass is I wonder what colour the person is building it. That pretty much defines racism. | It didn't take long for this to pop up. For crying out loud, he was just curious as to whether there are any African American bass builders. Where the hell is the racism in that? Your comment is disgusting.
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11-04-2012, 10:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Parke County, Indiana | | | I think it does matter. Why is it an issue to ask a question regarding the ethnicity or background of a product builder. When we can't talk about race is when it becomes an issue. If any bass player, or any one for that matter, chooses to support a business owner who comes from a certain racial or socioeconomic background, then it is their right to do so without being declared as a racist.
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11-04-2012, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BuffaloBass There's this thing about Jewish carpenters. |  |
11-04-2012, 10:43 AM
| | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | I didn't say the OP was racist asking if there are any african american luthiers, I was stating how it doesn't/shouldn't matter
For me to care about what colour the person building my bass, is racist. Which is why I don't care. Whether I want a black guy for positive or negative reasons, is still racist.
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