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    Double Bass Epiphone Upright Bass research questions

    Looks like a really nice one. One owner, B5, #548. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130338884196 Molly, do you have this one?
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    Double Bass When did musicians become respectable?

    When it became possible to make money being one?
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    Double Bass Bobby Whitlock

    I believe Bobby Whitlock was in Derek and the Dominoes.
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    Double Bass Rickenbacker 4001 - - - Love or Hate?

    Best TBDB thread evar!1!!
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    Double Bass Can Jazz be Saved?

    First, what do we mean by "Jazz?" Since that's probably best left for a separate discussion, let us stipulate (narrowly) that Jazz is the music that evolved from the historical roots described in a typical book on Jazz history. (Think of a single tree. Not a perfect analogy, but let's pretend.)...
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    Double Bass Kay factory installed Ampeg pick up

    Hey MollyKay, that hollowed-out bridge is interesting. How (and how much) does it affect the sound?
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    Double Bass George Russell 1923-2009

    New York Times obit here: Invalid Link Removed
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    Double Bass thoughts from a electric player starting on upright

    I've played BG off and on (and never very well) since high school in the early '70s, and I always thought it'd be cool to own an upright just to fart around on if nothing else. Last winter I found an old Epiphone that I simply had to buy. After getting her in reasonable playing condition, I had...
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    Double Bass Recommended Albums For Transcription

    Hey guys, I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I'd be interested in hearing about the _process_ you use when transcribing. I assume you have an instrument in hand... Is it just a matter of looping over one measure at a time until you get it down?
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    Chords in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

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    Chords in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    Are you sure? Because either you're wrong or I'm crazy.
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    Chords in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    Thanks. I guess I have to listen harder. :hmm:
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    Chords in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    I thought about asking this in a new thread, but I found this old one ... I have the Real Book lead sheet for Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, but it doesn't tell me what's going on underneath the soloing. Can someone help out?
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    Double Bass Your favorite real book tunes, and how you approach them?

    Yes I did. D'oh!
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    Double Bass My jazz playing sucks

    Can we get a reference on this "Victor's book" please?
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