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- Birthday:
- Jan 27, 1950 (Age: 70)
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- http://www.jamescarr.net
- Location:
- Denton, TX or Kailua, HI
- Occupation:
- Music Teacher, Composer, Bassist, Engineer
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Jim Carr
Dr. Jim, Male, 70, from Denton, TX or Kailua, HI
Gold Supporting Member
“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” ― Euripides, Orestes Jun 3, 2018
- Jim Carr was last seen:
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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Jan 27, 1950 (Age: 70)
- Home Page:
- http://www.jamescarr.net
- Location:
- Denton, TX or Kailua, HI
- Occupation:
- Music Teacher, Composer, Bassist, Engineer
- Current Setup:
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Basses by build year...
These next two are my main players:
2013 Fender Custom Shop early '60s Jazz Relic Duo-Tone (2 1/2burst)
2010 Valenti #141 S24FJ5 — the Gospel and GoGo machine!
Valenti #141 has:
Swamp Ash body
5A quilted maple top
Graphite reinforced maple neck
Birdseye Maple fretboard
Sadowsky Soapbar Pickups
Sadowsky Preamp w/VTC
Black Hardware
Schaller Strap Locks
HipShot Ultralite Keys
Bad Ass Bridge
35" Scale
12" fretboard radius
19mm bridge spacing
1-7/8" nut
vintage fret wire.
8.2 lbs
2013 Upton Bohemian, fully carved, poplar sides/flat back, deluxe top
2010 Lakland JO 5-string (3tsb) + tort
2009 Fender Road Worn Jazz Bass (fiesta red)
2008 Fender Road Worn Jazz Bass (3tsb)
2006 Sadowsky V4 P/J with...
Quilted maple top AAAA
Dark transparent cherry finish
Brazilian rosewood fingerboard
Parchment pickguard
Chambered Alder Body
Chrome hardware
Vintage amber headstock
Vintage Tone Control
2005 Valente 5 string fretless (#019) "stealth"
2002 Lakland 5-String 55-01D
2000 MTD Kingston Artist (passive with MM-style) pickup
1965 Silvertone single cut-away Dolphin-nose
1964 (Japanese) Kingston Bass (tobacco burst) (Teisco-Delray type) single coil
1955 P-Bass, recently restored by RSGuitarworks
~1850 Tyrolean Double Bass (with Gage Realist Pickup, LeMay French bow)
Amplification, Cabs, Effects, Interconnects, and Strings:
fEARful 15/6/1 x 3 built by Ron Anchak
fEARful 15sub built by Ron Anchak
Crest Prolite 3.0/ART tube channel
Mesa Boggie Carbine M9
Gallien Krueger MB800
Genz Benz GB Shuttle 6.0
Crest CA6/ART tube channel
Countryman type 85
Tech21 Sansamp Para DI/preamp
Korg Orchestral Tuner
assorted preamp and effects pedals
Epifani UL1 410 4 ohm
Epifani 210 NYC & UL1 210
Monster Cables
Obligato Double Bass Strings
Sadowsky Bright Nickel
D'addario Extra Light Flatwound Chromes
Lakland Roundwound Stainless Steel
- Favorite Genres:
- Reggae, Urban R&B, Neo-Soul, Jazz, Island, Soca, Country, Classical, Bluegrass, Blues, K-Pop, Gu-Zheng, Second Viennese School, musique concrete, digital audio synthesis of the late 20th c.
- Gigs and Ensembles:
- hired gun-will travel, Laurie Lace, SantaFeLine, FooMcBubba, Sweepstakes Winners, Blue Coconuts, Nina and the Travelers, Sombati, Backseat Molly (sub), Lennon Page Band, The Folk Boy Orchestra (www.woodsongs.com), Polly Moller, Rusticators, Shine-ola, Momma Tried
- Previously Owned Gear:
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Basses:
1969 P-Bass
2001 Fender Jazz Bass '60s Classic with Lindy Fralin pups/BAII
1991 Fender MIJ 1951 RI P-bass
2006 Lakland 4-String 44-01 Natural Ash
2002 Eminence 4-String (loaned from Woodsongs)
1965 Kay Double Bass
1970 Fender P-Bass Fretless (loaned)
1969 Fender P-Bass
1969 Fender Jazz Bass
1967 Guild Starfire Hollowbody Bass (sunburst)
1964 (Japanese) Kingston Bass (tobacco burst)
Amplifiers and Speaker Cabinets:
Epifani NYC t-210
BBE BMax Pre-Amp
SWR 350 watt amplifier
Carvin R1000 series III 1000 watt bass amp
SWR Goliath II - 4x10 and foster horn, 8 ohm
SWR Son of Bertha - 1x15 and foster horn, 8 ohm
SWR Goliath III, Jr. - 2x10 and foster horn, 8 ohm
SWR Workingman's 15 combo, 12 combo
Peavey TNT 150 combo
Acoustic 301 1x18 bass cabinet
1969 Marshall major (200 watt 8x12) Amp and Cabs
1967 Fender Dual Showman (2x15 D140Fs)
1966 Vox Essex Bass Amp--borrowed other vox bass amps
1965 Fender Bassman 2x12 (loaned)
1965 Epiphone Constellation EA72 (loaned)
Strings:
Fender Steel Flatwounds (all gauges)
GHS Boomers
Effects:
Barge Concepts Compressor
Tech21 Bass Compactor compressor
- Influences and Teachers:
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Paul Chambers
Yuka Tadano
Gudrun Raschen
Tiny Martin
Arthur Renzulli
Ray Brown
Scott Lafaro
Dave Holland
Miroslav Vitous
James Jamerson
Duck Dunn
Max Bennet
Swine Grantt
Roy "Junior" Huskey
Norbert Putnam
Charlie McCoy
Rick Danko
Jaco Pastorius
Marcus Miller
Dave Pomeroy
George Perle
Yuka Tadano
Gudrun Raschen
Tiny Martin
Arthur Renzulli
- Hobbies and Interests:
- music composition, music education, prevention of nuclear war
- Disclosures:
- fEARful Kool-Aid dispensing liberal academic card-carrying union member Musicians Local 72-147
- Available for Instruction?:
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- Bass Guitar Instruction
- Double Bass Instruction
- Teaching Credentials:
- Texas K-12, Kentucky K-12, BA, MA Music, DMA Music Composition.
K-12 Music Credential Texas and Kentucky.
D.M.A. Columbia University.
30 years of teaching of college and public school teaching.Interact
Signature
upright, passive Fenders, Fender relics, Nash relics, Skyline 5ers, and Sadowsky... oh, and Valenti
A R T tube channel model 259/Crest Prolite 3.0, Mesa D800/Prodigy
fEARfuls 15/6/1, 15sub, 1212/6/1, 12/6/1 cube
