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Serious musical research. Looking to make contact with any surviving AUB-1 players West Coast USA 1966-1970. Did anyone here play any gigs or do any backing recordings in SF or up Mendocino way in that era ... or know of anyone who did.

Interesting factoid. Yeah, I guess some early fretless bassists came from orchestral or jazz bass. Had never considered that. Thanks for the pointers. Will investigate.

Wiki: In late 1969, the Band was given some equipment by Ampeg, which included a fretted Ampeg AEB, a fretless Ampeg AMUB and an Ampeg "Baby Bass", a fiberglass-made electric upright bass

Hey thanks for the pointers. But I live in rural Victoria, Australia!!!. I would hit the streets were I nearer. But I'll cast around those areas from my phone browser. Cheers. Unless YOU'VE got any old Ca contacts to start me off.

Missed the chance before his passing. I have tried soooo many, to no response. Maybe got filtered into Junk Folders.

Ye Yeah it is. >120k YT listerners love it and want the singer/band found. After 6 years of deadends, imo, the best link is now digging into an AUB player of that time and place. Bruce Johnson wrote me after listening to a studio-seperated bass stem: "I can confirm that track sure does sound...

Yeah thanks. I've already dug into every KNOWN fretless Westcoast player, every possible Google link. I know: Rick Danko played The Band's concert debut in San Francisco in April 1969. * Walter Becker played Ampeg basses in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including a 1968 Ampeg AUB-1 fretless...

Oh-oh. You've jumped the gun! I'm fully aware of all those from 6 years of research into this mystery track. Please ignore all analyses about this track except the following one which has been triple-checked by 3 professional sound engineers. The rest are nonsense. Invalid Link Removed And about...

I'm searching for some (as yet) unidentified fretless bass player who was part of a band who made a demo cassette tape (circa 1969) which Bruce Johnson has confidently identified as an Ampeg AUB-1 with possibly an Ampeg B-15 Amp. The track was electric folk called Light the Lanterns with a...

Exactly my thoughts. Was it simply a dub from the reel to reel master of its time. There were lots of 4 and 8 track home-budget 1/4" recorders in late 60s. I had a TEAC 2340. We gave away cassette demos to radio stations ... which is exactly what I think Light the Lanterns is. Then Tascam made a...

JamesDeGrandis Jezzuz, why so defensive, agro. I'm thankful for your input and respect it. I am open to a deception, as some elsewhere have thought. I'm kind of amazed you can suss such sound engineering signs from a crappy YT upload! I am actually trying to acquire the original cassette (1) for...

@JamesDeGrandis and @Wood and Wire So, if what you say is correct, the reputed origins of the 1985 tape are false. This makes the whole matter a deception, a misdirection, a musical trolling. There are those who believe the Mysterious Songs on the Internet (there's quite a few) are exactly...

Thank you for your input. Did you read my months of previous research into this song, commented below the YT video, by The Dolphin? It states I am not sure about the musical provence, and hence I have embarked up asking older musos for definite memories and knowledge of those times. This search...

Oh and if you're seriously interested to know how I researched the story, checkout my 5 Part thesis here under the name The Dolphin.

All good Eddie. No insult received or intended. It's just that I'm tired of much unfounded opinionated shite from young-uns naming 80s, 90s players who weren't even born then! If ... if ... it was indeed a fretless, then that narrows players down! Find me that bass player!