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Double Bass Famous Bassists' Instruments?
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Jake deVilliers
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- May 24, 2006
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- Owner of The Bass Spa, String Repairman at Long & McQuade Vancouver
Cary Black was playing a 1920's era Czecho-Slovakian bass when we saw him with Kathy Kallick last Sunday. He was also using a Series 2 FDeck Pre! 
He really made the band sound good, too - a terrific player.
He really made the band sound good, too - a terrific player.
Bub plays Kays but he doesn't play a '38, at least not any more. He's got a 60's S-1 and a 50's M1-B. The S-1 has been hotrodded by increasing the neck angle with shims in the mortise.
Lots of bluegrassers like American Standards. Marshall Wilborn plays one, and I know Barry Bales uses a '36 for most of his studio work.
Todd Phillips' Framus is a beast. I'm trying to find an old Framus like that, so if anybody has a line on one please let me know.
Wish I could've heard Cary Black's bass, my dad said his tone was incredible.
I've switched from a ply to a hybrid for my main axe... better tone and sustain. It's a Shen 150, and I LOVE it.
Lots of bluegrassers like American Standards. Marshall Wilborn plays one, and I know Barry Bales uses a '36 for most of his studio work.
Todd Phillips' Framus is a beast. I'm trying to find an old Framus like that, so if anybody has a line on one please let me know.
Wish I could've heard Cary Black's bass, my dad said his tone was incredible.
I've switched from a ply to a hybrid for my main axe... better tone and sustain. It's a Shen 150, and I LOVE it.
Jake deVilliers
Commercial User
- May 24, 2006
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- 607
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- Owner of The Bass Spa, String Repairman at Long & McQuade Vancouver
Hey Dan, good to hear from you on TB! Cary was a treat but we kinda missed you with Kathy...
Don't restrict yourself to looking for a Framus; many German shop basses from that period are good instruments that fit multiple genres.
Don't restrict yourself to looking for a Framus; many German shop basses from that period are good instruments that fit multiple genres.
Mike Bub also plays a Chadwick Folding bass. It's based on a Shen 100 model. I discovered that information as I was checking out the bass.
