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Double Bass Gut Strings: Are They Worth It To Try? (part I)

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I'm with Marc. Since this thread started I've been having this urge to check out gut again. I finally completed the merry-go-round (Spiro Mittels to everything else and back to Mittels) and now I'm contemplating getting back on it. Maybe if I use a lighter D? I always liked Gamut's E and A (almost more than the D and G). I keep saying to myself "I'm happy now. I'm happy now. But what if...?"

mark
 
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Sounding great Kev. Nice hump.

I'm losing the urge to experiment and I apologize for my earlier temper tantrum. As much as I can see how the tone could be really compelling as far as driving the band it lacks a little bite for my taste. It sounds a little muddy. I like an old school tone but not at the expense of the clarity of the notes. My well loved Spiros get that old school thump but with a nice bit of dirt and they are VERY stable. I'M CURED!!!
 
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fingers said:
Sounding great Kev. Nice hump.

I'm losing the urge to experiment and I apologize for my earlier temper tantrum. As much as I can see how the tone could be really compelling as far as driving the band it lacks a little bite for my taste. It sounds a little muddy. I like an old school tone but not at the expense of the clarity of the notes. My well loved Spiros get that old school thump but with a nice bit of dirt and they are VERY stable. I'M CURED!!!
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To each his own, brother. It's quite possible that in a couple years, I'll be back on Spiros. This is what I'm hearing at the moment though.
 
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Kevin: Yea baby! Post more stuff, it's fun to hear.

Marc: Love the tude..


I very glad I spent some time running around wearing guts. Taught me something about playing.

Sometimes I get the bug again reading something here so I string up the Cleveland, spend 30 minutes playing them, then take them back off and put the spiros back on. Much easier on me than running out the door with them again.

I love them, but it's just like the freak that had amazing facility in the sack but couldn't hold a straight line conversation at the dinner table. Guts do one or two things like no other but for the every day in and out of all kinds of weather and the myriad of things I'm asked to play I quickly grow weary of the baggage. I find myself once again back where I started knowing I spend a lot more time at the feedbag than I do in the rack, not sleeping,....much to my chagrin.
 
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Kevin Hsieh said:
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kind of shoddy mp3 file from the gig last night. but on the second chorus in, you can really hear the character that the bass has now. :)
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Nice playing Kevin!

Have you tried them with the bow yet? I really begin to prefer the bowed gut sound before steel/steel wound strings. It's hard work to get there but I think its managable.

There's a bass/bass clarinet version of "Come Sunday" from Eric Dolphy's "Iron Man" album where Richard Davis plays arco throughout the song. That has to be gut (I think it's 61, 62 or something).
 
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