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Jeroen Paul Thesseling?

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Foo-O-Matic

Aug 10, 2004
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Israel
#1
Anybody know this guy?
He's doing some crazy things with his basses... "72-tone equal temperament bass"...
There are some scales mentioned on his site that I don't even know what they mean...
There is a sample on his site:
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I haven't really heard anything that sounds like that...
So can anyone give some information about him?
 
#2
I've seen his name mentioned on the Bassists of death site (that has gone offline I think), and he plays a Thumb 6 string, but that's all I know.

I'd like to hear some additional info on the theory on his website. He seems to be working with some kind of multitone scale, but other than that :hmm:
 
#5
emjazz said:
I really like the track that you posted. His playing is wonderfull. He's gone in a very, very challenging direction. Great stuff.
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Yeah, I think so too. Maybe I don't know too many bassists, but that clip there sounds really unique and interesting to me.
superbassman2000 - you said it isn't out of ordinary, so just to expand my horizons, can you recommend me any similar-sounding bassists?
 
#6
similar sounding bassist? well, i can't really do that, i just thought it sounded like a run of the mill bass solo, and almost reminded me of jaco's donna lee. When i said it wasn't out of the ordinary, i mean that with basists like reed mathis and michael manring, who are really taking bass to a different place, Jeroen's bass solo just sounded like your average bass solo...it's not bad, just not different imo

i still wish to hear more on his thoeries on his webpage, i guess i didn't really get it...
 
#7
Vorago said:
I'd like to hear some additional info on the theory on his website. He seems to be working with some kind of multitone scale, but other than that :hmm:
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the structure of the '72-tone equal temperament bass' was taken from the 96-tone guitar of julian carillo (1875-1965).

the string tuning of the 72-tone equal temperament bass:

c-str. +5/12th tones
c-str. +4/12th tones
c-str. +3/12th tones
c-str. +2/12th tones
c-str. +1/12th tone
c-str.

the fretboard of the 72-tone equal temperament bass (twelfth-tones up to fret no.18):

---1--- ---2--- ---3--- ---4--- ---5--- ---6---- ---7--- ---8--- ---9--- ---10--- ---11-- ---12-- ---13-- ---14-- ---15-- ---16-- ---17-- --oct--

9/12th 13/12th 17/12th 21/12th 25/12th 29/12th 33/12th 37/12th 41/12th 45/12th 49/12th 53/12th 57/12th 61/12th 65/12th 69/12th 1/12th 5/12th
8/12th 12/12th 16/12th 20/12th 24/12th 28/12th 32/12th 36/12th 40/12th 44/12th 48/12th 52/12th 56/12th 60/12th 64/12th 68/12th 72/12th 4/12th
7/12th 11/12th 15/12th 19/12th 23/12th 27/12th 31/12th 35/12th 39/12th 43/12th 47/12th 51/12th 55/12th 59/12th 63/12th 67/12th 71/12th 3/12th
6/12th 10/12th 14/12th 18/12th 22/12th 26/12th 30/12th 34/12th 38/12th 42/12th 46/12th 50/12th 54/12th 58/12th 62/12th 66/12th 70/12th 2/12th
5/12th 9/12th 13/12th 17/12th 21/12th 25/12th 29/12th 33/12th 37/12th 41/12th 45/12th 49/12th 53/12th 57/12th 61/12th 65/12th 69/12th 1/12th
4/12th 8/12th 12/12th 16/12th 20/12th 24/12th 28/12th 32/12th 36/12th 40/12th 44/12th 48/12th 52/12th 56/12th 60/12th 64/12th 68/12th 72/12th

*please note that the instrument requires a very complex playing technique.
 
#10
superbassman2000 said:
can you explain this a little more?
i guess i don't really understand 6/12th 7/12th 8/12th 9/12th etc...
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-one octave consists out of 72 twelfth-tones
-the bass is fretted in 18-tones per octave
-the twelfth-tone string tuning creates the 72-tone equal temperament

*the fretboard overview was wrong; it has been changed already..
 
#12
Vorago said:
so, basicly, instead of the 12 imaginary frets on your fretless that make an octave, you "imagine" 18 frets in an octave. Correct?
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the original '72-tone equal temperament bass' contains 40 real frets, however, playing fretless in 18-tone equal temperament is possible..

ircam - paris
 

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