Double Bass Oregon (Glen Moore)

[Paul Warburton]

I actually did a duo gig with Glenn and a quartet gig with us and tenor and drums. It was really fun. At one point on the duo gig he got the idea that we should switch basses. I was useless on his tuning. He had a much easier time of it. I found his bass hard to play. It's high tension and he has moderately high action. But it sounds amazing under his hands.

Mike, i'm glad to hear you say that action is tough. toman says it practically plays itself. I thought I must really be a whimp.....That action was so high it shocked me. I just checked it out before one of their concerts.

 

[McBass]

Mike, i'm glad to hear you say that action is tough. toman says it practically plays itself. I thought I must really be a whimp.....That action was so high it shocked me. I just checked it out before one of their concerts.

I was surprised that he was able to play across the fingerboard with such agility. He must have incredibly strong hands. It definitely didn't play itself under my hands. His bass also reinforced the usefullness of fourths tuning for me. At least in a jazz context, it just makes sense for maintaining walking lines. I can't even imagine playing conventional bass lines with Glen's tuning.

 

[Marcus Johnson]

Amen to that...I tried a slab tuned in fifths, and decided it would be just too hard to wrap my rusty old brain around the concept. Even though I used to be a Chapman Stick owner, which uses the same tuning on the lower strings.

 

[toman]

What I meant was not that the action is low or anything, just that the bass is amazing and speaks so easily, and also the setup is really good. I don't remember the action being as horrible as you guys say, but then I'm used to a some rather high action myself...