Questionnaire for musicians about the Bass guitar.

[Kieran Francis]

Hi everyone!

I'm a bass guitarist currently working on my dissertation for university, looking to expand upon the evolution of the bass guitar by delving deeper into technological advancements (i.e. bass guitars, synthesizers, etc...) and the expansion of musical knowledge (i.e techniques, playing styles, etc...) by gaining the opinion of other bass guitarists and industry professionals to better inform my study on influential figures, technological improvements and technical developments that may of had a major impact in the evolution of the bass guitar across the 1950s till the present day.

It is a short questionnaire with only 5-10 questions, so if any of you have a spare couple of minutes and want to fill it in and submit it, I would appreciate it so much!

All details are included in the questionnaire.
Thank you a lot!

LINK TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

 

[DWBass]

Done.

 

[Abner]

... and technical developments that may of had a major impact ...

I suspect correct use of the English language may be important for a university dissertation: "... and technical developments that may have had a major impact ..."

 

[KohanMike]

I feel like the post is AI generated, and the "dissertation for university" will also be, rather than doing the hard research.

 

[ardgedee]

I feel like the post is AI generated, and the "dissertation for university" will also be, rather than doing the hard research.

The contact email on the survey form is acm.ac.uk. uk is the top-level domain for the United Kingdom, and ac is the standard secondary domain for academic institutions in the UK. acm is the tertiary domain for the Academy of Contemporary Music, which is registered with the UK Office for Students, so it has governmental recognition and oversight.

The OP could have done a clearer job of stating their bona fides in this respect. In the US it's mandatory for human subject research that's regulated by IRB -- public surveys are a form of human subject research, even when they're as non-intrusive as this. But this does not look to me like anything hinky.

 

[matty1039]

Done.

 

[bassbrad]

I feel like the post is AI generated, and the "dissertation for university" will also be, rather than doing the hard research.

As may be I did find the process and questions to be a valuable thought exercise. At my age that is a necessity.

 

[Timmah]

Done

 

[KohanMike]

So it seems I am wrong, @Kieran Francis. Check this, the first true electric bass guitar and amp was created in the late 1930s by Paul Tutmarc through his company AudioVox in Seattle. Leo Fender just marketed his better in the early 1950s. This article tells the story: The Audiovox 736 Electric Bass and 936 Amp | Vintage Guitar® magazine

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Done as well

 

[Lenny JG]

ADHD. I got a few in, hated it, and cleared the form and revoked my consent. My bad. Hope everything goes well.

 

[gtirard]

Done.
It made me think we are very conservative (or maybe we don't need technological innovation?)

 

[kyral210]

The contact email on the survey form is acm.ac.uk. uk is the top-level domain for the United Kingdom, and ac is the standard secondary domain for academic institutions in the UK. acm is the tertiary domain for the Academy of Contemporary Music, which is registered with the UK Office for Students, so it has governmental recognition and oversight.

The OP could have done a clearer job of stating their bona fides in this respect. In the US it's mandatory for human subject research that's regulated by IRB -- public surveys are a form of human subject research, even when they're as non-intrusive as this. But this does not look to me like anything hinky.

The student should have some form of ethical clearance for data collection.

 

[MindinAction]

Done.

 

[Lefty Joe]

Hi everyone!

I'm a bass guitarist currently working on my dissertation for university, looking to expand upon the evolution of the bass guitar by delving deeper into technological advancements (i.e. bass guitars, synthesizers, etc...) and the expansion of musical knowledge (i.e techniques, playing styles, etc...) by gaining the opinion of other bass guitarists and industry professionals to better inform my study on influential figures, technological improvements and technical developments that may of had a major impact in the evolution of the bass guitar across the 1950s till the present day.

It is a short questionnaire with only 5-10 questions, so if any of you have a spare couple of minutes and want to fill it in and submit it, I would appreciate it so much!

All details are included in the questionnaire.
Thank you a lot!

LINK TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

I was stopped at question #1, which assumes mutual exclusivity: the subject may answer that they specialise in bass, or that they specialise in other instruments, but not both. So either your dissertation does not apply to people who equally play bass *and* keys (to pick one example), or assumes no such exist.

This would seem a major blind spot in your intended subject, since many well-known and influential musicians do focus equally on several instruments ... but your questionnaire makes no allowance for such, immediately in the first question.

 

[Bevan777]

The contact email on the survey form is acm.ac.uk. uk is the top-level domain for the United Kingdom, and ac is the standard secondary domain for academic institutions in the UK. acm is the tertiary domain for the Academy of Contemporary Music, which is registered with the UK Office for Students, so it has governmental recognition and oversight.

The OP could have done a clearer job of stating their bona fides in this respect. In the US it's mandatory for human subject research that's regulated by IRB -- public surveys are a form of human subject research, even when they're as non-intrusive as this. But this does not look to me like anything hinky.

Ah no way, I studied Bass at the ACM in the 90s.

 

[Steven Harris]

Done, good luck

 

[MynameisMe]

That was a lot of effort for this old man. However, done!

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

Hi everyone!

I'm a bass guitarist currently working on my dissertation for university, looking to expand upon the evolution of the bass guitar by delving deeper into technological advancements (i.e. bass guitars, synthesizers, etc...) and the expansion of musical knowledge (i.e techniques, playing styles, etc...) by gaining the opinion of other bass guitarists and industry professionals to better inform my study on influential figures, technological improvements and technical developments that may of had a major impact in the evolution of the bass guitar across the 1950s till the present day.

It is a short questionnaire with only 5-10 questions, so if any of you have a spare couple of minutes and want to fill it in and submit it, I would appreciate it so much!

All details are included in the questionnaire.
Thank you a lot!

LINK TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

It's a cool thing, but I don't currently have the time to sit with the questions and give the answers and why. Perhaps in the next few days if time allows. Thanks.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

I agree, the first question narrows things down too much. I tried to select more than one answer and saw I could not, so I went with the top answer. Almost every bassist I know is involved in some other aspect of live AND recorded music, whether it be another instrument, live sound, lighting, recording, teaching, instrument repair & setup, etc. I know there are some that play bass & do nothing else, but I don't know many of them.