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Semi-hollow Bassists

#64
DLSLAUGHTER said:
Best semi-hollow bass for the money? Closest thing i have is a Danelectro Hodad bass, not quite semi hollow but has all the tonal qualities imo.. yet im looking to get another semi hollow or hollow body pretty soon.
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What kind of money? My vote goes for the Epiphone Jack Casady if you want a long scale. If you want short scale, I would go with one of the Guild reissues.
 
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Muziekschuur said:
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Framus Jan Akkerman bass... Wich is called Nashville. And sold after Framus was bankrupt. It probably was a prototype. It has a Michael Dieck modification. A passive boost.
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It looks like it has been played a lot!
That really makes me happy; these fancy instruments that were locked in a showcase or an underground bunker, when they ought to be out there making music!
 
#73
bobyoung53 said:
Semi hollow body basses were very common during the 60's, half the mid sixties British invasion bands used one kind or other. Epiphone Rivolis and Gibson EB-2's were very common.
Andy Frasier used a Gibson EB-3 (a solid body), Chas Chandler used both Epi Rivolis and Gibson EB-2's, Cornick used a Gibson EB-2 I think along with many other Gibsons. But many other players used them. Believe it or not Hofners weren't all that common back then.
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Glen Cornick said he only used the Gibson EB-2 once to record Witch's Promise and never used one again.
Said it was the worst bass he ever played.
 
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Framus TV star bass

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And those neck withs quite different to the Fender Precision bass..
 
#77
Hey any of you ever played a semi hollow bass through fuzz and or overdrive?. How is the sound and the sustain when tuned to C?. Im thinking of getting a semi hollow for messing around with but if it produced decent Doom tones I will use it with my band. Im asking here because I dont know if the music shop will put up with me detuning their semi hollow to C and asking for their fuzz and overdrive pedals. In the semi hollow bass world that may be blasphemy.
 
#78
ProgressiveDoom said:
Hey any of you ever played a semi hollow bass through fuzz and or overdrive?. How is the sound and the sustain when tuned to C?. Im thinking of getting a semi hollow for messing around with but if it produced decent Doom tones I will use it with my band. Im asking here because I dont know if the music shop will put up with me detuning their semi hollow to C and asking for their fuzz and overdrive pedals. In the semi hollow bass world that may be blasphemy.
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What kind of semi hollowbass are you thinking about getting?

In the semi hollow bass world anything goes.

Check this out:
 
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Joey Spampinato (forgive my spelling) of NRBQ played an old Silvertone hb superbly.
I have owned a bunch of hb basses over the years,and really found the Lakland to be about the best of the bunch. Overall,i just prefer a smaller bodied more contoured solid body most of the time,but i really do like the sound of a hb. (Especially with flatwounds.)
 

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