Double Bass Sting

[TroyK]

With all due respect, I would love to know what you consider your limitation. Strength?, Stamina?, Ear for music?, Theory? At any given time, you can let your fingers fly using whatever theory you have at that moment.

My theory is pretty good. I can certainly play a lot of notes in rapid succession, but I don't think that's what makes a great musician on its own.

I can play and I do. I've played thousands of solos on stage and dozens on recording. Sometimes I'm happy with them, sometimes I'm not, but none are mind-blowing.

My ear is rather good, which is one thing that makes me aware of my limitations.

Again, maybe our standards are different, maybe you are a better player than me.

This from a gear rundown page on Sting from mixdown.mag.au.

Van Zalinge
You’d have to say the Van Zalinge electric upright bass is categorically the weirdest guitar that Sting has played, but it seemed to work well for him. The Dutch-made instrument was used on the recordings of Synchronicity and perhaps even on Ghost in the Machine earlier. He liked to thicken up his lines by playing them both on an upright and then an electric as well on recordings.

With all due respect to Sting, BG, and EUB players, drawing a good sound out of an acoustic doublebass requires different technique, whether we wish that were true or not.

 

[TroyK]

As long as we've taken this discussion this far, I may as well point out that this is not a GS Vespa.

 

[FunkHead]

My theory is pretty good. I can certainly play a lot of notes in rapid succession, but I don't think that's what makes a great musician on its own.

I can play and I do. I've played thousands of solos on stage and dozens on recording. Sometimes I'm happy with them, sometimes I'm not, but none are mind-blowing.

My ear is rather good, which is one thing that makes me aware of my limitations.

Again, maybe our standards are different, maybe you are a better player than me.




With all due respect to Sting, BG, and EUB players, drawing a good sound out of an acoustic doublebass requires different technique, whether we wish that were true or not.

I would never say I'm better than someone on bass. It just doesn't work that way. But when it comes time to whale on the bass, I come up with something that is me and me alone. I guess when I think of someone like Sting letting it all out, I know how I play at that moment and I figure he'll do even better.
Honestly, If I didn't feel like I could blow peoples minds, I wouldn't even bother.
That's why I am not an NBA player, I know I can't make a lot of 3 pointers. I know I can't slam dunk.