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Double Bass The Alsatian Queen Rises from the Dead

#43
fingers said:
Ah but I have played at the Blind Faith before and had the macrobiotic plate. I say give me a ****ing steak. Bloody please.

I matured young. Italian genes and all.
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It was a phase. I also had hair down to my ass and wore birks in the snow then. I was an ass hole.

Now I'd prefer the steak to that dogpoopie as well. We need to go get one somewhere in Chitown where we can eat massive quantities of aged beef and talk about women's body parts all night.
 
#48
Interesting. In the toadpit, not yet on the gig, I was monkeying with my AMT A/Bing it with the Sennheiser I usually use. Now with the most recent work the AMT is kicking the Sennheiser's ass. Perhaps placement is an issue. I'm not sure that's the best spot to hear this bass. Out further and catching a bit of FF hole air gives the mic a lot more of that great sound and it seems more synergistic with the pickup.

The annoyance is that damn AMT with it's cables and preamp and all that crap that breaks and takes time to set up and putz with....uggh. I dunno.
 
#52
davidprice said:
Excellent, well written and interesting tale of resurrection.

BTW: being from Columbus and being a dude in charge at a fret shop, do you know the guitar player Dave Workman? He's from there -- though I played with him for 10+ years in San Francisco. Terrific player and good friend. Same with the drummer Bili Turner.
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Yep. Great player. Miss him round these parts. Bili I don't remember.
 
#53
Loved the story in Bass Gear, and this follow up too. I did however think it was a deathmetal post when I saw the title :D

You know they make this stuff called epoxy, that would take care of any rattles and it's much quicker than that pesky hide glue:confused::D

Seriously though, I can only imagine what it is like having an instrument that has seen that many years and music. I am facinated by the guys who know how to restore these babies.

Congrats!!

Pete
 
#54
Uncletoad said:
Yep. Great player. Miss him round these parts. Bili I don't remember.
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Bili played in Dave's band with Willie Pooch (obviously later than Dave's band the Dantes) through most of the '70s in and around Columbus as well as with Earl Klugh, Sonny Stitt and Marcus Belgrave. Bili and Dave both backed Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Jr. Wells, Koko Taylor, Sonny Rhodes and quite a few others together.

Recently had Columbus musician Christian Howes pass pass through here - wow.
 
#56
You know, that's the best feeling when you invest in a restoration. Not only do you get the pay-back now, but you're instrumental in a rebirth for players in the future who can really enjoy a healthy bass as it's handed down throughout the years.
Long live the Queen.
 
#57
Paul Warburton said:
You know, that's the best feeling when you invest in a restoration. Not only do you get the pay-back now, but you're instrumental in a rebirth for players in the future who can really enjoy a healthy bass as it's handed down throughout the years.
Long live the Queen.
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And if Baby V shows any signs of playing the big bass for real he'll have something that by the time he's old enough to use it would cost more than either of us could afford to get at that time.
 
#58
Not that my opinions here make jack-sh!t difference ....

But I have to weigh-in and congratulate Vincent's Dad for a wise-purchase. Papa-Toad has been my long-time comic-relief / string-junky-blogger / good'n'loud'n'ampped-up advice-junky / and twisted-smart-ass Hero ever since I joined TalkBass :D .

More important ... I bet he can play An Upright :D :hiding: . I hope to hear him and The Queen someday .... We don't get too-many century'n'half carved basses played by a Ohio Wildman with an Attitude to listen to around here where I live :p .

I have read everything Toad ever-wrote here at TB .... The Journey to acquire The Carved Queen has been entertaining to me no-doubt.

I am totally amazed ..... Given that ....

The 150+ Queen has survived 2 World Wars (plus some pesky smaller Euro conflicts) and then She landed here in the US of A somehow .....

And then there were those Awful repair-jobs ...

And then .... To me the most-amazing part ....

The Queen has mostly defeated Our Universe's fatal-proclivity toward entropy-sh!t-storms and total-chaos to come out the other-end to make orderly sound waves pleasing to the human ear .... Not an easy task for a fragile, combustible, bustable, box of air with long-twangers on it :p .

Toad ... Your write-up of what Nick did was excellent. I sure appreciate the down-right common-sense, skill, and creativity of a Good Luthier. I love how Nick did the "hide-glue-soaked-linen" and lams to build-up and strengthen the sides .... And all the other cleats and wood-working tricks ...

I guess you now have to call The Queen a "hybrid" :hiding: ! Let me know if you ever want to sell the plywoody Cleve ;) .

Double-bass luthiers may never be fully-appreciated ... Except by double-bass players who know what a beast they can be .... (the instrument ... not the luthier) ....

Sorry I waxxed eloquent ... I play plywoodys Kay and Epiphone ... Not like The Queen. Long Live and All Hail The Queen.
 

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