Double Bass Tone and volume controls on double basses

[B String]

JimmyM There are things availible like what you want. I
believe Lee Rocker has a bass with a built in pickup and
preamp, with tone and volume knobs on the bass. There are
a number of companies who can do this for "performance"
oriented musicians. The problem that these jokers are joking
about is, almost anyone who is a serious upright player would
have a hard time carving up a nice bass to put electronics in
that may not be the sound you're after in the end. Also, your
sonic taste may change over time. Also, its stupid to ruin a
nice bass for such a small amount of convenience. But if you
are talking strickly from a performance standpoint, it can be
and is done. You can get much more info (and less ribbing) on
a rockabilly bass site. But the respect factor for doing this to
a bass is pretty low in general.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

But the respect factor for doing this to
a bass is pretty low in general.

Amusement factor's pretty high, tho'...

 

[anonymous0726]

Does metal flake paint deaden the tone more than candy apple?

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Actually I think that since the "flakes" are floating, as it were, in the polyscorbate resin, they aren't a factor in the sound.

 

[JimmyM]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This thread is so funny that I laughed until I stopped.

Fdeck, thank you for the informative answer. I'm not an electronics whiz, so your answer was exactly what I was hoping to find out.

B, I was thinking there might be a way to wrap them around the tailpiece. Certainly I'd never suggest carving up a nice bass to install controls.

Ray, your post made me laugh the hardest out of all of them. Coming from a guy who uses fan belts as bumpers, you could probably paint your bass with Imron and it wouldn't matter

OBTW, you want to talk customizing a bass, try this one on for size:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16222&item=7332729731&rd=1

 

[anonymous0726]

Egad! That thing is a crime!

It's not me that uses fan belts for bumpers, although I have heard of that being done.

 

[JimmyM]

Oh, sorry. I thought it was you...maybe it was Paul.

 

[Eric Jackson]

Egad! That thing is a crime!...

Yeah, how the hell ya gonna spin it with that extra neck in the way?
Candy apple red and flames over a yellow ground, my fave. John Juzek meets George Barris.

 

[anonymous0726]

Had to look up George (I knew some of his cars, but not his name). He'd have done it with a lot more taste...

 

[Eric Jackson]

...He'd have done it with a lot more taste...

Maybe... Seems for every beautiful car he built, like Bob Hirohata's Merc, there was a Hollywood dorkmobile like the Munster Koach.

 

[anonymous0726]

I've played 'Unforgettable' a forgettable number of times myself.