I just listened to the Lionel Hampton version of Giant Steps by John Coltrane off the album The Best of Lionel Hampton and I couldn't tell if the bassist Tom Warrington was playing on electric or upright. It sounds very electric, but it could just be a very well miked upright. Anybody know?
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Double Bass Upright or Electric?
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If it was a well miked DB, you would know that it was a DB.
A quick google of the bassist in question reveals he is a double bassist, so I am guessing that it wasn't a slab. More than likely it was a DI of a pickup off a DB, a popular recording technique from the 70's that gave a very electricy sound to DBs. But the tell tale sign will be the little technique and stylistic things that makes a DB distinct from a slab no matter the sound, so check that again and listen real close!
A quick google of the bassist in question reveals he is a double bassist, so I am guessing that it wasn't a slab. More than likely it was a DI of a pickup off a DB, a popular recording technique from the 70's that gave a very electricy sound to DBs. But the tell tale sign will be the little technique and stylistic things that makes a DB distinct from a slab no matter the sound, so check that again and listen real close!
Not familiar with the recording in question, but Tom does play both porkchop and dog house. Knows his way around both pretty darn well too.................
I think it may be an EUB of some kind, or the signal taken off a PU on a DB, very hard to tell, at least with the earbuds I'm using. If it is a DB, I'm not hearing any mic.
