Ron Carter Quartett – live at Rüsselsheim/Germany
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Lieg
DB05
Type: Electret
Mode: active
Preamp: incl.
This pickup has two sensors, each mounted to a bridge wing. For each sensor, a small wooden shelf must be glued onto the bridge. The preamp has a control to blend the two pickup sources, a treble cut filter and a build-in battery check circuit.
Available from Hubert Liegois, maker of the Lieg DBA200 amp
Hubert Liegeois, Tel. ++33 (0)6 19 16 93 40
hubert.liegeois [a t] laposte.net (website currently not available)
Ron Carter Biography
Jazz critic Dan Ouelette has published a biography on Jazz bassist Ron Carter: “Finding the right notes”. The book is exclusively available at the Artist Share website, which also features journals and blogs, photo galleries, and streaming audio and video that provide a behind-the-scenes look at Ron’s life.
Leonard Gaskin †
Leonard Gaskin died Saturday morning, January 24, 2009. According to workers at Ozanam Hall, the nursing home in Bayside, Queens where Mr. Gaskin had been living for the last several years, he did not experience any prolonged illness, but died of natural causes.
Gaskin has worked with Dizzy Gillespie and other beboppers in the mid-1940ies. In the 1950ies, he became one of the favourite bassplayers of the neo-traditional-movement around Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman and Ruby Braff. In the 1960ies, he worked with Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Stitt and Brother Jack McDuff.
New: The adjustable soundpost
In the catalogue of a tool supplier, I just found this great invention: an adjustable double bass soundpost. This soundpost offers exact adjustment of the soundpost length, even from the outside of the bass. No need for using two soundposts for summer and winter seasons anymore. And it’s easy to use for both players and luthiers.
Update: Somebody just clarified that this tool is rather a guitar repair tool than an adjustable double bass soundpost. Sorry for the above incorrect information. My fault 😉
Cromacord
Podium MXV-B
Type: 4/5 channel combo amp
Power Rating: 100/150 Watt (RMS)
Drivers: 2 x 8″ , 2 x tweeter
Size: 470 x 345 x 265 mm
Weight: 13 kg
Features: Compressor-Limiter, channel #1, #2 und #3 with semi-automatic Gain, channel #1 with parametric Mid control.
Whitey Mitchell †
Gordon “Whitey” Mitchell, jazz bassist and comedy writer, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Whitey Mitchell, brother of the late jazz great Red Mitchell, started his jazz career in New York playing bass with big band legends Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Lester Young on the Jazz at the Philharmonic series.
Later, Mitchell became a staff writer and story editor on “Get Smart”, Bob Hope’s comedy TV specials and sit-coms as “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Odd Couple” and “Mork and Mindy”. He also wrote two books: his autobiography, “Hackensack to Hollywood: My Two Show Business Careers,” and “Star Walk: A Guide to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.”
Quote: Joe Pass
If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards…
Joe Pass
Double Bass Workshop: website Relaunch
The Double Bass Workshop (Madison, Wisconsin), formerly run by Henry Boehm and now handed over to Vince Jesse, has recently relaunched their website. The site not only shows their inventory, but also gives ”some thoughts on“ double bass related topics like bass construction, setup, strings, etc.
(hey, the Christopher Busseto doublebass header graphic resembles another website I know …)
Update: Vince has replaced my bass’ photo at the website recently. Thanks!
