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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Masterclasses at David Gage
David Gage String Instruments (celebrates his 30th year in the business in 2007) has announced upcoming masterclasses. The 2007-2008 Workshop Series is about to begin with two great presentations: first, the father and son duo Barre & Dave Phillips will be at Gage’s Workshop in Manhatten on Tuesday, November 27th, and then Ron Carter will present a masterclass on left-hand technique on Monday, December 3rd. These presentations will be streamed live on the internet on www.mikesmasterclasses.com.
Link tips
Double bass Luthier Georgio Pianzola from Switzerland has recetly relaunched his website www.kontrabass.ch.
Toby Chennel has published a short video on making a cornerless double bass at Youtube; Matthew Tucker from Australia shows at Youtube his DIY-bending iron in action. He’s currently working on his second bass, a cornerless model.
Christopher Double Basses now have a German website, too.
Rockability
KBV-600
Type: amp head
Power rating: 600 Watt RMS into 4 Ohm
Size: 19-inch 2 units
Weight: ca 8.5 kg
Features: dual channel (“Slap” and “Bass”); XLR/jack hybrid connectors, Impedance switching pushbutton, variable low-cut with Bypass and Mute, 2 Preamps, Mix control fader between “Slap” und “Bass”, Sum Level Control, 4-band fully parametric EQ; Pushbutton EQ on/off
A suitable speaker cabinet “410-light” (4 x 10″ + 1″ Neodym) is also available for this amp.
Rufus Reid video clips on jazzdoublebass.com
JazzDoubleBass.com, a new online resource for jazz double bassists with a discussion forum, articles on learning and practising and biographies of double bass giants, now has published a couple of video clips with Rufus Reid. Tom Hill talks to Rufus Reid about various topics including his bass setup, hints and tips for aspiring bass players, his new recordings and much more.
Scott LaFaro on TV
Three very short video clips featuring Scott LaFaro can be viewed at Charles A. Ralston’s website. The videos are excerpts from the April 1958 Bobby Troup ‘Stars of Jazz’ show featuring the Richie Kamuca Quintet. There’s also an interesting transkript of a rehearsal of LaFaro and Bill Evans …
” (…)
00:31 EVANS: [starts to play] Good.
LAFARO: [bows tuning his bass]
00:46 EVANS: [begins playing ‘My Foolish Heart’ solo]
02:26 LAFARO: Unbelievable, powerful, beautiful, [ then begins to accompany Evans]
03:32 EVANS: We’re now talking about
03:42 LAFARO: E-flat minor
04:00 EVANS: Yeah, . . . I think I was playing ? full type piano . . . I wish I could go a little lower on this one . . . ‘A’ might be nice.
04:12 LAFARO: I don’t know, I feel like I was playing . . .
[EVANS/LAFARO play a bit]
LAFARO: E-flat
EVANS: A-flat (…)”
Double Bass Guide Relaunch
Since I’ve put together the first version of my double bass website more than 10 years ago, the Internet and the way websites get published has changed. So I decided to turn my rather static Double Bass Guide website into a dynamic site, or more specific a so called weblog, offering the visitors advanced features like comments, RSS feeds, trackbacks, tags etc.; and me a more comfortable way to keep everything up to date. After installing WordPress to the webserver, adjusting the templates and stylesheets, putting together the category structure and feeding the database with content, I’ve finally replaced the old static pages and launched this DoubleBassGuide weblog. Please use the comment feature and let me know wheter you like it!
– Jonas
Bass Musician Magazine
The Bass Musician Magazine is a new bi-monthly virtual bass magazine. The current issue features interviews with double bassists Eric Hochberg, Christian McBride, and article on “How to Get a Good Sound When Recording With an Acoustic Bass”, and more.
Zubkov, Igor
Type: piezoceramic
Mode: passive
Preamp: –
Similar to the classic Underwood. The piezos are embedded in a bronze case covered with plastic. There are two sizes available: 5 mm and 8 mm. For precise fitting to the bridge slots, the height of the sensors can be modified to 3.3 mm and 5.3 mm by removing some material from the plastic cap.
Igor Zubkov, Kase 55, 12012, Tallinn, Estonia Tel./Fax (372) 6 48 01 94
Yamahiko
CPS-DB
Type: piezoceramic
Mode: passive
Preamp: —
This PU uses a piezo sensor housed in the wheel of a bridge height adjuster. Because the cable(s) can be removed, it is possible to rotate the adjuster easily. It’s offered a single (one wheel) or double (two wheels) sensor model.
This japanese PU has been offered since 1987, but is almost unknown outside Japan. Eddie Gomez is an endorser, and has provided a soundclip playing the CPS-DB for Yamahiko’s website.