The Bass Guitar Blog » video http://bassguitarblog.com The Blog for Bass Players - Covering all the basses! Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Clever Bass? Weird Bass http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/clever-bass-weird-bass/ http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/clever-bass-weird-bass/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:23:03 +0000 Benjamin http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=649 halie-on-orchid-bass
The design of the bass has been pretty much set in stone since its birth. There have been one or two notable exceptions over the years, so when I saw and read about the Orchid bass, it really caught my attention.

The bass was designed and built by Luthier Rich Toone. It has a 32″ neck, a Trapezoidal Neck Profile, and was specifically designed for it’s player, Halie (aged 16 when the bass was made).

There are certainly some weird basses out there. Check out the world’s largest bass. Actually, I’m not sure it is, as I remember someone making a massive double bass a while back, but do check out the link to Last.FM’s rebuttal of TechCrunch’s journalism on sharing user’s music data in that post. There are also some beautiful basses about, see the incredible carving on this Univox Eagle Bass.

However, it’s rare to see weirdness and clever design in one instrument, as in the Orchid. There are lots of little design tweaks, along with the very unusual body shape. See the Orchid Bass in action in this video to understand what I mean:

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In the short clip Alex explains the 3 finger technique – amazing for playing at speed, 1/16th notes here we come…It is used by players including Billy Sheehan and John Myung.

Alex’s first time streaming live to the web!:

 



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]]> http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/three-finger-technique-alex-webster-video/feed/ 4 The Case of The Bass and BA http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/the-case-of-the-bass-and-ba/ http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/the-case-of-the-bass-and-ba/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:09:37 +0000 Benjamin http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=623 I like stories that have a happy ending – they aren’t as plentiful as I’d like though. So, here’s one for you…

A little while bass I blogged about Flying With A Bass, including the episode of UK solo bassist Steve Lawson ending up distressed, with an even more distressed bass:

Cracked Modulus Bass

That’s not what you want to see when you open your bass case. Steve was with us this week, so I grabbed the camera phone and asked him what happened next (you’ll need to crank up the volume a bit – I need to find a good external mic :) ):

Nice one Modulus – more detail over on Steve’s blog.

(sorry for lack of posts in the last couple of days this is why – Speaking of Twitter and bass, Modulus are on twitter so you can follow them for updates).



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If you are more of a text kind of a person, then read the article on Mutant Bass. Oh, and I like the way he calls it “fret hand” rather than “left hand” – very lefty friendly.



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So, I was very pleased to find this video with Ed Friedland (aka The Bass Whisperer), which gives a nice walk through of the Ernie Ball made Music Man Sterling 5 string for Guitar World Magazine (via Guitar Warehouse).

It seems that the pickups are one of the big differences, but generally it is a very flexible bass, although it isn’t likely to be everyone’s first choice. Over to Ed…

 

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]]> http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/5-string-music-man-sterling-bass/feed/ 0 Bass Duo – Steve Lawson and Michael Manring Live http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/bass-duo-steve-lawson-and-michael-manring-live/ http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/bass-duo-steve-lawson-and-michael-manring-live/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:22:01 +0000 Benjamin http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=354 It’s been a little while since we’ve had a video on the blog, and I’ve not posted a Bass Duo before, so Steve Lawson sorting through his video collection and posting this live improv with Michael Manring turns out to be very timely! Enjoy!

Steve Lawson/Michael Manring live improv, 2005

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]]> http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/bass-duo-steve-lawson-and-michael-manring-live/feed/ 0 Sometimes One Bass Just Isn’t Enough http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/10/sometimes-one-bass-just-isnt-enough/ http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/10/sometimes-one-bass-just-isnt-enough/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:34:14 +0000 Benjamin http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=263 Watts Tower Festival Bass Choir in tribute to Charles Mingus:

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