Typical audience reaction to a bass solo

youtube ^ | Nov 8, 2017 | Danny Sapko

[Rebelbase]

Added.

[Lazamataz]

Simple answer:

Grow trees in enclosed spaces, strictly meant for instruments, and restrict their CO2.

In fact, no idea why nobody has done this.

Let’s us two guys get rich.

[daltec]

For Christmas, little Johnny's parents get him a bass and some lessons so he can learn to play.

Johnny comes home from the first lesson. Mom asks, "what did you learn in your first lesson, Johnny?"

"I learned the first four notes on the E string."

"That's great, Johnny, keep up the good work!"

Johnny comes home from the second lesson. Mom asks, "what did you learn in your second lesson, Johnny?"

"I learned the first four notes on the A string."

"That's great, Johnny, keep up the good work!"

Around the time of the third lesson, Mom asks, "what did you learn in your third lesson, Johnny?"

"Oh, I blew it off, I had a gig."

[SunkenCiv]

Denser woods in general tend to be used. And the CO2 levels have risen (perhaps, based on proxy data) by 100 ppm in the past 150 or so years. I'm not sure that CO2 levels haven't declined since the 1970s.

[Mama Shawna]

AWESOME! I play that song (very differently - more like the Michelle Shocked version). Gotta show that bass solo to hubby.

[Mama Shawna]

Here’s a great, all bass/vocals version of Adeles ‘Send My Love to Your New Lover’. Fast forward to 2:30 if you don’t care for the song itself (I love it). The audience is QUITE appreciative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s24fLEYaeEk

[newfreep]

Glen Campbell played his “Wichita Lineman” guitar solo on a 6-string bass he borrowed from Carol Kaye, the great bassist for the Wrecking Crew.

[a fool in paradise]

Well clone yourself and learn how to get paid twice on the same session

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5GqYJs

[BEJ]

Yeah, jazz on a fretless or stand up would be cool. Or just some dixieland jazz. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXKDu6cdXLI

[Chode]

bovine critics

[Magic Fingers]

That was great - sent the link to a couple of bass players I know.

[VietVet876]

Sorry but I could never get into Dixieland at all. Louis Armstrong and Al Hirt are annoying to me but I could listen to Miles 24/7. Bass players I never tire of are Jaco Pastorius and Jack Bruce. Larry Carlton’s son Travis is a current young star as is Tal Wilkenfeld.

[BEJ]

Yeah, Jack Bruce was good. Started out in classical of all things and eventually ended up in Cream. I also like him in BBM for his Cream style writing. I don’t know who is up and coming but I sure there is something that has to put you on the map.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Did you hear the one about the bass player who couldn’t make the gig because he didn’t have the time?

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

I suppose it boils down to what you choose to play, for a bass solo.

Jeff Berlin, National Anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNmU_m2pE8I

[Free in Texas]

Thanks, Rebelbase!

[cuban leaf]

Since the bridge and sometimes the pickups are mounted to the wood guitar body, the wood does affect the tone.

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That is what the videos try to debunk, and pretty convincingly. Unamplified you can hear it, but once you use the pickups for the sound, any affect the wood has is so small as to be undetectable by most people.

It becomes one of those discussions (dare I say, “arguments”) that are common in hi-fi circles regarding some of those really expensive snake oil hi-fi products. I’ve been part of THAT discussion since the early 70’s.

BTW, the youtube video with the blind A/B test is part four of a series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgwaiScrwA

It’s baseline guitar has a clear lexan body.

[LilFarmer]

That is funny, my dog did the same thing! Came running in here, and was tilting her head mat my iPad trying to figure it out

[VietVet876]

I don’t care what most people can detect when hearing a guitar playing. I only care what I hear and feel when I’m playing one. As far as trying to make audio judgments from videos, I gave up on that a long time ago and only trust my ears in live situations.

[cuban leaf]

Nailed it. I spent a lot of time meditating on this for the last couple of decades and, honestly, all that stuff matters to the player. There are so many things we, as players, do to our sound that, truth be told, is completely lost in the mix. But that is not the point.

We don’t play music because it’s a job. We play because we enjoy it. That means we like playing an instrument that feels good, looks good in a way we personally appreciate (some like high gloss candy apple red, some like exotic woods and some like “stressed”)

This also speaks to why we can tell the difference between a Mesa blues tone and a boss effects “blues tone”. But the audience usually can’t. And in a life setting, fuggetaboutit.

But The player can, and it affects their playing and enjoyment of playing.