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Gut strings can make a "cheap" bass sound A LOT better...you don't need a 100k bass to sound great or get into an orchestra. If you practice and have talent then the instrument is second (the way it should be). |
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Are you saying that gut strings will improve the sound of my plywood?
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Guts are for the orchestral register of the instrument, ie. how we make our money. Anything in TP requires steel. |
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I took a lesson from a local orchestral guy who gave me some insight into arco on the gut strings. He played my bass for a bit, including some of the Vivaldi stuff he has recorded. He made my gut strung bass sound like a million bucks.
Of course, right after he was done, he was telling me how much he didn't like 'em, and couldn't figure out why I insisted on using them. |
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Check out this (click here) beautiful period performance on Viennese tuned gut violone -- frets and all. I've always wanted to study period music on a period/replica setup like that. Can you imagine the fun tuning the viola d'amore? Closest I've gotton so far to period setup is to fiddle with Viennese tuning (A-D-F#-A) on my modern double bass with steel strings ... inspired by Edicson Ruiz's Vanhal performance setup (click here). Edicson went to London to study Viennese tuning with Chi-chi Nwanoku (click here). Chi-chi spends most of her time on a Viennese gut setup ... I am envious of her career.
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Mark Stefaniw, Bassist Low-C Double Bass Studio www.MarkStefaniwMusic.com 303-679-4437 |
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I might, but just barely, agree with you...in the "Duo Sweet 17" performance I cited in my previous post (above), the violone player does some really nice, and extensive, TP work.
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Second, the name Charles Stark was made up by us after a member Died and his mother wanted his content removed from the internet. Being intertwined on many threads, we just changed his name where he was interacting and deleted very little. He was still a student by the way. Not yet a full time working professional so take that into consideration. So, that person you just responded to can't hear you. Sorry. |
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