Quote from: edwardofhuncote on May 27, 2018, 01:06:25 PM

I'm going to say, chalk that one up to the contrary nature of upright basses, Dave. I love 'em... no telling how much, but accurately amplifying upright basses has foiled many a player and sound-dude.

A freebie for you all: Best sound I ever got from an upright was from an SM58 with the barrel wrapped in a bar towel, then stuck in the hole of bridge. 

Peter

"A freebie for you all: Best sound I ever got from an upright was from an SM58 with the barrel wrapped in a bar towel, then stuck in the hole of bridge. "

Peter



There he is... after all these years, I have finally found 'That Guy', and his name is Peter.   


I've done the old SM58 in a bar towel trick many times, and you know what - it is better than half the junk out there. One of the best contraptions I ever saw was a homemade thing that clamped to the edge of the bass and held a good ol' SM57 right in place. Still, amplifying an upright bass presents a huge problem. It's just physics man... you simply can't have something that big designed to resonate naturally anyway, on a stage with a bunch of other low frequency resonance at high gain. It's a disaster trying to happen. The bar towel (or notch filters) is just slowing it down. 

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on May 27, 2018, 03:50:04 PM


"A freebie for you all: Best sound I ever got from an upright was from an SM58 with the barrel wrapped in a bar towel, then stuck in the hole of bridge. "

Peter



There he is... after all these years, I have finally found 'That Guy', and his name is Peter.   


I've done the old SM58 in a bar towel trick many times, and you know what - it is better than half the junk out there. One of the best contraptions I ever saw was a homemade thing that clamped to the edge of the bass and held a good ol' SM57 right in place. Still, amplifying an upright bass presents a huge problem. It's just physics man... you simply can't have something that big designed to resonate naturally anyway, on a stage with a bunch of other low frequency resonance at high gain. It's a disaster trying to happen. The bar towel (or notch filters) is just slowing it down. 

Agreed, so rather than trying to fight it all and swim upstream, just use an electric bass if the gig calls for it. Perhaps even an electric upright. Best of both worlds there. The feel of an upright with the control of an electric.


And to keep this on topic, right now I am listening to Unpolished by Midnite. Great reggae band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJADi9axZ4E

Actually, Gregory, the towel was to 1) make it fit without 2) scratching the bass; if it gave the notch filters an assist, I didn't even realize it....

And jwright9, "if the gig calls for it" is the key here; there times when not only is a doghouse the only sound that will work, there are times when a doghouse is the only sound that will work but it needs to be louder.

Peter (who needs to get to bed, but will give the Midnite a proper listen upon the morrow - the little I had time for sure makes me want to; thanks!)

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Close To The Edge

Just got back from the Tedeschi Trucks Band show at the Riverside.

Delicious.


Charlie Parr opened for them, he was very good.  Left with two of his cd's.  Here is a sample:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AtCRyXuYw8E

Enjoy.

James McMurtry;and  He definitely inherited his dad's facility with language (especially if you can get past the John Hoosier Mellonhead production)!

Peter

Man, I love Tedeshi Trucks. They're so fun to listen to.

Last listen was Ten Mile Jog-George Duke band. It came onto my radio channel and I had to re-listen to it over and over all night at work. SO good!

Quote from: StefanieJones on May 30, 2018, 04:17:32 PM
Man, I love Tedeshi Trucks. They're so fun to listen to.

Last listen was Ten Mile Jog-George Duke band. It came onto my radio channel and I had to re-listen to it over and over all night at work. SO good!

Stefanie... they really are such a wonderful band, the whole band, no egos just beauty... like a warm blanket on a cold morning.  My wife and I have seen them live 3 times and always leave felling sooo good.

They played this last night, my favorite and the extended intro that they played for us brought chills and tears.
Midnight In Harlem
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6GkdCiqsFUI

Quote from: pauldo on May 30, 2018, 06:01:49 PM... They played this last night ...

A lovely performance from back when Oteil was in the band.

Quote... my favorite and the extended intro that they played for us brought chills and tears.

Speaking of whom, this was from a few nights ago; .

That's beautiful and haunting, pauldo. The whole band works so well together, too.

Peter (Who thinks he may be in love.......)

Saw her in New Orleans recently and she's the real deal

And for the uninitiated youngsters around here, the original (starts at about 50 seconds in):



Bill, tgo