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Permalink Playing surf/instro with a stand up bass?

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Thanks Man Cool
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Facebook pages theSupertones
or @ Timothy C Sullivan

As a rockabilly/psychobill addict for many years I always wanted to try the upright bass for my surf band and we even had some funny jams with it while playing on 'billy parties and festivals
After seeing The Supertones guess I will try more!

Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

New Single is out!

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Hawaii 5-0 w a stand up bass

Casey,
Where was the gig?

Happy Sunsets!

We have a semi-regular gig there once a month or so, great venue on the river here in Richmond VA.

http://www.conchrepublicrocketts.com/

we used such kind of bass in our band called The King Kongs, in its last line-up.
it was quite cool-)

welcome to Sloptonia!
https://sloptones.bandcamp.com/

so, does anyone play surf music with an upright double bass and a BOW?

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dp wrote:

so, does anyone play surf music with an upright double bass and a BOW?

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My bass player does, sounds great

toddr513 wrote:

dp wrote:

so, does anyone play surf music with an upright double bass and a BOW?

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My bass player does, sounds great

toddr513 wrote:

toddr513 wrote:

dp wrote:

so, does anyone play surf music with an upright double bass and a BOW?

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My bass player does, sounds great

toddr513 wrote:

My bass player does, sounds great

I would love to hear or see a sample posted... so intriguing!

Last edited: Jun 09, 2015 11:13:37

I saw the Aqua Velvets a few weeks back. They had an upright bass player. The instrument was narrow, not wide like the one above.

We played a small cafe in a local market recently. Drums would have really pushed the volume level up too loud, so our drummer used his bongos and congas; bass player played his standup with just a little help from a small amp. I used a Princeton Reverb, other guitar player something around that size. I was very happy with our overall sound and mix, and we got good reviews and asked back.
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Stand Up Bass in a Surf-Rock Instro Trio

Last edited: Jun 05, 2016 12:18:58

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