synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4540
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Dec 13 2020 03:00 PM
Strat-o-rama wrote:
Here's one for you. Jack Nitzsche's The Last Race from Village of the Giants. Tarantino used it for opening credits of Death Proof, with some EQ work and edited for length.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6VUEY5_Zcc
That is really great. I just love the sound of a Bass VI, and I'd wager that is what we are hearing in this song.
or those that haven't had the privilege, the Bass VI is an amazing instrument to play. It's a bass, but it plays like a guitar. Turn on all three pickups and reduce the tone control slightly and you can use it as a bass. I've played mine on gigs, as a bass.
Flip some switches, twiddle a few knobs and it becomes a very bold sounding baritone. The best part is, it plays like a guitar and can track a lead line, note for note. I recorded an instrumental version of Secret Agent Man a few years ago and added a fourth verse, where I doubled the lead line, an octave lower, with my VI. It came in subtly, almost sneaking up on the listener. It's amazing because the VI is so agile that it can track every inflection of the lead guitar. So it's a bass, but it's not a bass, all at the same time. 
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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matt
Joined: Oct 18, 2010
Posts: 655
Boston, MA
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Posted on Dec 14 2020 03:37 PM
Now you're making me wonder if I should've gone for a bass VI instead of a baritone!
— Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters
Boston's Premier Surf/Noir Combo
http://www.heatonsurf.com
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4540
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Dec 14 2020 03:49 PM
matt wrote:
Now you're making me wonder if I should've gone for a bass VI instead of a baritone!
I thought it through and decided that a B-B or even an A-A baritone would on,y give me an extra fourth or fifth of range. A Bass VI would give me an octave. I went with the VI and have no regrets.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4540
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Dec 17 2020 03:31 PM
kick_the_reverb wrote:
Here's my YouTube playlist for Bass VI/Baritone/Low register instrumentals, with many of the above songs in it:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlO7eElvQWj0Cv85A2i5oND0uuXvtUZ9q
Ran
That's a great playlist. Gave me my minimum daily requirement of low tones, all in one dose.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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kick_the_reverb
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 1338
Escondido, CA
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Posted on Dec 18 2020 12:43 PM
Glad you enjoyed it!
synchro wrote:
kick_the_reverb wrote:
Here's my YouTube playlist for Bass VI/Baritone/Low register instrumentals, with many of the above songs in it:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlO7eElvQWj0Cv85A2i5oND0uuXvtUZ9q
Ran
That's a great playlist. Gave me my minimum daily requirement of low tones, all in one dose.
— The Scimitars
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el_pablo
Joined: Apr 16, 2012
Posts: 94
Biot
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Posted on Dec 18 2020 01:02 PM
I dig the bass VI in this spaghetti westernish song by tortoise:
https://youtu.be/v4G4W3UFv0k
— Paul
The Dead Planet Surfers
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pavlovsdog
Joined: Nov 22, 2010
Posts: 296
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Posted on Dec 19 2020 12:12 AM
I'm glad someone mentioned Tortoise! One of my favorite videos to watch on youtue is Tortoise playing the entire TNT album live.
https://youtu.be/EwJf5fw57Yo
Also, the gentlemen who plays Bass VI in Tortoise - Doug McCombs - uses it heavily in his other projects like Brokeback, which is also really good.
Last edited: Dec 19, 2020 00:15:41
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el_pablo
Joined: Apr 16, 2012
Posts: 94
Biot
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Posted on Dec 19 2020 03:37 AM
pavlovsdog wrote:
I'm glad someone mentioned Tortoise! One of my favorite videos to watch on youtue is Tortoise playing the entire TNT album live.
https://youtu.be/EwJf5fw57Yo
Also, the gentlemen who plays Bass VI in Tortoise - Doug McCombs - uses it heavily in his other projects like Brokeback, which is also really good.
Yes, I’ve watched that vid a few times. I saw them play this album live in Melbourne, Australia back in the late 90s. I found this article a while back where Doug talks about his gear: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23525-tortoises-jeff-parker-and-doug-mccombs-slow-n-steady?page=2
— Paul
The Dead Planet Surfers
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matt
Joined: Oct 18, 2010
Posts: 655
Boston, MA
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Posted on Dec 21 2020 12:40 PM
It's here! my guitar finally arrived. I'll be playing it on my weekly Instagram Live "Surf Guitar Happy Hour" (that's monday, 5pm eastern, insta @theelectricheaters if you're interested.)
— Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters
Boston's Premier Surf/Noir Combo
http://www.heatonsurf.com
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rosewoodtone
Joined: Mar 26, 2021
Posts: 1
Newport RI
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Posted on Mar 28 2021 03:17 PM
The band everyone hated - Springsteen's Lucky Town/Human Touch lineup featured an unjustifiably persecuted Shane Fontayne playing incendiary lead guitar, with two songs featuring his Bass VI strung and tuned as a B-b baritone. Check them out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJwPVpDAAdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueIYdZrglVo&list=PLJ3gKh8Ty5pbccXmiIkXNfQ2dUMIu6OVT&index=18
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Toynbee
Joined: Jul 16, 2019
Posts: 41
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Posted on Apr 02 2021 06:39 PM
Gee whizzo flip out! I was wondering how you got that sound. I thought I was hearing a bass guitar in some songs, or maybe it was, I don't know? I'll have to try setting up a baritone guitar and check it out.
How about this?
THE DEEP - Trip #76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWuBT-uXbI
This might be a baritone guitar here:
Strange House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3gBnFLK2JU
Last edited: Apr 02, 2021 18:49:02
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Sabicas
Joined: Apr 28, 2021
Posts: 2
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Posted on Apr 28 2021 05:58 PM
A spaghetti western Morricone classic with iconic baritone riff, featured in Kill Bill (Bill's death scene)
Navajo Joe
As well, I just posted this new thread:
Spaghetti Western anyone? Baritone guitar content.....
Last edited: Apr 28, 2021 17:59:13
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25670
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 28 2021 09:05 PM
Hmmmmm?
Sounds like regular guitar to me.
the range of notes, and the lack of deep tone.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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