This reminds me. Once when I emailed Gary, he asked about sampling me,
but I never got back to him. Can this happen, hundreds of miles away?
Ray Horton
Bass Trombonist
Louisville Orchestra
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Chuck,
I hadn't thought of replacing the low E string with a low B string. If
you're willing to do that for Gary, that would actually be very cool.
I'll be sure to mention it to him at some point.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 16 Feb 2007, at 8:00 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
I have a newly acquired bass that I have offered to let Gary record
(no response on that so far - I think he's swamped with more
important things). It is deeper sounding than the one included in
JABB (bass sample 2) and had a low C extension on it when it was used
in the Seattle Symphony some years ago. You can see the repairs
where the holes for the extension are filled in on the side of the
neck. My assumption is that there is enough depth in this
instrument's sound to support the lower notes and, if Gary ever takes
me up on my offer, I could easily put on a low B string in place of
the low E, just to record the extra low range. Scordatura will be
unlikely to have the same good sound, as the string would begin to
sound flabby as you de-tuned it. You might get away with a whole
step - but by the time you got down to C, it would problaby not sound
very good without either the extra length an extension would provide,
or the extra wight of a thicker string.
If you want this - go ahead and bug Gary, and remind him of my offer
to spend a few hours making the samples.
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