"Robert Ziegler (Ziggy)" <ziggy...@gmail.com>: Nov 19 08:36AM -0800
Greetings!
It has been a while since our last conversations. Sometimes we would
really get some topics going. It has been a long time since this was a
Geddy Lee listserv.
I was just wondering how many of us are still monitoring this group and
what we are up to.
Personally, I am still gigging - about 3x a month. Currently in a band
called "Vanishing Point". FB has us as "Vanishing Point of Central PA"
since there is an Australian Speed Metal band with the same name. Like
many of us during the pandemic I rediscovered home recording. I went the
PreSonus route and head up their Studio One Pennsylvania Meetup. I haven't
retired yet - not with a 15 year old son who hasn't gone to college yet
:-).
Yup - still carrying around vintage Acoustic Control equipment. A 370 head
and the 406 2x15 bottom.
So - who else is out there?
Best
- Ziggy - |
Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com>: Nov 19 12:11PM -0700
I’m still here!
In 2009, I got off the road (last touring band was Great American Taxi, featuring Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon. We were doing about 150 shows a year on the road) and decided, for some reason, to go to law school. Within 2 days, I got recruited by Colorado Grateful Dead tribute band, Shakedown Street. The band was formed in 1987, but no one in it now is a founding member and I think it’s a much better band. We play about 3-6 times a month and have done some really fun shows. Last summer, we played at the Levitt Pavilion in Denver and drew over 10,000 people. Also, the Denver sports teams jumped on the Grateful Dead night theme, so, on the recommendation of the Grateful Dead themselves, we got the gig. We play the Ball Arena about 4 or 5 times a year, for the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche, and the Colorado Mammoths lacrosse team.
I usually use a ’67 Starfire bass with Alembic Series II electronics and hardware into a Groove Tubes Studio Bass Preamp>Quilter Bass Block for power> Mike Arnopol MAS 210 Flex speaker. Or, instead of the last two, sometimes a ’67 Showman and ’67 Sunn 200S.
Last night, I played with the Last Waltz Revisited at the Boulder Theater and am looking forward to next Wednesday night at the Fillmore in Denver. That was with a brand new Squier Jazz bass. I hadn’t played a Fender style in 40 years and this one has been really fun.
Since about 2005, I have done a lot of location recording and it stepped up around 2010. I found myself as the go to guy for small jazz and Brazilian shows. Just last week I did front of house and recorded Ian Coury, a Brazilian virtuoso bandolim player. I’ve also become a beta tester for Metric Halo, a company that makes audio software and hardware, including some really amazing interfaces.
And, I’ve been practicing as a criminal defense and immigration attorney and have managed to keep a number of people from being deported as well as assisting with green cards and citizenship.
On top of all that, a month after I graduated from law school in 2012, we had our first child after being together for 21 years. Xander is an amazing, creative, brilliant, loving, and compassionate 10 year who adores music (mostly modern hip hop) and is an excellent beat boxer.
So, that’s the last 15 years or so in a nutshell.
Edwin
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Geoff Sprung <geoff....@gmail.com>: Nov 19 12:09PM -0800
I heard about the group while buying a bass from someone over 20 years ago
in northern Virginia. I still have that bass and I still watch for TBL
emails!
I think I’m a member of the Facebook group, but I don’t know the last time
I’ve logged on.
Since I joined the group, I’ve gone from being in a Virginia based band, to
a hired touring player in nashville, to a stay at home dad, to being a
member of the country band Old Dominion.
I’ve always appreciated how diverse the group is and how respectful we all
are.
It’s also the way I ended up connecting in person with a fellow nashville
player who has become a dear friend of mine!
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"er...@habbinga.com" <erikha...@gmail.com>: Nov 19 05:41PM -0700
I’m still around, and even ran into Edwin at a Stanley Clarke / Victor
Wooten show in Boulder in, *checks notes*, 2011. I’m exclusively playing
upright bass these days in various community orchestras in Northern
Colorado.
Edwin, if you see Chadzilla Johnson at the Denver Fillmore last waltz show,
please say hello for me.
Erik
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t harms <tedm...@yahoo.com>: Nov 19 07:47PM -0500
I’m still here.
At present, my musical outlet is a group that I lead a group - the VOC Silent Film Harmonic - that accompanies silent films with mostly improvised music.
We accompany three movies/year which we play at three venues in SW Ontario - Kitchener/Waterloo (our home venue), Hamilton, and Ottawa.
The movie dictates what bass I’m playing: upright (Chinese-factory plywood), acoustic (Epiphone El Capitane) or electric (Fender Jazz).
Usually running about 6-8 effect pedals to get the right mood/atmosphere.
We’ve been amp-free for a while now - not running in-ear monitors, just regular wedges - and it’s been so nice to not lug an amp. In fact, I just sold my Traynor YBA-1A & 15” Ampeg cab b/c I don’t need it…
Ted Harms
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Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com>: Nov 19 05:47PM -0700
I sure will!
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Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com>: Nov 19 05:48PM -0700
That sounds like a lot of fun!
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Toby Gray <life...@gmail.com>: Nov 19 05:28PM -0800
I'm still on the list but use the Facebook Group.
My main touring concert group (It's A Beautiful Day) has retired thusly my
bass playing has been regulated to recording tracks for various projects.
Still have my Eden, TC, and SWR Baby Blue amp rigs. When I do play, it's
usually with my Jack Casady or Warmoth Jazz. FX ended up being a Zoom B3.
Nice all in one compact FX, tuner, and DI unit.
Sold my American Standard upright bass about 3 years ago. I'd had it for 48
years.
These daze local gigging on electric and acoustic guitar doing solo and a
Rock combo.
Happy Holidays and Peace to Everyone!
Toby Gray
Http://HighwayBuddha.com
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Dave O'Heare <dave....@gmail.com>: Nov 19 06:35PM -0800
Hi.
I'm still here LONG after the days of bang(!)-style emails and trying to
figure out how to buy a bass from someone in a whole other country. I do
miss the daily-or-so messages from a gang of mostly-well-spoken folks.
I haven't played much of anything since my best friend, who was a major
cheerleader for me, died suddenly.
I *am* however still involved with music and events; I've been mostly a FOH
sound guy for the past bunch of years.
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 8:28:41 PM UTC-5 Toby Gray wrote:
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Mrhomn333 <mrho...@aol.com>: Nov 20 05:18AM
Hi Dave,
I'm still here, still lurking, still relatively unknown. I watch the FB group too.
How are your hands, better, I hope? Did you buy a bass uke or Ashbory or something else for ease-of-playing, when we were swapping emails or later? Nice to hear from you Toby & Ted too!
I perform with 2 to 4 other bassists in a 50 - 70 musician community orchestra in San Diego. We'll put on 6 to 9 concerts per year, next has Finzi, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky, Bizet & Herold, in December. A 1940 Kay gets most of my attention for that. I sometimes work on other songs for my own attention only on an acoustic-only Regal Resonator Bass. My electrics, Yamaha BB350F, Jack Casady, P-bass, others, have been gathering a regrettable load of dust but I won't sell any of them or my amps. Yet.
All the best,Mike Murphy
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Hi.
I'm still here LONG after the days of bang(!)-style emails and trying to figure out how to buy a bass from someone in a whole other country. I do miss the daily-or-so messages from a gang of mostly-well-spoken folks.
I haven't played much of anything since my best friend, who was a major cheerleader for me, died suddenly.
I *am* however still involved with music and events; I've been mostly a FOH sound guy for the past bunch of years.
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 8:28:41 PM UTC-5 Toby Gray wrote:
I'm still on the list but use the Facebook Group. My main touring concert group (It's A Beautiful Day) has retired thusly my bass playing has been regulated to recording tracks for various projects. Still have my Eden, TC, and SWR Baby Blue amp rigs. When I do play, it's usually with my Jack Casady or Warmoth Jazz. FX ended up being a Zoom B3. Nice all in one compact FX, tuner, and DI unit. Sold my American Standard upright bass about 3 years ago. I'd had it for 48 years. These daze local gigging on electric and acoustic guitar doing solo and a Rock combo.
Happy Holidays and Peace to Everyone!Toby GrayHttp://HighwayBuddha.com
On Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 4:48 PM Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com> wrote:
That sounds like a lot of fun!
> Ted Harms
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"Dave O'Heare" <dave....@gmail.com>: Nov 20 12:47AM -0500
Mike Murphy!
I did luck into a Kala solid-body bass uke a while back, and I'm a
believer; I bought a salesman's demo asia-made 4-string, and liked it
enough that I traded up to a USA-made 5-string fretted solidbody. The
Fender 5-string also helped a lot; being able to go up 5 frets eased my
left hand, going to the uke bass sounds fine and feels almost like
cheating.
I've also discovered the joy of short-scale basses. I was able to get a
deal on an Ibanez semi-hollow short-scale 5er (what an odd series of words
to use to describe a bass) a few years ago, and it's surprisingly good.
Dave O'Heare
dave....@gmail.com
+1 613 227-4830 (mobile/text)
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Dan Knowlton <dpkno...@yahoo.com>: Nov 20 06:11AM
I'm still around but am active on Talkbass and play at churches. Last weekend was bass game and this and next weekend I'm on drums. I have a weekend off and then two weekends on bass - pretty much my usual schedule.
Gear comes and it goes and I have aDevon 5'er being built. I lovel my Devon J5 and this one will be a P/MM with the MM pickup moved next to the P. Check out three videos of the bass Nordstrand built for Dan Lutz.
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 08:28:42 PM EST, Toby Gray <life...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm still on the list but use the Facebook Group. My main touring concert group (It's A Beautiful Day) has retired thusly my bass playing has been regulated to recording tracks for various projects. Still have my Eden, TC, and SWR Baby Blue amp rigs. When I do play, it's usually with my Jack Casady or Warmoth Jazz. FX ended up being a Zoom B3. Nice all in one compact FX, tuner, and DI unit. Sold my American Standard upright bass about 3 years ago. I'd had it for 48 years. These daze local gigging on electric and acoustic guitar doing solo and a Rock combo.
Happy Holidays and Peace to Everyone!Toby GrayHttp://HighwayBuddha.com
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That sounds like a lot of fun!
> Ted Harms
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Mrhomn333 <mrho...@aol.com>: Nov 20 06:35AM
One of my favorite bassists, Percy Jones, went from a customized p-bass to Wals to Ibanez 5s, and he don't play no junk. And I heard the bassist for the Tiger Lillies, Adrian Stout, playing an amped bass uke and was very impressed with its sound, although limited range. I don't remember if I've ever heard an Ashbory other than Youtube demos. Never thought about "cheating" with a 5 or even a 6 string. Glad that's working for you! I'm also surprised a short scale is more comfortable. Wouldn't a longer scale string be lower tension for the same frequency? Now, if you told me you love nylon .... . :-)
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Mike Murphy!
I did luck into a Kala solid-body bass uke a while back, and I'm a believer; I bought a salesman's demo asia-made 4-string, and liked it enough that I traded up to a USA-made 5-string fretted solidbody. The Fender 5-string also helped a lot; being able to go up 5 frets eased my left hand, going to the uke bass sounds fine and feels almost like cheating.
I've also discovered the joy of short-scale basses. I was able to get a deal on an Ibanez semi-hollow short-scale 5er (what an odd series of words to use to describe a bass) a few years ago, and it's surprisingly good.
Dave O'Heare
dave....@gmail.com
+1 613 227-4830 (mobile/text)
On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 12:18 AM 'Mrhomn333' via The Bottom Line <the-bot...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
I'm still here, still lurking, still relatively unknown. I watch the FB group too.
How are your hands, better, I hope? Did you buy a bass uke or Ashbory or something else for ease-of-playing, when we were swapping emails or later? Nice to hear from you Toby & Ted too!
I perform with 2 to 4 other bassists in a 50 - 70 musician community orchestra in San Diego. We'll put on 6 to 9 concerts per year, next has Finzi, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky, Bizet & Herold, in December. A 1940 Kay gets most of my attention for that. I sometimes work on other songs for my own attention only on an acoustic-only Regal Resonator Bass. My electrics, Yamaha BB350F, Jack Casady, P-bass, others, have been gathering a regrettable load of dust but I won't sell any of them or my amps. Yet.
All the best,Mike Murphy
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Subject: Re: [TBL] How Many of Us Are Still Here?
Hi.
I'm still here LONG after the days of bang(!)-style emails and trying to figure out how to buy a bass from someone in a whole other country. I do miss the daily-or-so messages from a gang of mostly-well-spoken folks.
I haven't played much of anything since my best friend, who was a major cheerleader for me, died suddenly.
I *am* however still involved with music and events; I've been mostly a FOH sound guy for the past bunch of years.
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 8:28:41 PM UTC-5 Toby Gray wrote:
I'm still on the list but use the Facebook Group. My main touring concert group (It's A Beautiful Day) has retired thusly my bass playing has been regulated to recording tracks for various projects. Still have my Eden, TC, and SWR Baby Blue amp rigs. When I do play, it's usually with my Jack Casady or Warmoth Jazz. FX ended up being a Zoom B3. Nice all in one compact FX, tuner, and DI unit. Sold my American Standard upright bass about 3 years ago. I'd had it for 48 years. These daze local gigging on electric and acoustic guitar doing solo and a Rock combo.
Happy Holidays and Peace to Everyone!Toby GrayHttp://HighwayBuddha.com
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That sounds like a lot of fun!
> Ted Harms
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Kurt Conrad <con...@SagebrushGroup.com>: Nov 19 10:36PM -0800
Hi fellow low-lifers,
I just checked my email folder. First message:
From: Brian Kruschel
To: <the-bot...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [TBL] TBL's future
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004
I guess it's due time to introduce myself.
I started on cello and did a little upright bass in a middle-school
jazz ensemble before picking up electric bass. Got a season in with
the local symphony before giving up the public-school cello.
Worked exclusively on electric bass for decades. Played a bunch of
musical theater around Silicon Valley and was in a Klezmer group.
Now playing in an improvisational church ensemble that has recently
added a young violinist. I'm on a hybrid cello/ piccolo bass:
4ths-tuned D'Addarios on a cello body.
A cracked top produces a plethora of wolf tones. Strung in 5ths, I
wouldn't dare venture out of first position. With the improved
ergonomics, I have much more mobility up and down the fingerboard.
And I get all of those familiar bass fingering patterns I've grown to
love. I'm definitely partial to short-scale basses, making my cello a
super-short-scale bass. At the moment, the pickup system is trashed
and I have to be mic'd, but the music is good.
To the question of TBL's future, I've always enjoyed reading the
postings, but never felt compelled to post. I've never toured and I
can barely relate to the subtleties of the gear that gets listed.
Still, this is one of the few lists that I stop to read when it pops up.
A few have discussed their day jobs. One of my hats is moderating
Community engagement conversations. One of the best topics goes along
the lines of "What should TBL be when it grows up?"
I'll ask the question, directly. How many of us (including all you
fellow lurkers) would be up for a couple more zoom calls to
re-envision The Bottom Line. I can host. Brian, are you still around?
Thanks
/s/ kwc 2022.11.19 22:36
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Bill Bolton <billb...@computer.org>: Nov 20 05:49PM +1100
Life is good... still alive and kicking, but not playing so much
nowadays.
I had a total knee replacement operation a while back and that
convinced me that it really was time to slow down. Basically I'm just
doing church/local-community gigs, and playing about 40 gigs a year
now, which is just fine.
I've downsized my rig and use a TC 300 Class-D head which weighs next
to nothing and fits in my gig bag with cables and music. My Eden
cabinets now live at our church, plus I have a SWR Baby Blue II with
the amp section removed for use as a cabinet on community gigs.
My Ken Smith CR5s are my go-to basses for church, while the light
Fender Precision Acoustic/Electric fretless is very useful for the
largely semi-acoustic community work.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
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Steve Manes <st...@stevemanes.com>: Nov 19 11:45PM -0500
This Google mailing list is for all practical purposes inactive and just
an archive. TBL was moved to a Facebook group several years ago:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tbl.bass
You may continue using it but I think this is the first post to it I've
seen in over a year.
On 11/19/22 7:47 PM, 't harms' via The Bottom Line wrote: |
bassaholic5 <bassa...@comcast.net>: Nov 19 11:13PM -0700
Hey guys, I'm still here as well. I do kinda miss the magpie days. There's so many bass forums now tho.Still doing the band thing and church choir. I've also played in little shop of horrors...really fun.My gear has evolved and stayed the same. My modulus fretted is my main and I'm bringing my Grabber back into rotation. My fretless modulus has taken a back seat and I added a dingwall. I just haven't bonded with the dingwall so it may go for another modulus. I did get a Breedlove fretless acoustic and use it in church. I really like my helix and iem's. I also went wireless. I still have my eden amps and Ashdown 4x8 cabs.Sadly, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting any of you F2F.Cheers,DarrinSent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Dave O'Heare <dave....@gmail.com> Date: 11/19/22 22:47 (GMT-07:00) To: the-bot...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TBL] How Many of Us Are Still Here? Mike Murphy!I did luck into a Kala solid-body bass uke a while back, and I'm a believer; I bought a salesman's demo asia-made 4-string, and liked it enough that I traded up to a USA-made 5-string fretted solidbody. The Fender 5-string also helped a lot; being able to go up 5 frets eased my left hand, going to the uke bass sounds fine and feels almost like cheating. I've also discovered the joy of short-scale basses. I was able to get a deal on an Ibanez semi-hollow short-scale 5er (what an odd series of words to use to describe a bass) a few years ago, and it's surprisingly good.Dave O'Hearedav...@gmail.com+1 613 227-4830 (mobile/text)On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 12:18 AM 'Mrhomn333' via The Bottom Line <the-bot...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
I'm still here, still lurking, still relatively unknown. I watch the FB group too.
How are your hands, better, I hope? Did you buy a bass uke or Ashbory or something else for ease-of-playing, when we were swapping emails or later? Nice to hear from you Toby & Ted too!
I perform with 2 to 4 other bassists in a 50 - 70 musician community orchestra in San Diego. We'll put on 6 to 9 concerts per year, next has Finzi, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky, Bizet & Herold, in December. A 1940 Kay gets most of my attention for that. I sometimes work on other songs for my own attention only on an acoustic-only Regal Resonator Bass. My electrics, Yamaha BB350F, Jack Casady, P-bass, others, have been gathering a regrettable load of dust but I won't sell any of them or my amps. Yet.
All the best,
Mike Murphy
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sat, Nov 19, 2022 6:35 pm
Subject: Re: [TBL] How Many of Us Are Still Here?
Hi.
I'm still here LONG after the days of bang(!)-style emails and trying to figure out how to buy a bass from someone in a whole other country. I do miss the daily-or-so messages from a gang of mostly-well-spoken folks.
I haven't played much of anything since my best friend, who was a major cheerleader for me, died suddenly.
I *am* however still involved with music and events; I've been mostly a FOH sound guy for the past bunch of years.
On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 8:28:41 PM UTC-5 Toby Gray wrote:
I'm still on the list but use the Facebook Group.
My main touring concert group (It's A Beautiful Day) has retired thusly my bass playing has been regulated to recording tracks for various projects. Still have my Eden, TC, and SWR Baby Blue amp rigs. When I do play, it's usually with my Jack Casady or Warmoth Jazz. FX ended up being a Zoom B3. Nice all in one compact FX, tuner, and DI unit.
Sold my American Standard upright bass about 3 years ago. I'd had it for 48 years.
These daze local gigging on electric and acoustic guitar doing solo and a Rock combo.
Happy Holidays and Peace to Everyone!
Toby Gray
Http://HighwayBuddha.com
On Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 4:48 PM Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com> wrote:
That sounds like a lot of fun!
> Ted Harms
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