Weird Bass-ish Instruments
hol...@delphi.com
For example, I have a catalog from Lark in the Morning (weird instruments from
around the world) and it lists two Mexican instruments, a Guitarrone (a big
guitarish thing which is basically a 6-string guitar tuned an octave lower)
and a Bajo Sexto (like a twelve-stringed guitar tuned an octave lower,
but has a longer neck than the guitarrone, a cutaway, and is less "chunky".)
Does anyone else know of any weird basses, or where I could get some?
Charles Hollingsworth
Reid Kneeland
>In article <5G3qnCz...@delphi.com>, hol...@delphi.com writes:
>|> I am interested in unusual stringed instruments in the low-frequency range.
>
>strings.
You may be thinking of the Guild Ashbory, which was indeed a bizarre
electric bass instrument with synthetic (rubbery) strings. It was also
shaped oddly, sort of a plank rather than a guitar shape (rather like a
Chapman stick, another unusual stringed instrument which covers the
bass range).
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AlexS
>In article <CMBAJ...@cs.dal.ca> ak...@cs.dal.ca (Mack King) writes:
>>In article <5G3qnCz...@delphi.com>, hol...@delphi.com writes:
>>|> I am interested in unusual stringed instruments in the low-frequency range.
>>
are the Theorbo, or bass lute , and the Bass Balalaika. There are
only a couple of Lute recordings with them and, I gather only a
couple of them extant, but the Theorbo has a ringing, lush tone.
Bass Balalaika shows up in lots of those russsian
folk music groups of assorted sizes. Its sound is kind of dull,
like a plywood bass- could have been the recordings, could have been plywood
instruments...Anyway, go look for Theorbos in groups...It'll take
some digging, but it's worth it.
Alex Squitieri
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It's too dry up here for swedish rosin in the winter.
Steve Manes
: I do believe that Gibson (I think) used to make a pint sized bass that had vinyl
: strings.
I'm pretty sure it was Guild.
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Michael J. Edelman
>Mack King (ak...@cs.dal.ca) wrote:
>: I do believe that Gibson (I think) used to make a pint sized bass that had vinyl
>: strings.
>
>I'm pretty sure it was Guild.
>
Tiny, and sounded more like an upright than anything other than an upright. I
coulda bought one for $250...and should have.
--mike