joegarcia Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Saw Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings the other night on Jools Holland and was really intrigued by the bassists cool looking bass. After a bit or research, it turns out it's an olc short scale 1969 Carvin 77-AGB. I used to have a more modern Carvin Jazz type but has anyone seen anything like this about anywhere? Interview with Bosco Mann here: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/sharon-jones-dap/nov-07/32497"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/sharon-j...ap/nov-07/32497[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegarcia Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Whaddya know: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Carvin-Classic-Sixtys-4-String-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ110225721956QQihZ001QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Carvin-Classic-Sixtys-...Q2em118Q2el1247[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Looks like a Fender body, a Gibson headstock and P90 guitar pick-up. It somehow works though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Good spot, if I'd had my wits about me on Saturday night I was going to ask him all about it but as I have recounted elsewhere I screwed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 "I use roundwound strings, and I keep them real dirty. I’m always hesitant to put on new strings. Whenever I do, it always sounds awful, so I end up rubbing some grease into them. I’ll get some French fries or ham or rub anything with grease onto the strings until I can rid them of that awful tone." Never a truer word said. I f@cking hate bright sounding basses. Makes my ears bleed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='182270' date='Apr 21 2008, 09:17 PM']"I use roundwound strings, and I keep them real dirty. I’m always hesitant to put on new strings. Whenever I do, it always sounds awful, so I end up rubbing some grease into them. I’ll get some French fries or ham or rub anything with grease onto the strings until I can rid them of that awful tone." Never a truer word said. I f@cking hate bright sounding basses. Makes my ears bleed.[/quote] Errrm is this in teh right place? it dont make sense to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 It's a quote from the article. I like his attitude. I also like that he's the bass player and producer, and his band is the house band for his own label. That's what I'm trying to do with my guys. I think he's going to become a bit of a role model for me. The main thing I don't want to copy is pretending that it's still the mid-60s. I like some digital recording technology. I also like valve amps and cutting everything live. I also can't pretend that there haven't been any interesting musical developments since then. The other thing I don't want to copy is rubbing grease into my strings. I have OCD when it comes to that. I can't eat a packet of crisps and pick up my bass without washing my hands first. At the same time, I haven't changed the strings on my main bass in 5 years (I hate that new string sound too, even though I play a fair amount of slap stuff). Sorry, that was all off-topic. I wonder how much he paid for that bass in a pawn shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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