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yowhatsshakin wrote:bass player Oteil Burbridge played his bass solo on a bass banjo like contraption.
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Brock wrote:yowhatsshakin wrote:bass player Oteil Burbridge played his bass solo on a bass banjo like contraption.
That is almost certainly a Gold Tone he has. The one I played was best up the neck, and the poor E was just crappy. It was also really expensive. We learned a lot of what not to do from the Gold Tone when building mine, and sound-wise mine, despite the crap build, kicks that Gold Tone's ass. Why?
1. We didn't put a thumb rail on the head.
2. We didn't press a magnetic pickup up against the head.
3. Full 34" scale neck (not a 32")
4. 16" drum (not a 13")
The Gold Tone sure didn't sell me on Bass Banjo, but it works when done reasonably well. Building it out to scale and not muting the hell out of the head is a good idea, though.
Here's a much better recording of mine while open backed, just playing an F note on the E string (actually, ALL the notes on "F" are an F). I have it double tracked here, and it's mic'd from the back:
"F" from Natural
-Brock