Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

JazzCat13!

Member
  • Posts

    7
  • Joined

  • Last visited

JazzCat13!'s Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/14)

0

Total Watts

  1. Gut strings were the norm for the greats you mentioned during the era. Strings like Red O'Rays, Artones, and the famous (almost mythical) Golden Spirals were some of the brands of guts available at the time. If I gather from recordings around the late 60's, a lot of bass players sounded like they were still using guts and I believe steels didn't become the norm until the 70's (I'm sure the older players can better chime in). t funny story about Mingus I heard in an NPR story is that in the early 50's when he was about to start playing in Red Norvo's trio, he got an early set of some sort of steel bass string so he could work on classical arco pieces. Norvo heard him using these strings and told him to stop, that if he was going to play with him he wanted the gut string sound, so Mingus put Guts back on and that was that until the 70's.
  2. Gollihur Music lists a man named A. Hashimoto in their luthier directory. It mentions he builds basses. Maybe that's the luthier in question?
  3. So I got the set of the Braided's today. I have a Realist Lifeline installed on my bass, so I was wondering if it is safe to attach the input jack to the G string or is there a better method to use?
  4. They still do. On their UK website they list the Honey's as Jazz/Orchestral and the Braided's as Orchestral/Jazz
  5. I'm actually in the US, I bought them from Gollihur music. There's very little info in Innovation here in the States since they're not very popular, so it was great to hear about these strings from you all across the pond!
  6. Thanks for the opinions folks! I ordered the Braided's and I'm quite excited try them out!
  7. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I've decided that I want to try out either the Innovation Honey or Braided's on my Shen Hybrid, as I've been craving a gut-like tone ever since I played my teachers bass with guts, but still have the ability to bow. I just don't know which of the two sets would best fit my needs. Most of what I play can be called "modern jazz". I also play a fair amount of free improvisation, straight ahead jazz, chamber, acoustic pop/singer songwriter, and world music. One of my favorite bass tones is Charlie Haden's. Any help on what would be the best fit for my musical needs would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! [/font][/color]
×
×
  • Create New...