Jazzneck Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Just perusing one of my CD covers and am intrigued by the bass Duck Dunn is holding. I guess it is a 50s Precision but is it a slab or contour body? any ideas of its year? (Mods, this might be the wrong forum to post this but feel free to move or delete if it is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) I think it's a 54, which AFAIK had only a forearm contour. Edited April 30, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Gonna hafta get mahself one of them there lime green suits. And a matchin' tie, natch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1335789709' post='1635988'] Gonna hafta get mahself one of them there lime green suits. And a matchin' tie, natch. [/quote] Y'mean yuh ain' got one, y'all? Edited April 30, 2012 by Jazzneck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Cool bass in the pics, Looks like yours Jack I loved duck's bass tone on those cd's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 His seems to be far more of a red-burst than mine. Interesting that he has the bridge ashtray mounted what I would describe as "the wrong way round", though I have seen a fair few done like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1335810384' post='1636435'] His seems to be f ar more of a red-burst than mine. Interesting that he has the bridge ashtray mounted what I would describe as "the wrong way round", though I have seen a fair few done like that. [/quote] It is the wrong way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1335810384' post='1636435'] His seems to be far more of a red-burst than mine. Interesting that he has the bridge ashtray mounted what I would describe as "the wrong way round", though I have seen a fair few done like that. [/quote] Yes, it's that red-burst colouration that I like and hence wondered about the "year". Although, thinking about it for a bit, I've seen this picture a lot of times before as a black + white so I wonder if the colour could be due to the photo being "colour tinted" a bit later in it's life and thus the "wrong" colour sunburst? Re the ashtray, I've seen them mounted both ways round and I asked the question of a guy who had one "the wrong way round". His answer was that it was easier to re- string without taking off the ashtray - I thinking he might have been telling porkies to a young'n. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1335813889' post='1636529'] Yes, it's that red-burst colouration that I like and hence wondered about the "year". Although, thinking about it for a bit, I've seen this picture a lot of times before as a black + white so I wonder if the colour could be due to the photo being "colour tinted" a bit later in it's life and thus the "wrong" colour sunburst? Re the ashtray, I've seen them mounted both ways round and I asked the question of a guy who had one "the wrong way round". His answer was that it was easier to re- string without taking off the ashtray - I thinking he might have been telling porkies to a young'n. [/quote] I think you might be correct about the colouring (the suits too). The bridge cover is the wrong way round because it's easier to restring with it the right way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1335810635' post='1636441'] It is the wrong way around. [/quote] I read somewhere that people have the bridge ashtray this way round to negate the effects of the integral rubber mute, but I don't know if it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Transaxle Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1335816211' post='1636574'] I read somewhere that people have the bridge ashtray this way round to negate the effects of the integral rubber mute, but I don't know if it's true. [/quote] I heard the same when I was researching which way was the right way as I had seen both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 It's a tinted B&W pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You mean that suit's not lime green? I'm distraught ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Even so, I really like that re-burst colouration. Hm, he thinks again, I wonder if there's anyone out there that can make me a look alike of Ducks bass in that picture........... Edited April 30, 2012 by Jazzneck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1335820169' post='1636661'] ...I wonder if there's anyone out there that can make me a look alike of Ducks bass in that picture... [/quote] The Bass Doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1335816211' post='1636574'] I read somewhere that people have the bridge ashtray this way round to negate the effects of the integral rubber mute, but I don't know if it's true. [/quote] That could be true, I guess. When I say the right way around, I mean how they left the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodster909 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 this thread made me dig this out [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW08GnKufQ8&feature=related[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 This thread made me try putting the bridge ashtray on "backwards" ... it works, the mutes are disconnected and the bass now sounds & plays like a Precision with no mutes. Which, in this particular case, is an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 We should have this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1336340768' post='1644340'] We should have this one too... [/quote] Duck's feeling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1336347431' post='1644434'] Duck's feeling it. [/quote] He certainly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I love what Duck does and how he really propels a song. It's interesting to watch his technique though. Thumb coming over the top of the neck. Lots of hand movement. Fretting fingers flailing away. Like many, I was taught to try and eradicate such 'bad' habits and to use minimal, economic movement, etc etc. So whay am I not a better player than Duck? Just goes to show, whatever works is whatever works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 [quote name='Graham56' timestamp='1336393279' post='1644836'] ...I was taught to try and eradicate such 'bad' habits and to use minimal, economic movement, etc etc. So whay am I not a better player than Duck? Just goes to show, whatever works is whatever works...[/quote] I agree. I often use my left thumb for muting the E string which of course is a no-no, but would you rather have it ring out when you don't want it to? And yes, I use right-hand palm muting at the bridge as well. Whatever gets the job done, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 [quote name='Graham56' timestamp='1336393279' post='1644836'] ....Just goes to show, whatever works is whatever works.... [/quote] Yep. The first rule is, "There are no rules", closely followed by "If it sounds good then it is good". Everything after that is personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 [quote name='Graham56' timestamp='1336393279' post='1644836'] Just goes to show, whatever works is whatever works... [/quote] [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1336401525' post='1645034'] The first rule is, "There are no rules", closely followed by "If it sounds good then it is good". Everything after that is personal preference. [/quote] While none of that is untrue, it's worth remembering that standard techniques have become standard exactly because they worked - not that I have a very standard technique myself, I'm more like the Duck, except he's better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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