Posted by GC on November 01, 2002 at 14:19:15:
In Reply to: Re: String Bass vs. Tuba posted by tim on October 31, 2002 at 21:58:19:
So many directors want a thuddy, purely dark bass sound with a lot of decay on every note, and a lot of old-timers are utterly fixated on the sound of string bass. I've played with a trumpet player of the old school in a band for 27 years, and he still complains that I need to learn string bass because electric bass sounds like a chain saw with a big band. I have no intention of carrying one of the blamed enormous things around (or of buying one, even an compact electric upright). He never gives up.