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And what about us Electric Bass players?

The instrument is smaller than a Double Bass, for sure, but have you ever tried lugging around a Bass Amp?? Mine has to weigh over 80lbs!

Ahhh, fond memories of struggling in the Montréal Bus/Métro system with my Bass and Amp… People not moving from in front of the train/bus doors… Lovely! :rolleyes:

And I think it`s fair to say most lower-register instrument players are grossly overlooked in most situations…

Tuba, Double Bass, Electric Bass, and all other Bass Players of the World Unite! :smiley:

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[sub]Ssshhsssh!! If you’re not quiet the percussionists will hear you and then they’ll get all riled up, too.[/sub]

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:smiley:

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Yeah, but those namby-pamby percussionists don’t have to carry their own instruments around. They have that little roll-up burrito of all their sticks.
There’s a sexual innuendo joke in there somewhere, but my tiny brain just couldn’t come up with one.

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Quoth Ukulele Ike:

You want upper registers? Play a cornet. When you want E flat four octaves below middle C, call a real bass tubist.

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You can play tuba in damn near any register: check out these examples from Howard Johnson and Gravity on THIS page:

Howard Johnson and Gravity
(http://www.euronet.nl/users/tubaness/stlnmts.mp3)

And thanks to Karl Kleinsteuber (great tubist and also a member of Gravity) for providing these pages and samples.

Great hijack, folks, but if this keeps up I’ll have to move the thread somewhere else, it ain’t ATMB. Where, I ain’t sure. MPSIMS around here much?

Jenny
your humble TubaDiva
who admits to playing bass and percussion too, so there.

PS I wish all I had was “a little rollup burrito;” it’s like housemoving doing any gig!

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I’ll open a Tuba Admiration League thread in Cafe Society if you think I can get away with it. Do you have any spicy Tuba Diva pinups to go with those other links? It might help.

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Okay, Shibb my dear, enough already.

You been listening to that Spoofe character again, right?

I would never carry a gun in my stocking top, it’s hard enough walking in these stilettos as it is.

Jenny
your humble TubaDiva