..I'm thinking of starting a Roots/Americana/Honky Tonk group soon. Sort of a tribute to Buck Owens, Johnny's Cash and Horton, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, et al... I'd like to use a couple of my Gibsons with flats on them, maybe a pick to cop that groove if I can.
I know the earlier recordings by these artists used upright basses, the sixties and seventies era was mostly Fender P's and J's when country went more electric. That's the era I'm digging into - Ray Price all the way up to Waylon and Willie from the 70's.
Does anyone know of ANY Gibson basses being used during this Bakersfield/Outlaw Country era? A Thunderbird or EB-0? An LP bass? Its really a pretty broad question, I'm looking for anything that's close to that sound as long as they played a Gibson. A Youtube link would be cool, but this could be like finding a needle in a haystack.
fwiw, I can't stand any of the new stuff they call country these days - Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Shania - but especially that Toby Keith poser! I'd rather drink a gallon of bleach than listen to that recycled 70's pop they're calling country now! *Man, I sold like an old geezer! *
Anybody? I'm prepared for tumbleweeds and dust to roll through this thread pretty quick but maybe someone has an example?