Figured since there ain't an upright bass category on this forum we could use a good thread about 'em.
I've been diggin' this band in Surf City called Human Lab. They don't play Surf Music.
They sound more like a 60s band...the Youngbloods. They ARE youngbloods too!!
The leader, Michael Medlin, sounds like Jesse Colin Young & his girl, Miriam, & her sis Xiona Folk from Montana add beautiful vocal harmonies & percussion.
Billy Bass left the band so Marco the drummer switched to upright bass & Miriam plays it on one song while Marco plays accordion.
They're both gettin' real good for young beginners!!
Luke is gettin' damn good on his Tele with a Strat neck tooo
I'm gonna join 'em on drums for awhile. I love them & their songs & music!!!
www.myspace.com/humanlabAin't they good? They're my fav band in Orange County.
I still want a full length upright someday. It'd be SO cool to have an instrument the same height as me--6'5"!
I reckon the Bruce Johnson Ampeg Scroll will satisfy my desire for an upright sound tho, once I get the one I ordered 2 years ago in my hot little hands!!
It'll be fretless & have 2 pickups--one for an upright sound & one for a Boz Burrell BAD CO. sound!!