(July 26, 2024 at 12:10 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(July 26, 2024 at 12:46 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The problem with instruments of these sort is that they hog up bandwidth. If you use them to their full scope, there's very little sonic room for any other instruments. Keyboard instruments get around this by their unique ASDR envelopes, either acoustic or electronic, but stringed instruments with overlapping ranges clutter a mix and make mud, unless you're playing solo.
For what it’s worth, it seems like Garry Goodman’s 12-string bass seems to be for solo performances. Maybe accompanied by a drum kit, but not much else. When you’ve got a bass with all the range of a Bösenforfer Imperial (yes, even more than a regular 88-key piano) at your hands, one probably doesn’t need much else. Of course, maybe the Chapman Stick style he seems to use on that bass changes the ASDR envelope enough to make bandwidth less of a problem, at least if King Crimson’s any indication.
Interesting. I don't think "funk", when I hear the name King Crimson.
Disappointing theists since 1968!
