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Re: [LOOP] Re: brotherhood of the bass



No, I have not even heard of the Roland V-bass, but it sounds 
interesting.  Here's my deal though, when I play I like to have one 
good instrument at my disposal and now have to think about changing 
around too much.  Having a bass on a Grace stand works pretty well, but 
it's a little awkward sometimes.  I must admit I'm having better luck 
with bass and midi since I abandoned the GR-30 and replaced it with a 
Yamaha G50.  It seems faster in the conversion dept and seems better at 
dynamics too, which is a big part of it for me.

I have been thinking about picking up a used VG-8 or VG-88, but I've 
been a bit broke lately.

Mark Sottilaro

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 10:11  AM, burnett@pobox.com wrote:

> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>
>> Maybe this is part of the issue, as I can never seem to really feel 
>> the
>> groove well when using my GK-2 to drive a synth.  Not sure what it is,
>> but if I'm looking for nice punchy basslines it's got to be a real 
>> bass.
>>
>> Mark Sottilaro
>
> Mark:
>
> Have you tried the Roland V-Bass? I'm using a GK-2-equipped Chapman 
> Stick
> (and an Eagle 6-string fretless bass I installed the GK-2B that came 
> with
> the V-Bass as my backup instrument) to drive a Roland V-Bass. Since the
> V-Bass is related to the VG-8/88s, there's no MIDI conversion/tracking
> issues as there are with the GR-30/GR-33 family. If you haven't tried 
> one,
> it might be worth your time to check out one.
>
> Steve Burnett
> Subscape Annex
> http://www.subscapeannex.com/
>