OK, I'll bite, what's the purpose of the red light district in Knobsville?ukulelelab said:It has more knobs than the red light district of knobsville and no doubt each one has a purpose.. :?
mikko said:This was the Sunburst Starfire? How it looked, was all the electrics still there? Would be nice if someday somebody could make the electrical drawings according to Jack´s old bass and then we all could do the same mods to our own basses….I´m just day dreamin´ here, sorry.
According to this website, on "Crown of Creation" he's credited as "Yggdrasil Bassist".mgod said:I don't know where the idea came from that Jack's first Starfire was called Yggdrasil by him. He never referred to it by that name when talking with me. He said it was his favorite, that's all. It might be called that affectionately by others though.
I have always presumed "Yggdrasil bass" was his style, not a specific instrument.
Yggdrasil said:...
I had an Alembicized Starfire for awhile - I've kept the page up on my site (most of my other past basses referenced in the Alembic thread are now removed):
http://music.jeffersoncampervan.com/AlembicStarfire.html
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krysh said:Yggdrasil said:...
I had an Alembicized Starfire for awhile - I've kept the page up on my site (most of my other past basses referenced in the Alembic thread are now removed):
http://music.jeffersoncampervan.com/AlembicStarfire.html
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what happened to the bass, what did it sound like and why is it gone, if I may ask?
Yggdrasil said:krysh said:Yggdrasil said:...
I had an Alembicized Starfire for awhile - I've kept the page up on my site (most of my other past basses referenced in the Alembic thread are now removed):
http://music.jeffersoncampervan.com/AlembicStarfire.html
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what happened to the bass, what did it sound like and why is it gone, if I may ask?
I sold it to a well-known bassist/equipment designer. I had received many unsolicited offers to buy it, but felt it was best that it went to the fellow I sold it to.
I just wasn't comfortable with maintaining the esoteric electronics myself, so chose to place it somewhere where it could be properly maintained, should the electronics go south.
It was/is a very full rich & resonant bass. The name "Yggdrasil" would be fitting.
Yah, but it sure made for a great sound, didn't it? I can only imagine how this was envisioned and then put into practice. I can't think of very many players today that are doing any really cool stuff with their technology or sound.Looked kind of ugly
Ahhh... slight veer, but who do you think might have actually coined the name? I doubt very many people at all even knew what Yggdrasil the Tree of Life was back then...I happened to know from references in Mighty Thor comic books.. :lol: ...but I'd bet a buck maybe a certain Scandinavian bred fellow by the name of Kaukonen might have had something to do with it. Chances are pretty good he ran into Jack pretty frequently. :lol:Yggdrasil said:As noted above, I've always connected Jack's name to Yggdrasil, ever since I bought Crown of Creation hot off the presses! - Just rechecked my vinyl - he is indeed credited on the "Brumus Sheet" insert with playing "Yggdrasil Bass" (Brumus is the big dog featured on the sheet - some claim it is RFK's dog, IIRC). The attribution of the name to a specific bass is likely a fan-based extension of that album credit.
Yeah, and I'd bet another buck that even the guys who were there, don't remember anymore... :lol:idealassets said:As far as the name Ya...(whatever it was) I suppose you had to be there, eh?
Perhaps it was all in a dream.I doubt very many people at all even knew what Yggdrasil
Yep. 'lectricity was cheaper'n'dirt back then. Sometimes it was even free on a sugar cube.idealassets said:Regardless all those knobs and wires did the job. Apparently the power bill at the time was of no consequence.
Its sitting in my closet, next to a bunch of other Starfires. Managed to blow a Versatone 12 with it.krysh said:Yggdrasil said:...
I had an Alembicized Starfire for awhile - I've kept the page up on my site (most of my other past basses referenced in the Alembic thread are now removed):
http://music.jeffersoncampervan.com/AlembicStarfire.html
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what happened to the bass, what did it sound like and why is it gone, if I may ask?
adorshki said:Sometimes it was even free on a sugar cube.