03 · SECTION
THE SOUND
A double bass, a hollow-body and a drummer holding the door shut.
How three people fill a room: a double bass played like a drum kit, a hollow-body at punk volume, and a drummer negotiating with both. The engineering of the thing, from the stage in.
The Double Bass as a Punk InstrumentNobody carries an upright into a punk band by accident: the size of a wardrobe, feeding back the moment a room gets loud, everything it does an electric bass does with less argument.5 MIN READ
Slap Is a Percussion DecisionThe slap technique as drum part rather than bass part: what the string against the fingerboard adds to the kit, and what it costs in pitch clarity.4 MIN READ
Guitar Tone With Nowhere to HideA hollow-body in a three-piece: the frequency space available, feedback as a working constraint, and why the tone choices are structural rather than cosmetic.3 MIN READ
Drumming Against an UprightWhat a kit has to do differently when the bass is already percussive — backbeat placement, ride versus hats, and keeping out of the slap's way.3 MIN READ
Recording Three People in a RoomTracking a band whose sound depends on bleed: microphone placement around an upright, isolation as a compromise, and why some records sound like a room and some do not.3 MIN READ