Okay, so nobody’s perfect. It seems I was inaccurate in my post last week about how Sam Collins managed that freaky bass sound on “Golgotha Drone.” This was in my inbox over the weekend:
Dear Sir,
In your recently published “Track by Track” post for Golgotha Drone, you referred to the process used by the bass player to produce high harmonics. You incorrectly (and innocently, I’m sure) identified the source of the sound as “moving [one’s] fingers up and down the string.” The correct source of the sound was bowing close to the bridge on an open D-string. The Double Bass is a strange and profound instrument, capable of producing myriad sounds through a variety of methods, so it is difficult to correctly identify playing methods simply by listening.Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
H. Phatherbatham, E.S.D., PhD
This man is a PhD for cryin’ out loud; clearly he knows what he’s talking about.