Ok...Juan is my favourite bass player right now...I am really into his sound...his lines....the whole damn thing....The Mars Volta are REALLY lucky to have this guy in their band. What I want to know is what are some of your favourite lines he's played????

Scit Scat Wah

Anything with Racer X :bassist:

how about that solo in casandra gemini when i he kicks in the mutron. or the beginning of day of the baphomets, or anything from cygnus

If he played the bass on the track "I Understand Completely" (he might not have), then list that as my favourite track of his.

+1 on the beginning to 'day of the baphomets.' !!!!!!!!

Anything with Racer X :bassist:

+100000....
What a great band that is.

Check out BIG SIR, with him on fretless... Good stuff!!!

Juan makes my ears bleed blood of joy.

His speed/endurance is incredible.


He hasn't written a line I haven't enjoyed.

Me and Juan were hanging today.

A very talented bassist and some one I have much respect for because he chooses to be himself.

Me and Juan were hanging today.

:eek:

:eek:

Yep :)

Dude....hanging with Juan....nice.....how????

Oh and if you hang again tell him he must get that Vato Negro project released on CD!!!

Dude....hanging with Juan....nice.....how????


:D

Oh and if you hang again tell him he must get that Vato Negro project released on CD!!!

For those who may not be familiar.

http://www.myspace.com/vatonegro

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/jauqo/JJ.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/jauqo/JJ.jpg

Cool shot. I'd love to meet him, he's one of my heros.

+1 Nice Photo......lucky!!!!

Thanks guys.

Jesus, Jauqo....who don't you know?!

:p

Jesus, Jauqo....who don't you know?!

:p


:D

The whole Bedlam in Goliath album is a masterpiece on bass and drums.

Juan Alderete is from mexico, and if is mexican is good!!!, far better than Robert Trujillo.

Juan Alderete is from mexico, and if is mexican is good!!!, far better than Robert Trujillo.

Juan is from Novato, California. My brother went to High School with him.

He's awesome but... can someone tell me how to pronounce his last name? I simply can't figure it out, I only know a few bits and pieces of Spanish.

I like this bass line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isFPCMAcPZM

Yes, i know... a little old but still good ;)

Dude....hanging with Juan....nice.....how????
Because he's Jauqo.:D
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/jauqo/JJ.jpgI recognize that room.;)

I wish I had a Juan line to add here, but I'm really just getting into the band. (Late, I know.)

Because he's Jauqo.:D
I recognize that room.;)

I wish I had a Juan line to add here, but I'm really just getting into the band. (Late, I know.)

I went to see them a couple of weeks ago and they killed, one of the best shows I've been to in a long time.

He's awesome but... can someone tell me how to pronounce his last name? I simply can't figure it out, I only know a few bits and pieces of Spanish.
Using the vast powers of my two years of Spanish in high school, I would say you pronounce it "al-duh-RET-tay."

my favourite is 'scarified' doubt ill be able to play it anytime son tho :(

Juan sent me this today

http://www.resonatemag.com/

Its a digital magazine. if you click on it, you can read or watch the video content in it. There are 3 video clips inside it with Juan playing.

amazing! First time i've ever heard him speak! You say there are 3 clips of him playing? I only see two, one where he plays some licks on his bass and talks about an ampeg story and the other where he specifies his rig specs. I can't find the third one?

Anything with Racer X :bassist:

+1. when i was in college a band i was in used to play scarrified. what fun tune.

My old high school band used to cover several Racer X tunes. The 3 people who came to our shows back then loved it :)

Juan was a huge influence on my playing and copying his stuff made me a MUCH better player and for that I thank him. I have a copy of his “Backstage Pass” instructional video still around the house somewhere. Good times.

I've always wanted to see that video SO bad. I can't find it anywhere, is there anyway you could upload a clip of it on youtube:P

Well, it's on VHS so I don't know of any way I could do that. Let me see if I can find it and I'll see if we can't work something out so you can see it.

I thought I'd mention that on the Se Dice Bisonte, no Bufalo
record that Juan has a great solo. He just gets to wank away somewhere in the middle of a 10 min track....
Plus if you like Mars then you should at least check that record out.


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Number one on my top five influences - just ahead of Coltrane, Steve Harris, Miles, and Dimebag. So many different projects and in each one he has a bass voice that is uniquely his, yet seemlessly fits into the aims and goals of the group.

Plus he absolutely SLAYS live - caught him with TMV in Austin in April, and am looking forward to seeing them again at ACL. I feel he is the foundation of the whole group, and after that concert I feel completely affirmed in that belief. All the players are going completely mad onstage but the root of the groove is there, thanks in large part to Juan. Its all cool, then he just melts your face with some super sick fill or solo, then right back to the groove without missing a beat.

Listening to his more recent records have really helped me slow down my lines, and I feel like I've begun to strike a keen balance between groovin' and melody. His approaches to music have also encouraged me to be more open in my style and to diversify my listening and playing tastes.

To sum it up: simply superb

EDIT: Just watched the Resonate video and I officially mimed that whole interview before I saw it. What a parrot I am - but a psychic one lol.

Obligatory linkage
Some old-school down and dirty rocking for all y'all - Racer X style.
Really cool solo by Juan in the middle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqG9oo_w4MU

Also a cool live vid with ORL Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCrJJO2RoA&feature=related

And finally sick sounds from BIG SIR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GwMXeBKDw

Non-Stop Drummer by Big Sir has such a great bass line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIbuu39_j4

TRANSIENT JET LAG ECTO MIMED BISON

TRANSIENT JET LAG ECTO MIMED BISON

I litterally cream my pants everytime I hear Juan play out Roulette Dares on the Lowlands & Electric Ballroom gigs; simply stunning. Although I prefer this track live with Jon Theodore on the tubs, the way Juan plays this with Prigden is equally impressive, although for other reasons.

Also gotta say his performance on Cassandra Gemini is insane, I love playing that... so much fun.

scarified

Everything off the newest album by Mars Volta is pretty good. He's just all around amazing. I wish I could afford that SVTVR with those two 8x10s! Anyone feeling charitable??

Everything off the newest album by Mars Volta is pretty good. He's just all around amazing. I wish I could afford that SVTVR with those two 8x10s! Anyone feeling charitable??

Ill save you the trouble. They have had issues with the reissue SVT. Buy the original.

Pridgen has almost ruined the mars volta for me. I miss theodore on the drums...

Pridgen has almost ruined the mars volta for me. I miss theodore on the drums...

Yep, I prefer Jon Theodore, the band gelled so much better with him, and he's a much more musical drummer so to speak.

Prigden is impressive but I fear he's a bit of a one trick pony. I'd love him to prove me wrong & I'm prepared to allow him time to do so. I just fear that Omar's decision to bring in a drummer who constantly plays over the track, usually in different time sig's to the perticular piece, could well be a misstake. Juan is now the glue of this line-up, which prevents him from opening up like he used to alongside Jon. :mad:

:bassist:+55555555555555550000000000000000 for Juans Public Enemy shirt in that video clip.