A Master of Technique...

::::BASSIST:::: · #1 04-12-2008, 02:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp0Fw...eature=related

What is he doing with the tuning keys?

BTW, check out the length of that neck!

Geezerman · #2 04-12-2008, 02:21 AM

I'm not usually a fan of virtuoso playing, but that was a beautiful song.

AlphaMale · #3 04-12-2008, 02:27 AM

AH Manring is awesome. Yeah he's pretty popular he has his own section of the forums.
He's one of Jaco students right?

::::BASSIST:::: · #4 04-12-2008, 02:31 AM

It was indeed beautiful... yet still amazing in terms of technique.

Fretlessboy · #5 04-12-2008, 07:08 AM

Michaels is a monster. I have always wanted to play with a bass with "Hipshot Hyper Bridge" but way to confusing for me.

Questor · #6 04-12-2008, 07:25 AM

Manring plays the Zon Hyperbass. (This I knew.) It has 4 detuning heads. What you see him doing is changing the root notes of each of the strings using these heads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zon_Guitars

He was a student of Peter Princiotto and studied at Berklee. (This I didn't know.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Manring

**john turner** · #7 04-12-2008, 08:15 AM

man, i love his playing. great person too.

::::BASSIST:::: · #8 04-12-2008, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by john turner

man, i love his playing. great person too.

+1

Seems like a real nice guy. His playing is not only sound in terms of technique, but his sense of melody propels him to the fore among top bassists IMO.

**Mark Wilson** · #9 04-15-2008, 09:09 AM

One of my favourite tunes.

Bassist4Life · #10 04-15-2008, 09:18 AM

That's a really pretty tune. I enjoy watching him do what he does. I have his most recent solo effort. I enjoy it in small doses. Neat stuff. It give you and idea of what is possible with out instrument. Unless you Mr. Manring, who says he has only scratched the surface of what is possible.

Joe

Rickett Customs · #11 04-15-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST::::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp0Fw...eature=related

What is he doing with the tuning keys?

BTW, check out the length of that neck!

Hipshots all the way around, he's got the alternate tuning end cornered. The neck in not longer, it's a 34" scale w/ a long fingerboard. Michael has been out there for a long time and considered
"a master of the fretless bass without rival." Though that will be subjective in others eyes, the fact remains that the man is a beast!

/Jason