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04-14-2007, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montreal, Rive-Sud | | | Bobby Vega on Bassplayer.tv
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Just listened to his lessons on www.bassplayer.tv. Damn, what a funky player!
First time a bassist makes me want to play with a pick. |
04-14-2007, 06:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | The Bobby Vega clips were a blast! It is a treat to see a guy play from back in the day. It is also great to see so much of what he can do that we might not see in a concert.
Vega must be bad - who else held the same bass chair as Larry Graham and Rocco Prestia at separate times?
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04-14-2007, 07:12 PM
|  | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | I can see why TOP hired him to sub for Rocco! And I now see pick playing in a whole new light. |
04-14-2007, 07:16 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | Bobby is an incredible talent and extremely versatile as well as a fun guy to hang with and he really does have his own voice in the midst of so many clones. |
04-15-2007, 10:35 AM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | | Bobby is coolest of the cools. |
04-15-2007, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Hot bass player and dig his videos on playing Sly grooves.
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04-15-2007, 12:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway | | | I was blown away. You have to respect someone with such a variety of sounds! |
04-15-2007, 12:41 PM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | Looks like I'm going to try out some 'black' strings on my Fender Jazz!  |
04-15-2007, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL | | | +100000000 |
04-15-2007, 08:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: S.W.Side of Chicago-U.P. Mich. | | Oye Muchachos',
Bobby is muy Caliente! Man, What a groove! I heard a cut offa ' a Lee Oskar album that he played on, very nice playing there also.
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Funk with a pick...Black strings+70's Jazz Bass =FUNK!! 
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04-17-2007, 07:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL | | | I don't want to be Jaco, or Marcus, or Victor. . . I want to be Bobby!
Man, he's the epitome of a great bass player, to me. |
04-17-2007, 08:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | wow....great clips!!!!
i loved hsi interview in bassplayer a few years ago when he got the TOP gig too....very cool guy, and one hell of a player!
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04-17-2007, 08:28 AM
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Endorsing Artist: FBB Bass Works/Barker Bass | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Monroe Twp, NJ | | Yeah, Bobby Vega is a GREAT player 
I went to see TOP at the Basie Theatre in Red Bank a few years ago when Rocco was recovering. I remember being somewhat disappointed that Rocco wasn't going to be there, and then being totally elated when I saw that Bobby Vega was filling the spot 
He has some very significant groove chops .....  |
04-17-2007, 09:12 AM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pointbass  He has some very significant groove chops ..... | yeah, great sense of rhythm! |
04-17-2007, 09:45 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | Just incredible feel! +1 on those black strings, sounded awesome.
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04-18-2007, 03:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coconut Creek, FL | | | From ribbecke hafling website
Here are some great clips with him on EABG... http://www.haflingguitars.com/movies/  |
05-14-2007, 09:04 AM
|  | Uber Bass Geek :p | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle GA | | I LoVE this Guy he's a friggen MONSTER player.... One of the very finest, and yeah... I'm ordering my tapewounds today.. |
05-14-2007, 11:01 AM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | The funny thing is if you saw him on the street, you wouldn't figure him to be a bass player! He so doesn't look like a cat who plays like he does!! |
05-14-2007, 12:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Copenhagen | | | Wow! Great clips, thanks for posting this, it's a humbling experience to see and hear such a monster player and cool guy. |
05-14-2007, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NYC via Austin and NOLA | | | I've loved seeing him play with Kimock. Such a good counterpart and they bring out the best in one another. So glad that they recently reunited. Not sure what the break was before-- i think it was Kimock's move to the east coast, but I'm glad to see that they broke the ice.
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