Elvis bass player

[syciprider]

I have an Elvis Live in Las Vegas CD. I never really paid attention to the performance's nuances before but after giving it s spin yesterday I discovered that it was a very nicely mixed work (from a bass players POV). You can hear all the notes and flourishes that the guy played and the tone was great.

I *think* the bassist was Jerry Scheff. Does anyone know what bass(es) he used? Unless I missed it his site said he used an Ampeg B 15 all the time but not much about basses.

[rllefebv]

I have an old Bass Player around with a Jerry Scheff article that I'll try and dig up... I think that during the Elvis years he was all about the P bass...

-robert

[Jim Dep]

I have many pics of Jerry through the Elvis years, and he always had a natural finish P-bass. He was/is a favorite of mine. He'd go nuts on Suspicious Minds and Polk Salad Annie.

Now he endorses Lakeland basses.

[::::BASSIST::::]

Great player for sure.

[edward681]

Jerry used P basses during his Elvis days and Lakland recently.

[JimmyM]

jerry no longer endorses lakland. lakland dropped the sigs off all their sig models, and jerry's sig bass was discontinued.

p bass with tapewounds on the old elvis stuff.

[Stick_Player]

Bill Black?





Dig the old Fender Bassman amp: Bill Black using Fender Bassman with Elvis

[sound of bass]

I really enjoy playing "Love Me Tender", its the only Elvis tune I know, but I noted the bass playing talent many times.

[Kalyptic]

I personally like Don Schiff more, maybe its because im partial to Stick players who come from bass backgrounds.