George Murray... gear?

[sarcastro83]

Ahoy hoy,

So I'm a pretty massive fan of this dude's work on Low, Heroes, Lodger & The Idiot... anyone have any idea what kind of gear he used? Visconti and Eno got some sweet sounds out of this guy in the studio.

Not much written about him when I did a search... anyone here in the know?

[NickD]

Originally Posted by sarcastro83

Ahoy hoy,

So I'm a pretty massive fan of this dude's work on Low, Heroes, Lodger & The Idiot... anyone have any idea what kind of gear he used? Visconti and Eno got some sweet sounds out of this guy in the studio.

Not much written about him when I did a search... anyone here in the know?

Bit late in replying to this. I'm a fan too, would love to know what he's up to nowadays.
Seriously underarrated.

Think he used a Precision most of the time, as seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWgIzm7F2U

And something else, that I can't identify here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzTMQ6krVeA

[Coward Of Reali]

This guys great. I've spent many nights trying to play along with his bowie records.
I'd be really interested to know too.

[jamerson_fan]

As a big fan of David Bowie and being a bass player myself, I'm also hungry for more info about this low-key, but IMO fantastic bassist ("Ashes to Ashes" being a prime example).

I've seen footage of him from the 1978 "Stage" tour, where he used a P/J (J-pickup retrofitted really close to the bridge), and an Alembic.

On the studio-recordings _my guess_ is a Jazz with the bridge pup slightly dominating...
Does anyone know for sure what he used? (Tony Visconti produced all but one of the albums he played on so he should know at least

regards
Magnus

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by NickD

And something else, that I can't identify here:
David Bowie - Jean Jeanie (live'78) - YouTube

Old thread I know... That looks like a Travis Bean bass.

Wish I knew what George was doing these days. One of my favorite players! Maybe he retired.

[normalized]

I saw somewhere on the web that bowie himself has said George has pretty much dissapeared from sight. Dennis Davis has returned to playing with Roy Ayers (and I guess also was a mentor/inspiration to Sterling Campbell, Bowie's "last" drummer) and Carlos Alomar is still playing. Those 3 guys were the backbone of that sound. I think songs like "Fame", "Golden Years' even "Station to station" worked because of the chemistry of those 3. Been involved in a Bowie tribute project of late and having a ball working out some of Herbie Flowers, Gail Ann Dorsey, George Murray, Trevor Bolder and Carmne Roja's parts. Even in that elite circle George was a badass.

I always thought George was a solid P-bass person. but apparently not....