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04-25-2010, 10:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Great P-Bass Tone (George Porter Jr.)
I was just listening to The Meters' 1975 recording Fire On the Bayou and marvelling at George Porter Jr's milky, sweet, woody, punchy tone throughout the entire album. Great stuff. One of the great post-Jamerson P-bass tones...right up there with Willie Weeks and a handful of others, IMHO. And like Willie, he's still out there tearing it up!
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04-25-2010, 12:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | George is THE Man. Keepin the PBass Mojo alive indeed. |
04-26-2010, 09:44 AM
| | | Check it out - from this weekend's Jazz Fest: 
There was also a good hour on the past American Routes radio show. |
04-26-2010, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sin city baby... | | | One of my favorites ~
He's the one who taught me how to use my 'thumb'
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04-26-2010, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jmccain  Check it out - from this weekend's Jazz Fest:
There was also a good hour on the past American Routes radio show. | Nice, love the look of that bass. Just about as funky as the player 
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04-26-2010, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mjchmara Nice, love the look of that bass. Just about as funky as the player | man that bass has some serious mojo....cant tell if its maple or rosewood  |
04-26-2010, 11:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Farmingville(NOT FarmVille),NY | | | ^^ Ha! You're right . . .can't really tell! |
04-26-2010, 11:24 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | maple.
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04-27-2010, 10:30 AM
|  | Minimalist in gear, not knowledge | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | | New Orleans Seasoned Maple. |
04-27-2010, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jacksonville, Fl | | | maple... he has a Lakland that looks almost identical..... well besides it is new and a lakland
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04-28-2010, 12:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | | | yes, great P sound!
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04-28-2010, 12:34 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | He sounds great no matter what bass he's played... he spent a LOT of years on a 51 style (70s I believe) P bass as well as a G&L El Toro. |
04-30-2010, 01:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, Tx | | Just got this from GPJ via facebook
Preview GPJ and Runnin' Parners new studio tracks http://www.georgeporterjr.com/audio.html
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04-30-2010, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by James Hart He sounds great no matter what bass he's played... he spent a LOT of years on a 51 style (70s I believe) P bass as well as a G&L El Toro. | Didn't he actually use a telecaster bass for a LOT of the Meters recording output? I remember reading that and seeing pics. |
08-20-2010, 07:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maine | | | Saw GPJ last night at a small club in Portland, Me.
Fantastic show, sat right up front about 10 feet from the stage.
Of course George was great, but also everyone in the band is a killer player, especially the young drummer, he was killin' it!
He used the Lakland P all night and it sounded great. The old mojo P was no where to be seen.
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08-20-2010, 11:33 AM
| | Minimalist in gear, not knowledge | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | He had the Lakland last year when I saw him.  |
08-20-2010, 09:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Between here and there | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lichtaffen He had the Lakland last year when I saw him. |
✌Nice!
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08-20-2010, 09:52 PM
| | | | just an absolutely wonderful player! |
11-06-2011, 11:34 AM
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11-06-2011, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KoalaBass is he using rounds or flats?? | D'Addario Nickels with the .050 G
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