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12-12-2008, 02:03 AM
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12-12-2008, 06:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: U.K. | | | I thoroughly recommend his book "My Bass And Other Animals". A great collection of anecdotes that bears rereading a number of times.
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12-12-2008, 06:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth, England | | | That's not Betsy!!
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12-12-2008, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | | Nice! "White folks just gotta take the fun fun outta everything, don't they?" Haha. |
12-12-2008, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland | | | he did like a prayer by madonna?? listening again now, isnt that synth?
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holy ****.
it aint. well done that man, never noticed the tasty playing before!
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04-15-2009, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Splanky  | I found another interview of him at that site, apparently he does stand-up tours now, talking about his time on the road - lol, random anyone?
Interesting though - has anyone seen his show? http://www.t5m.com/guy-pratt/ |
04-15-2009, 05:54 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I dug his book and always loved his playing and tone.
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04-15-2009, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmingo he did like a prayer by madonna?? listening again now, isnt that synth?
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holy ****.
it aint. well done that man, never noticed the tasty playing before! | Awesome bass line on that track and great use of an octave pedal.
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04-16-2009, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany | | | Great player and always funny!
A really nice guy!
I also highly recommend his book! (and the Gilmour DVD, A night to remember) |
04-20-2009, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ezbass I thoroughly recommend his book "My Bass And Other Animals". A great collection of anecdotes that bears rereading a number of times. | thanks, i picked it up at the weekend, its a great read so far! even my wife looked at the cover and commented she might read it when i'm done, and she has no interest in such things!
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04-20-2009, 07:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: U.K. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassmingo thanks, i picked it up at the weekend, its a great read so far! even my wife looked at the cover and commented she might read it when i'm done, and she has no interest in such things! | Glad you're enjoying it. I won't spoil it for you, but one of the things that really made me laugh was.... well I'll just say Martin Sheen and you'll understand when you get there  Definitely a book that bears rereading and is easily enjoyed by non musos. Another muso book (and my favourite) is Deke Leonard's Rhinos, Winos And Lunatics, I dare anyone not to enjoy it! Tony Levin's Beyond The Bass Clef is another good read, although mostly for musos.
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04-22-2009, 05:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland | | | i liked the martin sheen bit, but the michael jackson bit was funnier. again, i didnt know that was him on earth song. whats he using to get those octave synth sounding tones???
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04-23-2009, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Istanbul | | First time I heard him playing Money I was like:"what the hell did he do with the song?But this sounds cool too!" like many other people it seems.Glad he explained that part. 
I love his playing,Delicat Sound of Thunder was my first Pink Floyd record I listened to when I was 6-7 years old.I still enyoj it as I did back then.Pulse on the other hand is beyond musical experience for me.I love Synesthesia
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12-09-2009, 06:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | bumping this 'cause i just got home from seeing his one-man show. it was good fun all round, it's cool the way he made an audience of (mainly) non-musicians laugh by playing and explaining bits about bass playing...
anyone else catch this run of shows?
the story about the Earth Song session with Michael Jackson is great
oh and i spotted at least one other Pink Floyder in the audience  |
04-09-2010, 06:10 PM
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Anyone know what strings he uses? Or how he gets that tone? |
04-10-2010, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England | | | He used a Boss Octave pedal, he made the comment in the book.
Is long as I remember he took the trick from Pino after listening to "Gonna tear your playhouse down". Which incidentally is one of my favourite Paul Young songs.
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04-11-2010, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leesburg, Virginia | | | Guy Pratt's playing on the Toy Matinee CD is one of the greatest all-time album-length bass performances of all time! What a great bass player! |
04-11-2010, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | cool video! there are more in there, awesome
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04-11-2010, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffwo Guy Pratt's playing on the Toy Matinee CD is one of the greatest all-time album-length bass performances of all time! What a great bass player! | I was waiting for the mention of that one...
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04-12-2010, 01:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: France | | This guy is for a part responsible of my love of bass: 9 years before i ever touched a bass, as i didn't play any instrument, me and a buddy sang like a song his solo on the "Money" version of "Delicate sound of thunder" Floyd live. This solo is the first stone of my bassplaying. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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