LoMenzo

landry.bass · #1 05-07-2008, 11:44 PM

I recently saw Megadeth in concert, and noticed that LoMenzo, their bassist of course, switched between pick and fingers alot. The astute observation I made was that he played a pick with all of the pre United Abominations stuff, and fingers for all the stuff off that album (which he recorded on). I was pretty impressed at how he kept the good ol' vibe of the earlier Megadeth stuff by giving it that Ellefson pick sound. Mind you, he definately didn't seem as capable as Ellefson with a pick. Also his Marcus Miller Jazz sounded great, and he uses Ashdown just like me,

lefty007 · #2 05-08-2008, 08:53 AM

The guy's a world-class player. MM Jazz? Wow. Not the normal choice of metal bassists.

zagralin_arf · #3 05-08-2008, 12:03 PM

I use the MM Jazz in my metal band. Works great for it. I always get flak for it from other bands before we take the stage...afterwards they usually don't say crap. Cool to hear somebody else uses it in Metal.

tink9975 · #4 05-08-2008, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zagralin_arf

I use the MM Jazz in my metal band. Works great for it. I always get flak for it from other bands before we take the stage...afterwards they usually don't say crap. Cool to hear somebody else uses it in Metal.

Martin Mendez from Opeth uses one as well

Qvist · #5 05-08-2008, 01:08 PM

LoMenzo is ****in awesome, I heard Ashdown's releasing a signature pedal of his this summer!

nad · #6 05-08-2008, 01:19 PM

I loved his work with Pride and Glory.

Lesfunk · #7 05-08-2008, 01:44 PM

I've seen him with DLR (he played an ASAT), BLS and Megadeth ( I believe he played his Buzzard both of those times)

JanusZarate · #8 05-08-2008, 01:49 PM

When I saw him with Megadeth at the last Gigantour (not this year's), he was using his Warwick Buzzard.

I'm still partial to Ellefson's style, but he's a great bassist. Plus, when I met him backstage that night, he was the one member of the band who stood up and shook my hand. I guess he was glad I wasn't another guitarist.

rumbler · #9 05-08-2008, 01:53 PM

Lomenzo is top notch. Check out his resume of work!

I saw him live with Megadeth last year, the bass intro to Peace sells (at least thats the one I think I'm talking about

) sounded flawless as if Ellefson was playing it.

I do have to say though that Ellefson's B string sound was mUCH heavier, probably because he plays sonic maximizers!

bassist 4 life · #10 05-09-2008, 04:52 AM

That makes two bassists in heavy metal bands who use MM Jazzes :P1

bassalo · #11 06-10-2008, 10:12 AM

I saw Megadeth on this year's Gigantour. Lomenzo was totally on the spot, with every note. MM Jazz sounded sweet too.

mcm · #12 06-14-2008, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nad

I loved his work with Pride and Glory.

Im glad someone on TB knows about Pride and Glory. They only did one album, but damn it was good! Lomenzo is great on it.

mike phillips · #13 06-15-2008, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nad

I loved his work with Pride and Glory.

killer stuff.

FenderHotRod · #14 06-15-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcm

Im glad someone on TB knows about Pride and Glory. They only did one album, but damn it was good! Lomenzo is great on it.

Don't forget "Book of Shadows". Not the same as Pride and Glory, but a pretty good CD.. James also played on the BLS CD Mafia...

James use to answer questions and stuff on his Message board at his site, but it hasn't been working for some time now.

Id like to get Hideous Sun Demons
CD

landry.bass · #15 06-15-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tink9975

Martin Mendez from Opeth uses one as well

And Martin Mendez happens to be THE kick ass metal bassist. that boy certainly knows what rythm is all about.

Risen Ashes · #16 06-15-2008, 11:06 PM

Lomenzo's style is great...also when I saw him in the past two tours (pre-Gigantour'08) He did as you said landry.bass, play the Ellefson stuff flawlessly with a pick. His fingerstyle on United Abominations is amazing you can really hear the low end. At first I was in denial because it's just different not to hear Junior's attack on the record, but after a few listens...it just hits you in the face. Glad Dave picked him up. I think he uses a hipshot d-tuner on his MM Jazz Bass does anybody know?

metallicafan18 · #17 06-16-2008, 09:20 PM

When he played in Louisville, KY he appeared to be using a MM or something very similar.

I wasn't there, but that's what the pics look like.

He did use the MM Jazz, but he was playing other basses as well.

I think he's an amazing bassist!

metallicafan18 · #18 06-16-2008, 09:24 PM

Just found out that it wasn't a music man. Here's a pic of what he used:http://www.megadeth.com/gallery/main...g2_itemId=6592

It's a Yamaha, but I don't know the model. This is the only bass I see he used from the pics, so he may not have used the MM Jazz.

Spector_Ray · #19 06-16-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nad

I loved his work with Pride and Glory.

Great cd and I'm listening to it as we speak. Lomenzo was sort of stymied by his work with White Lion, but he's really proven himself. P&G came out in '94 during the height of the 'grunge' days so it was sort of lost. If it were released today, it would be a killer.

We covered Troubled Wine on Saturday night and it totally killed!

johnpaulbass · #20 06-17-2008, 02:28 AM

he's one of my favourite rock bassist of all times.

The work with pride & glory is stunning