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01-09-2006, 09:07 AM
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but ive never heard of the bassist jaco before i got here...so am i right in saying
eddie van halen is to guitar as jaco is to bass? |
01-09-2006, 09:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Get his self titled album, Jaco Pastorius... it's pretty much essential "bass player listening."
Then go from there...
You could always go on some place like Amazon and listen to sound clips
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01-09-2006, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by hamerexplorer but ive never heard of the bassist jaco before i got here...so am i right in saying
eddie van halen is to guitar as jaco is to bass? | Certainly not.... 
Now if you had said "Jimi Hendrix"...... 
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01-09-2006, 09:22 AM
| | | | oh...allright guys thanks |
01-09-2006, 11:20 AM
| | | | I think the Hendrix comparison is wrong too... Hendrix took an instrument which was already a lead/solo instrument and expanded upon it. Jaco took an instrument that was always in the background and brought it into the spotlight. |
01-09-2006, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Goldsboro / Raleigh NC | | | I'd say Jaco and Hendrix are very similar, sure, it was already a lead/solo insturment but it wasn't THAT intense and amazing of one...he took it to a whole new level and brought guitar to a whole new level of fame, same with jaco and bass (only he brought it to the forefront more-so.)
But no...More like Eddie Van Halen is to Guitar as Billy Sheehan is to Bass (times one million.)
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01-09-2006, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Till Get his self titled album, Jaco Pastorius... it's pretty much essential "bass player listening."
Then go from there...
You could always go on some place like Amazon and listen to sound clips | I could not agree more...while that album can take a while to "decode" and break into, it is indeed essential listening for the modern bassist, whatever your role in making music!
As for Hendrix, I think it would be more fair to call him the Jaco of electric guitar! |
01-09-2006, 04:22 PM
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I think the Hendrix comparison is wrong too... Hendrix took an instrument which was already a lead/solo instrument and expanded upon it. Jaco took an instrument that was always in the background and brought it into the spotlight.
| Not really true...John Entwistle was bringing the bass to the forefront as early as 1965 with My Generation. You can go all the way back to Jimmy Blanton...
Anyways, I think the Hendrix comparison is right on. |
01-09-2006, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | I think all these "guitarist name here" of bass comparisons are wrong... he plays jazz/funk! Hendrix didn't do that... and I'm fairly sure EVH didn't either.
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01-09-2006, 05:32 PM
| | | | Hendrix played very funky, and if you listen to his post-humanous realease "First Rays of the New Rising Sun" his material was starting to take a somewhat jazzy turn. In fact, I heard the night Jimi died was supposed to go into the studio to record with Miles Davis. |
01-09-2006, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota | | | I'm all for the Jaco/Hendrix comparision. They both revolutionized their respective instruments. Previous roles aside, guitar and bass weren't the same after these two greats.
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01-10-2006, 05:46 AM
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01-10-2006, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by theshadow2001 Van halen --> Billy Sheehan ? | Perhaps, since they both bought a new "fire" to their instruments...
imagine a band with Gilbert and Eddie playing lead and Sheehan on the bass...! |
01-10-2006, 09:00 AM
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01-10-2006, 11:28 AM
| | | | With regard to expressiveness and technique (in comparison to Jaco), my vote goes to Jeff Beck. |
01-11-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 imagine a band with Gilbert and Eddie playing lead and Sheehan on the bass...! | Lol got a mental image of three guys playing three completely different shredder solo's all at the same time.
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01-11-2006, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by theshadow2001 Lol got a mental image of three guys playing three completely different shredder solo's all at the same time. | Ha. Totally.
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