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08-25-2011, 08:45 AM
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I was listening to this song today, I love the bass tone and playing on it. I'm pretty sure that is Stephen Stills playing. One of favorite bass tones.
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08-25-2011, 09:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta GA | | | Yeah, i read somewhere that it was Stephen. Great bass line.
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08-25-2011, 09:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Winter Park Florida | | | great song. one of the few I learned guitar part on many years ago. love Stephen Stills, great musician.
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08-25-2011, 09:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Stills is the bassist on the whole CSN album (as well as most other instruments except drum kit). BP magazine did a transcription years ago and Stephen said he used his left-handed Precision with dead flats. Don't recall if he used LaBella or Fender. Around '73 he famously said he rubbed barbeque sauce on new bass strings to get rid of the new sound (Guitar Player Magazine interview in January).
He also played bass on most of his other studio projects, at least in the demo stages. I saw CSNY in 2000 and he played bass on a couple of songs even though Duck Dummy was playing the rest of the gig.
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08-25-2011, 05:48 PM
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Stills is a very sold bassist.
I hear he is tough on his bassplayers.
Even to the point of telling them what gear to use.
P-Bass-flats, Ampeg amp. |
08-25-2011, 07:23 PM
| | | | It's interesting that this song was referenced. For me, the bass in this song falls into the category "bass parts in a classic song that could actually be improved upon". Stills hits a few notes that sound off, and a couple of times where it sounds like he drops out to avoid hitting a wrong note. This is just nitpicking of course, as overall, the bass part is as classic as the song itself.
Also, I might be wrong! |
08-25-2011, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE  Stills is the bassist on the whole CSN album (as well as most other instruments except drum kit). BP magazine did a transcription years ago and Stephen said he used his left-handed Precision with dead flats. Don't recall if he used LaBella or Fender. Around '73 he famously said he rubbed barbeque sauce on new bass strings to get rid of the new sound (Guitar Player Magazine interview in January).
He also played bass on most of his other studio projects, at least in the demo stages. I saw CSNY in 2000 and he played bass on a couple of songs even though Duck Dummy was playing the rest of the gig.
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08-26-2011, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by dougjwray
Duck Dummy?
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Stupid android autocorrect....
DUNN
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09-03-2011, 09:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MD/DC/VA | | | Lee Sklar Story.
Great story from the Neil Young bio, "Shakey":
David Crosby tells the tale of trying to find a regular bass player for CS&N and dealing with Still's megalomania regarding his own bass playing. They evidently had lots of guys come down to a studio and play through songs; none good enough for Stills. Finally, Lee Sklar shows up and Crosby thinks the problem is solved, only to have Stills pluck the bass from Sklar's hands half way through a tune, telling him, "No, play it like this." Crosby said, "...and that's the last time we saw Lee Sklar." |
09-04-2011, 01:17 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | If he was playing this far up the neck, it explains the tone in the song. 
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09-04-2011, 03:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada | | | One of my favorite CSN/CSNY moments, is the solo on Deja Vu that inexplicably morphs from a dark, jazzy guitar tone, down into the bass register.
It was Stills, on a Fender bass VI. Lovely, unique tone and phrasing. |
09-04-2011, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga If he was playing this far up the neck, it explains the tone in the song. | And, he's playing a flipped-over lefthanded P in that photo! |
09-04-2011, 08:29 PM
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Owner, Premier Bass Guitars | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Superior, Colorado | | Stills is one of my all time favorites. His bass parts are unique for sure. With Manassas, he seemed to leave the bass player (Fuzzy Samuels) and the rest of the band alone. What a great band, still one of my all time favorite double albums to this day. Here's a couple of live takes: Song of Love - Manassas - YouTube Manassas - Stephen Stills - it doesnt matter 1972 - YouTube
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