Toto Bassist uses a Dingwall

Chinguschild · #1 01-24-2009, 04:24 PM

If anyone has on demand there's a single song (Africa) by toto on there. Normally I would have passed it up. Not because i dont like the band but i would rather watch the Robin Trower performance or what have yo.

But today I ran out of things to watch. There isnt a single good shot of his amp but he is playing a Dingwall for sure. Maybe thats common knowledge but I thought it was cool.

And BTW: Robin Trowers bassist has a pretty gnarly lookin Markbass setup.

RobJ · #2 01-24-2009, 06:24 PM

Would that be Lee Sklar? I've seen a video recently of a Toto concert and Lee was filling the bass slot. Anyway, he's a Dingwall endorser.

Chinguschild · #3 01-24-2009, 06:26 PM

Its possible. Is that the guy who looks like an old wizard or something. haha

If so then yes

RobJ · #4 01-24-2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Chinguschild

Its possible. Is that the guy who looks like an old wizard or something. haha

If so then yes

Yeah that would be Lee. heheh..

Great player who's been around forever...

20db pad · #5 01-24-2009, 06:39 PM

Lee has used EA amplification for the last few years.

Lonnybass · #6 01-24-2009, 08:48 PM

Yeppers, Uncle Lee through his EA rig. Amusingly, he told me he can't hear it worth a damn onstage.

Poor Mike Porcaro - I fear the worst about him not being able to play again.

Lonnybass

Chinguschild · #7 01-25-2009, 03:38 AM

why cant he hear it? Is it underpowered or just not have the right tone to cut through his mix.

Or do his bandmates not let him turn up the way he would like

Baryonyx · #8 01-25-2009, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Lonnybass

Yeppers, Uncle Lee through his EA rig. Amusingly, he told me he can't hear it worth a damn onstage.

Poor Mike Porcaro - I fear the worst about him not being able to play again.

Lonnybass

Whats happened to him?

Lonnybass · #9 01-25-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chinguschild

why cant he hear it? Is it underpowered or just not have the right tone to cut through his mix.

Or do his bandmates not let him turn up the way he would like

I have a feeling it's just a matter of being in a loud band!

Lonnybass · #10 01-25-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Baryonyx

Whats happened to him?

No update in quite some time - last thing I'd heard was that Mike P. had been having problems with trembling/pain in his hands, and word was that Lee replaced him due to a painful injury to his left hand. At the shows I saw before he had to take leave, he was wearing these blue splints on his thumbs - it looked extremely uncomfortable (at best) and likely quite painful (at worst).

I really hope he's ok. My fear is that his condition is something far more serious than has been announced yet.

Lonnybass

fishtx · #11 01-26-2009, 03:27 PM

I heard a rumor that Toto is no more...

Lonnybass · #12 01-26-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fishtx

I heard a rumor that Toto is no more...

Yep, dunzo. Lukather said it just wasn't the same band without a Paich or Porcaro in it anymore.

Lonnybass

msquared · #13 01-26-2009, 03:42 PM

Toto broke up last year. Lukather said that without Paich or any Porcaros, it was no longer Toto. He also said that he couldn't go out and play "Hold the Line" anymore with a straight face, which I thought was hilarious.

I absolutely love Lukather's solo stuff. It's too bad Toto broke up, but I'm interested to hear what he ends up doing now that he's hitting the solo career thing hard.

RobJ · #14 01-26-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fishtx

I heard a rumor that Toto is no more...

"An Official Announcement From Toto — After a 31 year career, the current line up of Toto (Steve Lukather, David Paich, Mike Porcaro, Simon Phillips, Bobby Kimball and Greg Phillinganes) have decided to go their separate ways and begin new chapters in their lives.

The band’s final CD "Falling In Between" and subsequent tours around the world have been extremely successful and well received and we have probably been more active than ever in the band’s lifespan.

We managed to capture the last tour on a wonderful DVD ("Falling In Between Live") of which we are tremendously proud, and we all feel the time is right to disband and finish on a high.

If it were not for our loyal fans who have stuck with us through all of the ups and downs we would not have been able to have continued for as long as we did. We would like to thank all our fans all over the world who have continued to support us and we will all be very busy with our own individual projects so we hope to see many of you in the future.

Toto 2008"

http://www.toto99.com/blog/news.php

Ezbass · #15 01-27-2009, 06:13 AM

This clip from You Tube of The Making of "Ever Changing Times" features Lee using his Franken P I think. It gets real good at around 4:30 where Lee and Abe Laboriel Jr really lay it down.