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06-16-2003, 07:52 AM
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does anyone know what kind of bass Verdine White from EWF used?
and what do you think of him btw? |
06-16-2003, 07:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | he used to play a fender jazz, after that he went with yamaha. And now he play his Ibanez signature model.
He is on my top 5 favorite player of all time. He is just great.
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06-16-2003, 08:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA | | | i heard someone say they saw him live playin a spector... does that sound right or not? |
06-16-2003, 08:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Quote: Originally posted by chris643
i heard someone say they saw him live playin a spector... does that sound right or not? | he might have used Spector at one point. I never seen him use one, but I wouldn't be suprise at all.
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06-16-2003, 09:40 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Ibanez basses and Promethean amp | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | I've also seen him use a red Peavy before, but it was a 5. The last 2 times I saw him live, he had an Ibanez.
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06-16-2003, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I been everywhere, man... | | | I've seen older photos of him with a Tele bass or an old precision. They look the same, and it's hard to tell. This might even be in the Louis Satterfield days.
Verdine's on the Sadowsky site as well. VW probably has one of everything at this stage of the game.
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06-16-2003, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA | | | hmmm thanks....
haha i guess that means there's no easy way to get a sound like the one he had... most people say that when you're lookin for a new bass you should look at basses of players you like....
oh well, the search goes on! |
06-16-2003, 04:35 PM
| | | | Verdine's baaadddddddddddddd!!!
...just wanted to add that the early EW&F albums were a bit different from the later POP-oriented(David Foster, cough-cough) stuff.
Their debut is very Sly & The Family Stone-esque; the next couple or so albums do have examples of their Chicago Free Jazz/Latin roots(e.g. The Need Of Love & Head To The Sky).
Every bassist oughta know "That's The Way Of The World".
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06-16-2003, 04:38 PM
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The last 2 times I saw him live, he had an Ibanez. | Yeah, no too long ago, Ibanez put out 3 Signature basses-
1)Verdine White-model
2)Gary Willis-model
3)...I'm drawing a blank.
Anyway, what he may use live & what he records with may be different. To me, he's a Jazz Bass man(be it Fender or Sadowsky). 
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06-16-2003, 04:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA. | | Quote: Originally posted by JimK
Yeah, no too long ago, Ibanez put out 3 Signature basses-
1)Verdine White-model
2)Gary Willis-model
3)...I'm drawing a blank.
Anyway, what he may use live & what he records with may be different. To me, he's a Jazz Bass man(be it Fender or Sadowsky).
| 3. Doug Wimbish Model. 2 types, one was a neck thru in a PJ configuration. 
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06-16-2003, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pakistani compound | | | The first bass he played was a telecaster bass. By the mid 70's he changed to a jazz. After that he used a bunch of stuff.
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06-16-2003, 08:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA | | sounds like he didn't have one specific bass...
maybe the secret to his sound is in the hair  |
06-18-2003, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: good 'ol USA/Tampa fla. | | | EWF was just in the Tampa bay area recently and on this tour (or on this particular night)he was using a Sadowsky.I do have some early footage of him on video when he was playing a white Fender Jazz that had a tone to "die for. |
06-19-2003, 02:47 PM
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VW is awesome.
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06-20-2003, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle, WA | | Quote: Originally posted by secretdonkey
VW is awesome. | Yes he is. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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