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12-26-2010, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pennsylvania | | | Your fave fretless players?
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I'm not new to fretless, but I haven't had one in my arsenal for a while. That changed this holiday season. I just got a Peavey Foundation fretless-circa 1990's, with the original hard case and all the case candy. I just love that tone-MUWAH!!! Fave players-The mighty Tony Franklin would be #1! Others are Steve DiGiorgio, Jaco Pastorius, Pino Palladino, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Bakithi Kumalo, Boz Burrell, to name a few. Others that don't play fretless full time but have layed down some killer fretless lines-Nathan East, Flea, Jack Bruce, Sting. 
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12-26-2010, 03:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | In addition to those you listed, I gotta talk about Freebo. Find the early Bonnie Raitt albums from the early '70s, WAY before her success with Don Was. Freebo plays a fretless P (with an added J pickup in the bridge) and lays down some great greasy funk on things like "You've Been In Love Too Long", and heart-breakingly beautiful accompaniment to Bonnie's voice and guitar on "Love Has No Pride" and "Too Long At The Fair". He plays a lot of stuff where you can't tell it's fretless until HE wants you to know it- a little slide here, a little vibrato there.
One of my all-time favorite fretless players, and the first fretless player I was aware of (about two years before Jaco).
John
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12-26-2010, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE  In addition to those you listed, I gotta talk about Freebo. Find the early Bonnie Raitt albums from the early '70s, WAY before her success with Don Was. Freebo plays a fretless P (with an added J pickup in the bridge) and lays down some great greasy funk on things like "You've Been In Love Too Long", and heart-breakingly beautiful accompaniment to Bonnie's voice and guitar on "Love Has No Pride" and "Too Long At The Fair". He plays a lot of stuff where you can't tell it's fretless until HE wants you to know it- a little slide here, a little vibrato there.
One of my all-time favorite fretless players, and the first fretless player I was aware of (about two years before Jaco).
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Thanks for the info. I'll be looking for those early albums.
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12-26-2010, 03:43 PM
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12-26-2010, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Duke21 Percy Jones & Tony Levin | Can't believe I missed them. Jammin' some Brand X the other night. Love Percy Jones. Tony Levin is a great player too.
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12-26-2010, 04:39 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | Mick Karn, Bill Laswell, Jerome Harris, Myles Boisen, Alain Caron...and yeah, +1 to Tony Levin, his fretless playing is exquisite and tasty. |
12-26-2010, 04:56 PM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Alphonso Johnson is my original inspiration on fretless with Weather Report and later his solo work,
Ralphe Armstrong with JLP and Mahavishnu great stuff "Egocentric Molecules"
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12-26-2010, 05:05 PM
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12-26-2010, 05:23 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | Mick Karn's fretless Wal tone is what gave me GAS pains for one (fortunately -because of the $$$- I can stand them since it's a somewhat recent discovery): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiUlsd6lXT0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LsnHdjK46U
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12-26-2010, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE In addition to those you listed, I gotta talk about Freebo. Find the early Bonnie Raitt albums from the early '70s, WAY before her success with Don Was. Freebo plays a fretless P (with an added J pickup in the bridge) and lays down some great greasy funk on things like "You've Been In Love Too Long", and heart-breakingly beautiful accompaniment to Bonnie's voice and guitar on "Love Has No Pride" and "Too Long At The Fair". He plays a lot of stuff where you can't tell it's fretless until HE wants you to know it- a little slide here, a little vibrato there. | Truth. I've had a couple of those early Bonnie albums on vinyl for about 25 years. Give it Up would be the best example, IMO. When that bass drops in on Too Long At The Fair you can't help but smile. |
12-26-2010, 06:26 PM
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12-26-2010, 06:27 PM
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12-26-2010, 06:37 PM
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12-26-2010, 07:41 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | He might be a acquired taste, but along with most of the names mentioned, I dig Eberhard Weber. Nice to see Freebo get a mention too, his early playing was a huge influence on me. I've always wished Bonnie would go back to Woodstock and record on a four-track one more time, the feel of her early work is priceless.
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12-26-2010, 08:23 PM
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His work on the early Porcupine Tree albums is great! |
12-26-2010, 08:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maryland | | | Alain caron & R. Bona without the shadow of a doubt!
I forgot Gary Willis too!
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12-26-2010, 09:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Frozen Wastelands of Michigan | | | Percy and Jaco for me. Percy has to be one of the sickest bassists I've ever heard though!!. Just listen to Unorthodox Behaviour from Brand X. Simply amazing!!!
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12-27-2010, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bassbrad Alphonso Johnson | jeebus, how could I have forgotten Alphonso? He is Da Man! |
12-27-2010, 07:45 AM
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12-27-2010, 07:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: FL-Central | | | Jack Bruce , Tony Franklin are my fav's
Nice to see Freebo get some credit, havent heard his name in 20 years ,
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