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11-15-2012, 02:47 PM
| | | | About Jaco, I think it's wothwhile mentioning that in the from around 1980 he also used Mørchs (if you've wondered about that weird bas in the instructional vid he made, that's the one I'm talking about), just for the fun of mentioning it... Marcus Miller also played mørch in his Weather Report days, so actually quite a lot of late Weather Report was made with Mørch's (and sorry guys, I know I just made Jaco tone even more elusive :b)
The story of how he came to play the Mørchs is actually pretty funny:
According to the story he met Michael Friis (a very talented danish fretless player who btw has played exclusively Mørch since the late 70'ies) and played his bass. The next day Jaco called Mørch and said Hey dude make me one exactly alike.
8 months afterward Jaco calls again and says "Hey, I figured I'm gonna need a 4 stringer with the same specs". :P
anyways, back on track:
Michael Friis (Mørch) (well dunno if he's a big name. But he and Dan Rasmussen are the most used session players in Denmark, and are both pretty awesome. And use Mørch.)
TM Stevens (Warwick, Dean Markley Blue Steels) (despite his tenure with Cort he seems to have continued using the Wick's on pretty much everything in that period too)
Ian Hill (Spector)
Justin Chancellor (Wal)
Tal Wilkenfeld (I know she's young, but I don't see her leaving the Sadowsky any time soon.)
Marcus Miller (he's been pretty much using fender since the late 80'ies right?)
Toshiya (Dir En Grey in case you didn't know them :b moved a bit around very early but has stayed with ESP for 10 years (real ESP not the korea/china crap). Has more than one ESP bass though)
X Japan bassist Heath (Fernandes from since he entered the band in 92)
Tetsuo Sakurai (japanese jazz great)(has played Yamaha for what seems like forever, also plays two Foderas but both his 4 stringer and main 6 stringer through more than 30 years have been yamaha)
Enough with japanese bass players... Even though they're awesome and stick with brands more than us other guys apparently...
So I'll round of with German bass player Michael Kunz (Warwick since 86) And Oscar Stagnero (Warwick 90'-now, even though he does have a P bass (well it's a necessity) and some acoustics and other weird stuff)
Btw has anyone noticed that more players seem to stick with Yamaha than anything else? (except for Fender ofc) maybe it's a tip for us other guys xD
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11-15-2012, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by hufe  Sting - Fender, very old Fenders the last 25 years or so
Mark King (Level 42) - Jaydee
Tom Peterson (Cheap Trick) - Hamer | Sting used Spector and Ibanez as well. Tom Peterson uses a Lull today. |
11-15-2012, 02:53 PM
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11-15-2012, 02:58 PM
|  | Walter Woods or Aguilar to LDS - the best! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NE Ohio | | | The first person I thought of was Chris Squire, he's still using his RM1999 that he first got in the mid '60s. He does use other basses for various things, occasionally, but that RM has been with him since the beginning.
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11-15-2012, 03:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | | I seem to remember reading about the weird, stocking-hatted guy that formed Praxis playing the same P Bass and same strings for the last twenty years.
Can't remember his name, too lazy to Google.
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11-15-2012, 03:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway | | | Mark King has played his various Status sig Kingbasses for the last 10+ years. He also played Alembics for a long time, and various other basses.
Nathan East and Yamaha.
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11-15-2012, 04:41 PM
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11-15-2012, 04:51 PM
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11-15-2012, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I think Stanley Clarke and not just any Alembic, but a short scale Series I is pretty synonymous. He's tried many basses over the years but he seems to always fall back to this bass.
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11-15-2012, 06:31 PM
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11-15-2012, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rtslinger Sir Paul the Hofner and the Ric for years | But Paul has also used a Fender Jazz, a Yamaha and a Wal fiver.
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11-15-2012, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | John Lodge of the Moody Blues used a Fender P-Bass for most of his career with the Moodies, and for the past few years he's been using a Fender Jazz.
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11-15-2012, 07:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I don't know how John Myung stayed with Yamaha so long. His model is very difficult to intonate. Now he's a bongo guy. I imagine he can get any brand he wants. Mm bongo. Fitting. |
11-15-2012, 07:09 PM
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11-15-2012, 07:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cronker Mark King played Status for a quite while.
I think the Geddy thing is interesting, hopefully not derailing the thread, but...
As a member of a very forward thinking prog band, he went for sounds of the time.
He uses his Ric on lots of early stuff, but his "found in an flea market" 72 Jazz keeps popping up all over the records.
His experiments with Steinberger and Wal, although interesting, brought him squarely back to his beloved Jazz. I've done similar, and at one point was going to swap out my Jazz, but can never bring myself to part with it.
Does this count? | On your topic of Geddy+Wal
I would consider 2 Rush albums and touring with 2 different Wals more than just an "experiment"
IMO i think the Jazz "fits" more with the Rush sound. It is easily maintained/fixed, replacement parts etc. All around best package for him. 
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11-15-2012, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Germantown, Louisville KY USA | | There seem to be a lot of players mentioned who haven't really stuck with one brand... some of which surprised me like Steve Harris.
Hasn't Paul Simonon only played Fender P-Basses? On that note by default one could say Sid Vicious only 'played'* one brand. How about Dee Dee Ramone?
*(if you could actually call it 'playing'... but then Fieldy would fall under that category as well... he just kept up the charade for a longer period.  ) 
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11-15-2012, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by hufe Sting - Fender, very old Fenders the last 25 years or so
Mark King (Level 42) - Jaydee
Tom Peterson (Cheap Trick) - Hamer | Sting...Ibanez, Spector, Steinberger, etc.
Mark King... Alembic, Fender, GB, Status, etc. Pattitucci played Ken Smiths. Jimmy Haslip? Yamaha, Tobias, Wyn, etc. Quote:
Originally Posted by rtslinger Sir Paul the Hofner and the Ric for years |
That's two. 
And Wal, etc. Quote:
Originally Posted by brorbjoern About Jaco, I think it's wothwhile mentioning that in the from around 1980 he also used Mørchs (if you've wondered about that weird bas in the instructional vid he made, that's the one I'm talking about), just for the fun of mentioning it... Marcus Miller also played mørch in his Weather Report days, so actually quite a lot of late Weather Report was made with Mørch's (and sorry guys, I know I just made Jaco tone even more elusive :b)
The story of how he came to play the Mørchs is actually pretty funny:
According to the story he met Michael Friis (a very talented danish fretless player who btw has played exclusively Mørch since the late 70'ies) and played his bass. The next day Jaco called Mørch and said Hey dude make me one exactly alike.
8 months afterward Jaco calls again and says "Hey, I figured I'm gonna need a 4 stringer with the same specs". :P
| The bass in the instructional video wasn't Jaco's... it was Jerry Jemmott's IIRC. And it was an Abe Rivera bass. Jaco's Mørch was a five.
That's right folks... a five. 
Marcus Miller gigged with Ken Smith and Fodera fretlesses.
This thread makes it pretty clear that alot of bassists didn't stick to just one brand. In fact many are answering the question with multiple brands. Kind of strange.
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11-15-2012, 08:14 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: France | | the same mistake again about Alain Caron... cos' he also played a Leduc Masterpiece for years:  |
11-15-2012, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz Nikki Sixx- Gibson Thunderbirds (except in studio) | Used a bird shaped (kinda) Spector for a lot of years.
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11-15-2012, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SBsoundguy | first of all: THANK YOU for bringing back a flood of awesome memories! I haven't seen that vid for probably 20 years. I am now listening to all of my Maiden back-to-back!
second: that is a weird bass...wonder if he ever used it live...it is definitely NOT the bass he recorded that song with
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