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11-09-2012, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kiev, Ukraine | | | I saw Anthony on tour with Hiromi two weeks ago. Have to say that older bass from the clips above seems to cut through better than the latest one. I know I'm basing this on just one gig and there could have been amp / hall issues etc but I thought that with his current contrabass you 'feel' the bass before you hear it.
Really cool to finally get to watch Anthony though. He is obviously really attached to the instrument. Never left it in a stand on stage, it was in his hands all night. |
11-09-2012, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Belka  I saw Anthony on tour with Hiromi two weeks ago. Have to say that older bass from the clips above seems to cut through better than the latest one. I know I'm basing this on just one gig and there could have been amp / hall issues etc but I thought that with his current contrabass you 'feel' the bass before you hear it.
Really cool to finally get to watch Anthony though. He is obviously really attached to the instrument. Never left it in a stand on stage, it was in his hands all night. | Have never seen AJ live (a definite bucket list for me) but that is the best/clearest sounding clip i've heard from him...just wow!
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11-09-2012, 02:54 PM
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11-09-2012, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Steveman | does anyone know if there is a DVD of this show?
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11-09-2012, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Belka I saw Anthony on tour with Hiromi two weeks ago. Have to say that older bass from the clips above seems to cut through better than the latest one. I know I'm basing this on just one gig and there could have been amp / hall issues etc but I thought that with his current contrabass you 'feel' the bass before you hear it.
Really cool to finally get to watch Anthony though. He is obviously really attached to the instrument. Never left it in a stand on stage, it was in his hands all night. | Interesting.. I was thinking the same thing. Could have a lot to do with halls and pa etc though.
I saw him live back in the early 80's in NY with Michel Camilo in a small club in NY It was truly an amazing experience. The first time I had ever seen or heard a 6 string. Almost crapped my pants when I heard that low string.. LOL
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11-09-2012, 03:31 PM
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11-09-2012, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by cnltb Would that album be 'my favorite Django'?
If I remember correctly( I may very well be very wrong here  ) it had a picture of AJ holding a bass which had what looked like a maple top with that big pickguard looking thing on it ( was it put on there to cover up the traces of P/U -Placement experiments?)
I'll have a look-see if I can find that cd to check. | Yes, I was referring to "My Favorite Django", which was recorded in January 1995. My copy has no photo of Anthony Jackson. I inferred from the recording date, relative to when he received #10, that it was probably #9 on the album but I don't know that for a fact - it's just a guess...
WRT his live sound: I saw him at 55 Bar in 2005 playing #10 through his Meyers rig - he sounded awesome. I was about 15' away...
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11-09-2012, 03:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA | | | That clip with AJ and Camilo's big band is killing. That's about as good a tone as I've heard from him, including some recordings. |
11-09-2012, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kiev, Ukraine | | | Actually I don't think it's anything to do with the hall. Saw Marcus Miller back in the same hall 5 years ago and his sound was awesome. It's either amp issues or that that old bass just cut through better. I'm guessing the older bass had the Bartolini pickup and a maple or chestnut top. Any other differences? Did the older bass have an ash body? Brazilian rosewood or ebony fingerboard? Anyone knows more details? The sound he got in that video was amazing.
I should say that that solo the new contrabass sounded great, like a bass Spanish guitar, but Hiromi's left hand just buried it in the mix. |
11-09-2012, 03:51 PM
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11-09-2012, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA | | Is this clip from the same bass, same era? I also like this more than his newer bass with the reddish top. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDP1Y5r1cHc |
11-09-2012, 04:20 PM
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11-09-2012, 09:27 PM
| | | Nice! I always like 6 string monarchs, and you don't see them very often. This one has Matt Garrison woods (walnut, ash neck, ebony). I really want to hear this bass... Scratch that, I really want to play this bass,... Scratch that, I really want this bass,..  |
11-09-2012, 10:35 PM
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11-09-2012, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jsbarber Probably closer to 20, (see image of AJ's #9), which was built in 94 or 95.
Jim | Nah, cause the Duncan's hadn't been made at that point. Must have been put in later. Seems to me, the solid pole on the C came within a year of them being made.
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11-09-2012, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rich Treat Nice! I always like 6 string monarchs, and you don't see them very often. This one has Matt Garrison woods (walnut, ash neck, ebony). I really want to hear this bass... Scratch that, I really want to play this bass,... Scratch that, I really want this bass,.. | I've actually switched my pair of 5'ers on order to Monarchs (rather than Imperial), chambered walnut body, ebony fb, ash neck on the fretless, maple on the fretted. Still leaning towards staying with neck-through in which case I'll have walnut tone block instead. Basically the same spec as my YYD except for the neck joint. I'm going to try and get down to BSD to play the trio of Monarchs to make a final decision between neck-through and dovetail (my YYD is dovetail).
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11-10-2012, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Steveman | That may well be that bass.
I think I saw him play that with Metro too and with steve khan when they did 'The suitcase'.
Not 100% sure tho.
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11-10-2012, 05:11 AM
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11-10-2012, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DELACIUS is that the bass? | I think so.
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11-10-2012, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by nostatic I've actually switched my pair of 5'ers on order to Monarchs (rather than Imperial), chambered walnut body, ebony fb, ash neck on the fretless, maple on the fretted. Still leaning towards staying with neck-through in which case I'll have walnut tone block instead. Basically the same spec as my YYD except for the neck joint. I'm going to try and get down to BSD to play the trio of Monarchs to make a final decision between neck-through and dovetail (my YYD is dovetail). | Nice specs!
I'll be interested in hearing your thoughts if you make it to BSD to compare those neck joints. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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