Recent content by Dan F Bass

I think Paul sounds like Paul no matter what he plays. Here's an interesting documentary type link and in it proof (around the 0:47 mark) he used the Jazz on the Flowers In The Dirt recording sessions in 1988. Also featured are his Wal Mk2, Ric and Hofner. Such an inventive player, actually that...

Late to this one. That looks great I have heard so many good things about MIJ Bacchus. Are the bodies the dinky size kinda like Sadowsky?

Has anyone had both and sold the Ric to keep a Greco? I've owned several Rics, toured recorded and had em beaten up by American Airlines, but was surprised to find and play a 1980 Greco that played and sounded least as good as any Ric I have owned. Just curious....

I played a Thumb yesterday and loved it. It was amazing. And I am diehard Ric player going back to 1991 and am totally McCartney inspired. My Ric has a thick neck but up the neck its just superb. The tone with flats is unbeatable. Its going to the grave with me. The Thumb made me finally lust...

Adams is the real deal and with a four piece format him on bass doesn't lose to much of the overall sound. He can write, play everything and he still sings very well for a guy in his mid 60s. He works exceptionally hard and is vastly under rated. I've seen his band absolutely tear in soundcheck...

Ok so I'm a decade late to the party... Mickey Curry Chris Whitten Jerry Marotta Simon Phillips I have stood beside some of these guys and watched them throw down and its just great, every note in the right place. There's something about groove drummers who can sit in a pocket all day long

The great Lee Sklar used them since the70s. Spot on!

I am a it late but want to chime in on T Bone. I saw hime on the 94 Billy Joel tour to Australia when I was working as a stage hand. What I didn't know at the time that he had played on all the great music I was hearing as a kid in the 80s. Fast forward about 20 years and I was chatting to the...

I have played 62 reissues, 64reissue and lately the 63 Artist. Sonically all the same (right down to this pesky dead spots around the 7 fret of the E string). The Artist seems to be lighter in the burst and the neck may be a tad thicker but still very easy to play. Same impeccable...

Yeh, I agree totally with this and it has kept me working as the industry has gotten meaner and leaner. Add some reading to this, pitched and non-pitched, even if only basic and you'll find work. Gotta confess, I can't call myself a drummer or bass player because I can't decide which I like...

Great interview. I have mucho respect for Sting's abilities. I am not surpised Sting and Dom seemed a tad reserved at the start. I have interviewed some high profile musicians for some drumming publications and almost always they start off reserved. It's like they're trying to size you up and...

I have been playing a German 500/1 for the last 6 months. It's a work tool for me and to give context I roll with Sadaowsky basses and also have a Ric. I love the Hofner tone. You can get a lot of tone out it, but that means learning to dial it in well. I think the bridge pup is actually...

I am late to this thread but here are my thoughts after playing bass professionally since 92. As for iconic and Ric - go and see any clip of McCartney in 1976 slaying it live on his Ric (especially on the song Soily. Holy flats Batman) P and J are superb and yeh I guess iconic. My first bass...

Beautiful Ric. I have a MG330 and it is art. If this bass was Fireglo I'd be all over it. Good luck with sale.

Well I am late to this one too. I was looking for a Warwick like Lee Sklar's and stumbled across violin basses. Today I played both Chinese 500/1 variants made by Hofner, an actual German 500/1 and at least 3 or 4 Greco VBs dating from late 70s to early 2000s. All had flats. My experience was...