Recent content by Marcus Willett

Oh no, this is going back to my days in Miami, around ‘87 to ‘93 or so. I think we recorded the album in ‘92 and I left shprtly thereafter. The live recording on the same playlist is from 1990.

Thanks! FWIW a few of these tracks are NOT the versions on the CD

I just put this up on YouTube, so I just figured I would share it with folks who might be interested. At the time of release, his debut album got zero promotion from the label and basically faded into obscurity. But hopefully some of you will enjoy it, there’s some good stuff on there if I do...

Thanks to everybody! I managed to find one.

I’m not generally a fan of gold strings, but a few years back I was given a free set which I decided to check out and on one of my bases. I think they work rather well. However, it was a four string set and it’s a five string base. I’ve looked around and can’t seem to find anyone that sells a...

So, I have two more or less identical five string Stambaugh basses. One has always been the back up for the other. I don’t play professionally anymore (that’s a long story.) so I don’t really need a “back up“ anymore. This has got me thinking. I’d like to experiment with E-C tuning on one of...

Sorry, meant to say tuning up a MINOR third

I’m not trying to be antagonistic here, but don’t you think that’s all a bit…crazy? I mean again, why? It makes aero sense to do this. You’ve made some observations and formulated a theory. That doesn’t mean it’s correct just because you say it is. Occam's razor applies here. Your explanation...

I’m not necessarily disputing this account and I’ll confess I haven’t listened “closely to the pitch of occasionally occurring open strings and their resulting harmonics” but this explanation creates more questions than it answers, First of all, as one can easily hear on casual listening (and...

Used to have a Blade many years ago. I only sold it because I don’t really play 4’s anymore. These are EXCELLENT basses, and mine had the best neck I’ve ever encountered on a J style. It’s a pity they don’t get the recognition they deserve, I’d put my old Blade up against ANY Jazz style 4...

Weii, yeah but… Standard (only option available at the time) Jazz Bass in 1960 In today’s dollars: $2,624.54 Or Precision Bass in 1951 In today’s dollars: $2,132.72 So, y’know…perspective

Um, no. You completely missed the point, apparently. The point being that whatever genius your ego might believe you to be, you’re a gnat compared to this guy so be humble. You’re of course free to disagree with that, but not to misconstrue my statement so utterly and not be corrected.

I think Pat Metheny (ironically in another Beato vid) summed it up best: “Compared to Bach, we all suck”

I don’t necessarily disagree with this, but… I’ve had the opportunity to interact (sometimes extensively) with several rich/famous people during my years in the biz. Some were nice folk, some were not. One of them (a very wealthy and pretty famous guy) once told me: Money/fame (power, really)...

Big fan of both of these guys. Similar in some ways, and very different in others. Tone wise I never liked Lake’s sound once he stopped playing the Jazz. Wetton’s tone with KC was much better. The live UK album (Night After Night) has the best bass tone that he ever got, IMO in fact one of the...