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Alvin Moody with Gavin DeGraw

emjazz

emjazz

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#1
I know that there are some players from NYC who hang out here so maybe they can help.

I never buy pop albums. Everytime I go into the record store to get one I see too many jazz albums that I want and I stray to those. Well, some friend's turned me on to the Gavin DeGraw "Stripped" cd and I bought it. It's the extra cd that you can get with Chariot. What a killin disc. The band is all over it and Gavin writes fantastic tunes and sings his a** off. Well, the bass player is Alvin Moody and his playing and tone on that album is perfect. Great stuff. I'd love to find out what he used to record the album, his tone is that good. I can't place the sound of the bass. Any ideas? I don't usually worry about such things but it really is an amazingly supportive sound and I can't stop wondering what instrument he used. Thanks.
 
#6
gavin writes some great songs, but "Chemical Party" sounds waaaaaay too much like Jeff Buckley's "Eternal Life" to my rather annoyed ears. still, alvin on the record is pretty rockin', and stripped is pretty darn good. also, love joey waronker's feel. he's by far one of my most fav studio drummers.

at any rate, my gf dragged to see Gavin, and Alvin was KILLIN' the whole night. was using a Pensa from what i remember. mentioned it to the guys at Rudy's Repair who build the Pensa's, and they told me he's got jazz basses up the yingyang: Pensa, Sadowsky, Lull, Lakland, etc. etc. etc. they've seen it all.

but wouldnt be surprised if the Pensa is his main, cause Pensa basses and especially the onboard pre are HIGHLY underrated, and IMHO sound terrific. interestingly enough, for a long while, i saw more guys in NYC using Pensa's than Sadowsky's. but you didnt hear that from me. :hiding: ;)
 
#7
I'm glad you mentioned Joey Waronker. What a great drummer. His feel is all there on the Stripped album. Believe it or not I hear hints of Keith Carlock in there whether or not that's intentional or not. Oh yeah, and Oz Noy playing acoustic guitar????? Very cool. I have to say that I don't care for the studio album at all but the Stripped album knock's me out.

Any pictures of Alvin that I've seen has been with his Pensa. That's the only Jazz bass copy I'd ever own I think. I like that the Pensa 2 band pre has treble cut and boost. That's a big deal. Very smart.

Gavin's new bass player is Whynot who's not too shabby himself. The only time I've seen Whynot is subbing on the Wayne Krantz gig! :eek: He read the whole gig..........
 
#8
emjazz said:
I'm glad you mentioned Joey Waronker. What a great drummer. His feel is all there on the Stripped album. Believe it or not I hear hints of Keith Carlock in there whether or not that's intentional or not. Oh yeah, and Oz Noy playing acoustic guitar????? Very cool. I have to say that I don't care for the studio album at all but the Stripped album knock's me out.

Any pictures of Alvin that I've seen has been with his Pensa. That's the only Jazz bass copy I'd ever own I think. I like that the Pensa 2 band pre has treble cut and boost. That's a big deal. Very smart.

Gavin's new bass player is Whynot who's not too shabby himself. The only time I've seen Whynot is subbing on the Wayne Krantz gig! :eek: He read the whole gig..........
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emjazz' coolness rating = +19,346 pts :cool: :D
 

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