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Andy Fairweather Low (Roger Waters) bass
- Thread starter Redfloyd
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Not sure, but you might get a better look if you check out "The Wall in Berlin" on DVD, if my memory serves me right he plays the same bass on that.
Have no idea what bass you're referring to. But if we're talking about a Fender-style bass with an all-black neck, I'm guessing it's an aftermarket graphite neck stuck onto a Fender-style body.
Status, Moses, and Modulus all offer bolt-on Fender-style graphite necks.
Status, Moses, and Modulus all offer bolt-on Fender-style graphite necks.
Andy is predominantly using Fender guitars with Roger’s show.
"My Fender bass is a cross between the Precision and Jazz bass, you can flick between the two. I use two Vibrokings. I really like that amp. I don’t use them both at the same time but there’s one clean set up and one dirty. I have one of those Martin Eric Clapton signature guitars which is fantastic. I’ve a couple of P90s and one with humbuckers. I never got on with the lace sensor pickups. I found some old humbuckers and actually, some new P90s. I like the sound they make. I was using a Vox Phantom but that’s been ditched now. That sounded awful, but I really liked it. It made a unique, strange guitar noise. Plus I’m using an old Washburn I got from Roger. It’s like a single cutaway."
"As far as effects go, I have a Voodoo Vibe for my part in ‘Money’, then flick it off when I do the solo. I used to use a Chorus on ‘Amused to Death’ but I don’t even bother with that now. That’s it. I don’t use a radio mic or anything, I use a lead to the amp. The amp is very straight forward and that’s it, valves, lead, guitar. Most of the guitarists I like played in the 50s or 60s and they had no effects. I have always found with effects that, even when I played with people that had them, and I thought they were great sounds, but it never moved enough air. Back in 1967, Hendrix was on that tour with The Floyd and my band Amen Corner. Although he had a few analogue pedals, and a wah wah, it was air that moved. He just turned the bloody thing up. There’s absolutely no substitute for it in my mind. Although you might create it through the PA, it’s how you feel when you’re standing next to it . There’s no substitute for pushing air.”
The 4 minute mark shows a distant shot.
"My Fender bass is a cross between the Precision and Jazz bass, you can flick between the two. I use two Vibrokings. I really like that amp. I don’t use them both at the same time but there’s one clean set up and one dirty. I have one of those Martin Eric Clapton signature guitars which is fantastic. I’ve a couple of P90s and one with humbuckers. I never got on with the lace sensor pickups. I found some old humbuckers and actually, some new P90s. I like the sound they make. I was using a Vox Phantom but that’s been ditched now. That sounded awful, but I really liked it. It made a unique, strange guitar noise. Plus I’m using an old Washburn I got from Roger. It’s like a single cutaway."
"As far as effects go, I have a Voodoo Vibe for my part in ‘Money’, then flick it off when I do the solo. I used to use a Chorus on ‘Amused to Death’ but I don’t even bother with that now. That’s it. I don’t use a radio mic or anything, I use a lead to the amp. The amp is very straight forward and that’s it, valves, lead, guitar. Most of the guitarists I like played in the 50s or 60s and they had no effects. I have always found with effects that, even when I played with people that had them, and I thought they were great sounds, but it never moved enough air. Back in 1967, Hendrix was on that tour with The Floyd and my band Amen Corner. Although he had a few analogue pedals, and a wah wah, it was air that moved. He just turned the bloody thing up. There’s absolutely no substitute for it in my mind. Although you might create it through the PA, it’s how you feel when you’re standing next to it . There’s no substitute for pushing air.”
The 4 minute mark shows a distant shot.
Good call:
Duff McKagan from Guns & Roses is a long-time Jazz Bass Special player. These basses were made in Japan in the 1980's. There was also a similar bass called the Precision Bass Lyte.
