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Bass Tone That First Blew You Away

#129
JimK said:
The bassist on JCS was Alan Spenner...he also played with Cocker in the Grease Band (nice Woodstock footage is out there).
IIRC, Spenner also did a stint with Roxy Music.

"Candles In The Rain"-
Is this Herbie Flowers?
If so, he is one creative cat.
Crazy stuff on "Rock On" (David Essex), "Space Oddity" (Bowie), & "Jump Into The Fire" (Nilsson).
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Yes you were right, Herbie Flowers!
 
#132
Sorry, slight derail, but who else hates playing "the bass solo" in Brown Eyed Girl. I've been in bands where I've been told to run it around twice and while I'm doing it they go, ladies and gentlemen, Will on bass!" Wooo hooo! I'm burning up my neck here people!!!! :vomit:

What does that have to do with bass tone? Nothing except the bass player nailed it on the record.

Now back to your regular programming.

/rant
 
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#133
alaskaleftybass said:
Sorry, slight derail, but who else hates playing "the bass solo" in Brown Eyed Girl. I've been in bands where I've been told to run it around twice and while I'm doing it they go, ladies and gentlemen, Will on bass!" Wooo hooo! I'm burning up my neck here people!!!! :vomit:

What does that have to do with bass tone? Nothing except the bass player nailed it on the record.

Now back to your regular programming.

/rant
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Yeah not bass solo material, at least by today's standards!
 
#134
Joe Nerve said:
Subconsciously, that may have been mine, too. I know every single word on that album. It helped shape my youth.., my whole life, actually. I still find myself in situations singing things like, "Who are you who, to criticize her..." Other great lines from there too. Definitely one of my top 5 albums of all time.
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Yes I do the same thing, but I've decided that it's a rabble rousing mission that I think I must abort. It is dangerous. It is dangerous.
 
#136
hobosong said:
Yes I do the same thing, but I've decided that it's a rabble rousing mission that I think I must abort. It is dangerous. It is dangerous.
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OK. I don't care that I'm derailing this thread. It's worth it :). Just found this which I never knew existed. The internet is a really neat thing:

 
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#138
I would be remiss not to mention one of my early heroes from the 70's. Stanley Sheldon's bass playing on "Frampton Comes Alive." With a good set of headphones on or a good stereo system, his tone and presence were incredible. He had perfect touch for the music. And such simplicity. A fretless Fender Precision through a double-stack Ampeg SVT. Solid, tasty, straight-ahead rock and roll. His precision and no nonsense style influenced me to become a more precise bass player. Did I mention his tone sounded awesome on that double album, every song. Especially when he holds down the song on "Do You Feel."
 
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#139
James Jamerson -- anything.

I was 13, and had been playing trumpet for a few months. I had always hated the "oldies" music my parents listened to around me when I was growing up. When I started playing trumpet in school band it was like a lightbulb went off, and I realized how much more musical and groovy the oldies music was compared to the sh*t on the radio at the time (2003). The main thing that caught my attention was the really cool bass lines in all the Motown music. That's when I decided I wanted to become a bass player.
 
#140
alaskaleftybass said:
I would be remiss not to mention one of my early heroes from the 70's. Stanley Sheldon's bass playing on "Frampton Comes Alive."
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I don't generally name drop, so I won't - not that anybody would know the guy anyway :), but I'm friends with one of the main engineers on that album. And he just had a hand in mixing a live show I did that's about to be released soon. Was talking an hour ago with the guy who's music it is, and said that what he (engineer dude) wanted to do with my bass, was what they did with the bass on Frampton Comes Alive. Something I never heard of before. Wanted to take my bass track, plug it into an amp in and isolated room, and then re-track the bass. The studio guy didn't have the time (or desire) to go through all that and ultimately it didn't get done (with mine), but that's how the bass Frampton Comes Alive was recorded. Or re-rerecorded to be accurate :).
 

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