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East Tennessee Talkbass
- Thread starter Michael Vee
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I recently bought a cigar box bass guitar that sounds surprisingly good.
I am glad that this is the only thread on Talkbass that discusses all of Pal's, fanned-fret basses, Jet-Glo Rickenbackers, JJ's 48th birthday (yay yay!!) and Lo, all these other things that we all talk about. That's us! I am so glad to know those of you that I do, and looking forward to the next time we can GTG and meet the more of you! -- MV
We were so glad you drove over for that first GTG, PD. We need to do this again, and it's already happening!
Thought of my old man influence Stanley Clarke tonight.. damn was that guy good in Return to Forever! But this this solo album piece is the tune I'm listening to right now. We Supply- listen:
I want everyone to share what you are listening to right now, as well. So much we can learn from each other if we do. Open up, all! -- MV
I want everyone to share what you are listening to right now, as well. So much we can learn from each other if we do. Open up, all! -- MV
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Another one I want to throw out is Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. I loved Tumblin' Dice and Happy.. but really the whole album. Don't get us started.. Or yes, do! I want to hear what you guys loved to listen to.
I play theatre and church, but man, if I had gotten to play the music I grew up with..it influences everything I think and do regarding playing bass in my 60's.
I play theatre and church, but man, if I had gotten to play the music I grew up with..it influences everything I think and do regarding playing bass in my 60's.
Who da heck did the Godfather, Jeff Roller listen to? I know him barely and hope to better, but you can tell he knows a LOT about music. You're up, Jeff..
That was a ton of fun. I'm actually in Knoxville fairly often now - moved Mom from Kingsport to there. Brother lives there too.
I'm trying to think how many of the basses I have now did I have then. I've gotten hooked on Peavey Furys these days. Added a Mesa D-800+ and gotten into pedals a lot more than I used to.
Since a young pup, music has always been in the background, if only on the radio. I have a lot of 50s. 60s, 70s influence in my "style". I can't really point to one genre, because I flipped the dial often. Every night I would hide a radio under my pillow and listen to WLS and Wolfman Jack.
When I learned to play bass, I did a 180 and played bluegrass. That high school band included my neighbor, Adam Steffey, who went on to play with Allison Krauss and Union Station and has a Gibson mandolin named after him.
Motown, Funk, Bluegrass, OLD Country, Rock, Southern Rock, Easy Listening, I loved it all. Too many influences to name. I didn't know who he was at the time, but Joe Osborn had a big influence on me.
You want to really stir my passions, ask me about some old Pal's memories
When I learned to play bass, I did a 180 and played bluegrass. That high school band included my neighbor, Adam Steffey, who went on to play with Allison Krauss and Union Station and has a Gibson mandolin named after him.
Motown, Funk, Bluegrass, OLD Country, Rock, Southern Rock, Easy Listening, I loved it all. Too many influences to name. I didn't know who he was at the time, but Joe Osborn had a big influence on me.
You want to really stir my passions, ask me about some old Pal's memories
Osborn was a great one, Jeff! Also Babbit and Jamerson. I always thought Lee Dorman was an under rated bass man from the 60s. Here's a cover of one of his bass lines with Iron Butterfly.
I still listen to the same music I listened to back in the late 70's - early 80's. What is now termed "Classic Rock" is just Rock & Southern Rock to me. The first band I was in played all current country covers at the time: Alabama, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Oak Ridge Boys, etc., so I still enjoy those songs when I hear them. Keep the radio in my truck tuned to WIMZ and I'm currently in rehearsal for a new project that is covering older country music. Should be an easy band to book and doing it with a friend that fronted a successful band back then that was the backup band for Earl Thomas Conley.
I listened to WLS too! "Windy City Weather!" This was 1970-73 and they played Top 40 and more. Still think about hearing "Spirit in the Sky" and other songs of that era, on WLS. It actually came in really well considering it was in Chicago. It's interesting to read about WLS on Wikipedia and that era. WLS was the first U.S. radio station to play the Beatles. They were also the station that broke out Styx, who was Chicago.
Sadly, the station quit broadcasting Top 40 in the late 80's and eventually turned to talk radio format.
I also listened to WUOT-FM. They had a jock named Jamie Zappalac (what a name!) who played album rock late nights and weekends. I recorded a lot of it on my reel-to-reel and listened to it and played along.
Same era - early 70's - My sister's boyfriend had a huge album collection. Lots of crazy stuff- Zappa, Cactus, Beck Bogert and Appice, Stones, Allman Brothers, on and on. 250+ albums. He was gone a couple summers and left all the albums with my sister who was home for the summer from college, and of course I was in heaven and played that stuff constantly.
So between the radio and those albums, my brain was trained on album rock and Top 40!
Tell a Pal's story, Jeff! And have a great gig with Clint tonight!
The first two pics are of the red Fury in original condition. I changed to a custom pickguard that you can see in the last picture.
These Fury's from the 90's have a Jazz shaped neck - great feel. There was a bit of neck dive due to the big keys and light body so I swapped out to Ultralight tuners and re-positioned the strap peg on the bottom of the bass. Love it now.
I also have a black one. I'll have to take some pics of that when there's some daylight to work with.
These Fury's from the 90's have a Jazz shaped neck - great feel. There was a bit of neck dive due to the big keys and light body so I swapped out to Ultralight tuners and re-positioned the strap peg on the bottom of the bass. Love it now.
I also have a black one. I'll have to take some pics of that when there's some daylight to work with.
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For an overdrive pedal the Xotic AC drive doesn't lose the low end. Best one I've found so far, and I've tried a few.
Thanks for the recommend. I found that the Zoom's overdrive models all pretty much sound the same. Also, the synth models aren't really usable. I will either do the show straight into the amp, or pick up some dedicated effects such as the EHX mono synth.
