Ain't nothin' wrong with Flea, brother.
However, I was unaware he played any fretless, though i've lost track of them the last few years.
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Fretless in rock?
- Thread starter Joesoef
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Ain't nothin' wrong with Flea, brother.
However, I was unaware he played any fretless, though i've lost track of them the last few years.
For one song, In My Time of Dying. It's a P Bass, w/ maple FB, I think it's an early "ish" 70's.
Here is the bass in question from 1975:
YouTube - Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying (Live Earls Court 1975)
You can see it quite a bit during Page's solo.
And here is the same bass in 2007:
YouTube - LED ZEPPELIN "IN MY TIME OF DYING" LIVE LONDON REUNION CONCERT 2007 -COMPLETE PERFORMANCE
You can see it really well @ about 00:20
Don't remember who it was, but Robert Plant's bass player, from maybe his second (third?) solo album on used fretless quite a bit.
Then there is Pino with Paul Young (OK - might not be "rock.....").
Oh, and I think it's Pino playing fretless again on much of Don Henly's early solo work.
Then there is Pino with Paul Young (OK - might not be "rock.....").
Oh, and I think it's Pino playing fretless again on much of Don Henly's early solo work.
Robert Trujillo from suicidal tendencies ( and that other band 
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YouTube - I Wasn't Meant To Feel This/Asleep At The Wheel
)YouTube - I Wasn't Meant To Feel This/Asleep At The Wheel
Robert Trujillo from suicidal tendencies ( and that other band
YouTube - I Wasn't Meant To Feel This/Asleep At The Wheel
Charlie Jones played with Plant.
Pino played on "Sunset Grille" on Henley's "Building the Perfect Beast"
Larry Klein played the killer fretless line on "Boys of Summer".
Nope. Straight from th album credits:
Mike Campbell - guitars, synthesizers & percussion
Steve Porcaro - synthesizer
Danny Kortchmar - synthesizer guitar
Larry Klein - bass
Pino played on "Sunset Grill", "You Can't Make Love" and "Land of the Living".
Dee Murray on Elton John's early albums, best heard on the 11/17/70 live album.
And.......Me! I play fretless exclusively. And as someone said previously, you usually can't tell by listening (that's intentional).
And.......Me! I play fretless exclusively. And as someone said previously, you usually can't tell by listening (that's intentional).
Jeroen Thesseling from Obscura. Six and seven string Warwick fretless played 3-finger style in a death metal setting.
Hmm... I'd like proof (of the first one, not the second!). I've never seen any pictures of Dee with a fretless, and there's nothing in the sound or performance of "11/17/70" to indicate he's playing fretless there at all. Except for two songs, Dee didn't play on Elton John albums except "11/17/70" until "Honky Château" in 1972. He's not on the "Elton John" at all. He plays on "Amoreena" from "Tumbleweed Connection" (though he and Nigel sing on a few others) and on "All The Nasties" from "Madman Across The Waters". BTW, "All The Nasties" is the first recorded example of what became The Elton John Band of Dee, Nigel, and Davey Johnstone.
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He played a fretless on Death's "Individual Thought Patterns" album/CD. This is about as far away from where you would expect to hear a fretless as you can get. He plays fretless throughout and not on only one or two tracks. He has some crazy basslines on there too.
He played a fretless on Death's "Individual Thought Patterns" album/CD. This is about as far away from where you would expect to hear a fretless as you can get. He plays fretless throughout and not on only one or two tracks. He has some crazy basslines on there too.
Seek out some Rose Thompson in Babe the Blue Ox.
Their RCA releases are more melodic rock, but their older stuff is harder Beefheart/Zappa-ish. All of it has outstanding bass playing, mostly fretless.
They were an insane live band, and she could wail on the fretless while singing like you wouldn't believe.
Their RCA releases are more melodic rock, but their older stuff is harder Beefheart/Zappa-ish. All of it has outstanding bass playing, mostly fretless.
They were an insane live band, and she could wail on the fretless while singing like you wouldn't believe.
Not only did he play a fretless on that tune, he played in unison with Jimmy Page's slide guitar part. Very nicely done Mr. Jones ! ! !
