Just because Jaco is cool

[arginator]

I always thought it was Jack-o.

 

[Millsbass5ive]

you can for sure get Levis cords in many colors - I have cords exactly that colour

Yeah. That's what I used to wear. Haven't seen a pair since jr high, or high school.

 

[4001]

Jaco is one of my most favorite bassists/musicians/composers. Always will be.

I picked up the 180 gram LP of his debut album. Sounds incredible.

 

[gclark51]

I rocked a corduroy suit once upon a time. It was super-pimp! Unfortunately, there are between zero and one days per calendar year when you won't sweat straight through a corduroy suit in Texas.

AND...they can hear you coming....

 

[Gaolee]

his shirt game is 1000%

I had a shirt like that in 1976. I got it from Jaco's aunt's barber. Really. Too bad it wore out. It would be worth a mint now.

 

[rogerbmiller]

Hey, I own that exact bass but can't prove it. Anyone wanna buy it for $50k? It's legit, trust me. I bought it from my cousin's barber's niece's gynaecologist's mechanic's son's guitar teacher who played Jai alai with Jaco in Florida in the early days.

Funny that was my same thought when I saw this!

 

[two fingers]

Yup, lots.

You probably don't want to see them though!

I sometimes work on the medical equipment that takes those pics. Trust me when I say you do not want to see those pics. I'll just leave it at that.

 

[bholder]

One good thing about being my age is I saw Jaco live, both with Weather Report and Joni Mitchell. WOW. I also saw Stanley Clarke, Percy Jones with Brand X and Jeff Berlin with Bruford. These are my favorite jazzy guys. They were all different.

Bruford is an absolute monster.

 

[MEKer]

A little 3rd Stone from the Sun in this one too, which I really love watching

 

[MEKer]

and let me add I have never been able to get the perfect farty tone that Jaco had dammit :-(

 

[stevensivak]

so when did the figured maple top get added to his bass?

because in all of the vids and photos its unfired and then poof all of a sudden it has figure...???????

 

[SteveV74]

Like this cat... Jeroen Paul Thesselling (Obscura)

WHOA! Macgyver plays bass!!!

 

[Joebone]

"Jock-o"

Yup. Did a few gigs in the mid'70's with his Dad in the audience, who said we needed to hook up with his son "jock-o."

 

[alaskaleftybass]

and let me add I have never been able to get the perfect farty tone that Jaco had dammit :-(

Excellent vid! Thank you for sharing! Jaco certainly thought outside the box... his imagination was incredible...

3d Bn 16th FA Baumholder Germany!

 

[JIO]

I saw him playing the blue one with Hyram Bullock at Jonathan Swift's in Cambridge,MA early '86.

Wow - that is timely that you saw him then. I saw him the first few months after joining Weather Report. I just recall him dressed all in white (his Florida kit) and shuffling around the stage as he played. Bill Milkowski's book revealed his talc-powder stage routine that aided his shuffle.

 

[JIO]

I had a shirt like that in 1976. I got it from Jaco's aunt's barber. Really. Too bad it wore out. It would be worth a mint now.

 

[rolandm]

When it was rebuilt, the luthier added the figured top in. If memory serves, Jaco didn't dig that, but with the pickguard holes in the body, I can see why he did that.

 

[JIO]

WHOA! Macgyver plays bass!!!

check out this cat - he's awesome! This is the rhythm section to destroy all rhythm sections!

 

[stevensivak]

i have seen pics of the broken bass- it was a basket case and the fact that it even played was a miracle, but the burst is awful
and putting on a decorative top? did he play it much after the rebuild? if not i can understand....

 

[JIO]

i have seen pics of the broken bass- it was a basket case and the fact that it even played was a miracle, but the burst is awful
and putting on a decorative top? did he play it much after the rebuild? if not i can understand....

I'm going to guess that back then Jaco probably thought it was really really cool even if he didn't really like the figured top - his trusted partner in crime in shards and splinters was resurrected into a playable instrument. A real Frankenstein! Those who have played it more recently since it's return say it 'speaks'. Looks are so superficial.