Led Zeppelin

[BassBob185]

I didn’t get tickets to the Led Zeppelin reunion show that I think was last night.

I did catch the 2 hour show on VH1 last night about Led Zeppelin. John Jones played his 61 sunburst Fender Jazz bass on all the songs and I guess that was him sometimes on the keyboard and mandolin. I had forgotten that Page played a Danelectro ('59 DC body) sometimes sometimes using a slide.

Anyone know if Jones every played anything other than the Fender Jazz?

 

[dominic]

He has a signature alembic, the triple omega. I believe he plays his mansons now, but he used to have a fretless P if I remember rightly

 

[Busker]

He occasionally played an 8-string Hagstrom bass (I think it was Hagstrom, from Sweden), and a Fender Bass V, one of those five string Fenders from the late 1960's. Later in Zeppelin he played an Alembic, mentioned above. I remember reading that he got the Alembic because he was concerned about the Jazz getting worn out, or not being reliable anymore.

The Hagstrom(?) 8-string had doubled strings tuned in octaves, like a 12-string guitar, so it was played like a 4-string.

 

[DeanT]

Check this thread.

By the way, it's only 11 post below yours. and the search function is just above you to the right.

 

[bobm2112]

Legend has it that JPJ came up with the riff to Black Dog on his 8 String. The riff was so complex and in such a strange time sig, that Page has to take it and "dumb it down" I sure would love to hear what he originally wrote.

 

[Yvon]

Legend has it that JPJ came up with the riff to Black Dog on his 8 String. The riff was so complex and in such a strange time sig, that Page has to take it and "dumb it down" I sure would love to hear what he originally wrote.

If I remember well the origianl riff was transcribed in bass guitar magasine.

I have it somewhere I can try to look for it.

 

[BassBob185]

Check this thread.

By the way, it's only 11 post below yours. and the search function is just above you to the right.

The search function is not the be all and end all of all things TB. I see this often when someone posts and it assumes that before a topic is brought up that you should first search. Wrong! Sometimes people want to do their own thing without the TB elite getting all instructional. Please don't be so condescending.

 

[Eric Moesle]

The search function is not the be all and end all of all things TB. I see this often when someone posts and it assumes that before a topic is brought up that you should first search. Wrong! Sometimes people want to do their own thing without the TB elite getting all instructional. Please don't be so condescending.

I disagree. Let's make every third thread the exact same topic, and see how we all feel.

I can understand if the same topic happened weeks ago, but when its just a few lines down, it gets ridiculous. Every week, there's a different thread about "what's the best way to take a bass on an airplane". How many times are we willing to provide the same answers before we just give up and don't offer the guy any advice.

Search functions keep the people smarter, the place cleaner and more orderly.

 

[middlebit]

The search function is not the be all and end all of all things TB. I see this often when someone posts and it assumes that before a topic is brought up that you should first search. Wrong! Sometimes people want to do their own thing without the TB elite getting all instructional. Please don't be so condescending.

Asking a question that's been asked and answered hundreds of times before is what's condescending. It's like not switching off your mobile at the cinema, going "I want to do my own thing". People reminding the OP of the search function are actually doing him a favour for the future. They are the sign on the wall saying "please switch off your mobile phone during the screening". There's no need to be annoyed at people for wanting to be helpful.

 

[basslyon]

If I remember well the origianl riff was transcribed in bass guitar magasine.

I have it somewhere I can try to look for it.

Yes do that!!

 

[DeanT]

don't be so condescending.

I wasn't being condescending. If I wanted to be condescending, I wouldn't have linked to the previous thread on this exact same topic.

 

[rockwarnick]

forget about the search function. lets focus on something important. i want to know the original and most likely more kick-ass riff to black dog.

 

[bassbengoa]

forget about the search function. lets focus on something important. i want to know the original and most likely more kick-ass riff to black dog.

Ditto. Why discuss about the search funtion when you can have (and discuss) a master piece. So doooo it, please!

 

[mikeswals]

Mostly it was the '61 Jazz, but he also used a '53 P Bass, and occasionally the Bass V.
And later the Alembic, like mentioned above.

 

[Mr Venus]

I disagree. Let's make every third thread the exact same topic, and see how we all feel.

I can understand if the same topic happened weeks ago, but when its just a few lines down, it gets ridiculous. Every week, there's a different thread about "what's the best way to take a bass on an airplane". How many times are we willing to provide the same answers before we just give up and don't offer the guy any advice.

Search functions keep the people smarter, the place cleaner and more orderly.

Wow! You sure are uptight! Are you sure you're a bass player?

 

[Eric Moesle]

Yes, definitey a bass player, but also being a lawyer helps make me uptight.

You're very perceptive.

 

[Yvon]

ok I found the black dog ariginal riff. It's not much different, I will write here what JPJ said about the riff in the next post...
I was lazy so I just ooked a pictures of the page instead of transcribing it in finale.

Link Removed

 

[Yvon]

Here is the quote from JPJ

Originaly I worte the bridge riff with different accents that disguised the beat even more (see figure 3b). In the long run, however, playing it this way poved to be too tricky for everyone to hear and perform together without losing track of the beat, so we ended up changing the accent pattern to make the downbeats a little more obvious (see figure 3A).