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Louis Johnson strange bass?

#25
king_biscuit said:
Hahaha I actually edited that out of my post. What I meant was that they both have that same pinched throat way of singing that is so easy to parody on South Park. I can't stand to listen to either one of them.
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Actually vocally their syles are quite different. Michael McDonald is what some call a cotton mouth singer. Meaning his words are kind of muffled . Where Michael Bolton seems to sings clearly but out of his range. he always sounds like he's straining.

I would much rather listen to McDonald especially if it's his first Motown review CD.
 
#26
T-MOST said:
Actually vocally their syles are quite different. Michael McDonald is what some call a cotton mouth singer.
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Cotton mouth singer :) That reminds of something Jerry Lewis once said. He told Larry King that people always thought he was shorter than Dean Martin, but that actually they were the same height. Jerry went on the tell Larry that he always worked out of a crouch back then :) I have often wondered what he meant by that....
 
#29
king_biscuit said:
Idol, I am honored to be part of your sig :)
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Just say dumb@$$ things (like me) or say something really smart and you'll be sigged all the time.

I've been sigged a few times...

ex:
"Emotional beat downs... it's how I roll"

&

Something along the lines of "I want a bass like 2x as old as me" talking about a 1970's pbass. (Ask youridol about that one)

&

"I don't know much about him. I'd concider the flecktones mainstream"
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See and the sad parts are that I don't do it on purpose. I say stupid crap (or funny, whichever eye you're lookin through) just because that's me.
 
#30
I've been looking for one of those Treker basses for a while now. Played one in Myrtle Beach about 15 years ago , and loved it. Haven't seen the Louis Johnson model since then. Not even on the internet. Apparently, there's a connection between Treker, Bunker basses, and also the Ibanez ATK ,. The ATK also has the tension free neck that the Treker bass had. I thnk it was the first Ibanez (and only?) built in the US.
 
#33
Gyoon said:
Nice!

"Life is about family ... it's about spirit ... it's about children ... it's about ... wait, how old are you?"

"40"

"Holy s**t man, you got to get on that!"
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I can't hear MMcD's name and not think of that movie. Don't get me started on the Coldplays.

Man, MMcD was, like Jesus, just alright with me* until he started his third (or fourth) career butchering timeless R&B nuggets for public TV pledge drives. :rollno: He was cool enough for Warren G. and Nate Dogg to sample for "Regulate."

*Originally a Byrds song, if anyone cares.
 
#34
swrbass5 said:
I've been looking for one of those Treker basses for a while now. Played one in Myrtle Beach about 15 years ago , and loved it. Haven't seen the Louis Johnson model since then. Not even on the internet. Apparently, there's a connection between Treker, Bunker basses, and also the Ibanez ATK ,. The ATK also has the tension free neck that the Treker bass had. I thnk it was the first Ibanez (and only?) built in the US.
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Treker was based in Utah and run by Dave Bunker's son (Dave Jr?).

Yes, all 3 had the same tension-free neck design. Ed Roman's description appears to be lifted from the Bunker website. Little easier to comprehend with pictures / diagrams. I've torn down and reassembled several of the tension-free necks....they're interesting to say the least.

Riis
 
#35
Tommygunn said:
He was on a thing called soul train playing with Michael McDonald.

It was a P/P bass and it was natural and reminded me a bit of a BC Rich Mockingbird but I know it wasn't one. Black headstock. Best description I can give you, it didn't show him more than 3 times.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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Ump ump ump... on a thing called Soul Train... :hmm::(;)

You may not get this but.. boy oh boy does that statement make me feel old... ;):p:D
 

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