P-Bass Tradition

[hentor]

True. Geddy's first ever bass was a P-Bass copy, then he bought a Fender P, if i'm not mistaken

Yup Geddy owned a Fender P. It is now cut into the shape of a tear drop as that was the thing to do in Toronto in the 1970s...(there are a number of Toronto area bassists from that era that have teardrop shaped Ps for some reason...)

 

[Pilgrim]

Yes Jerry Scheff was one of my idols growing up awesome player.He also played on the Doors last album before Jim Morrison died LA Woman.

Scheff's playing on the LA Woman cut is one of the BEST performances I've ever heard. Just try and play that bass line as smoothly as he did....not gonna happen. Absolutely incredible.

 

[on1ne]

Did Gordon Edwards of Stuff play a P or a J?

What I do remember (besides the fact that they cooked) is that his bass rivaled Willy Nelson's guitar for being one of the most worn and relic'd out basses I've ever seen, with a hole nearly all the way thru the body.

 

[Parabolic Box]

It is now cut into the shape of a tear drop as that was the thing to do in Toronto in the 1970s...(there are a number of Toronto area bassists from that era that have teardrop shaped Ps for some reason...)

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

Am I the only Bob Mosely fan?

No. No you're not. And here's a nugget for ya, Stills wanted to be the bass player in the Lovin' Spoonful,as per his 1970 RS interview. Sadly his hopes were dashed. Now that I think of it? What did Steve Boone play?

Stills played bass on the Crosby Stills and Nash self-titled, and his own first solo album. There is also video footage of him playing upright bass as well.

 

[One Drop]

Leo Fender.

Hard to believe, but Leo Fender didn't play bass.

 

[sarcastro83]

David J.

Fretless, even.

 

[98mtd]

Leo Fender P'd all over me. 1977 natural color all-original CBS.

 

[RED5]

Stills played bass on the Crosby Stills and Nash self-titled, and his own first solo album. There is also video footage of him playing upright bass as well.

He knows where the goodness is.

 

[Richard89]

Even Elvis Presley had a Precision Bass :

 

[98mtd]

Great photo of the King P'n.

 

[KrispyJones]

...hes tapping on it, right ? ^^

 

[98mtd]

He's P'n.

 

[Parabolic Box]

...hes tapping on it, right ? ^^

He's doing the typewriter before Thunderfingers invented it.

 

[GianGian]

Yup Geddy owned a Fender P. It is now cut into the shape of a tear drop as that was the thing to do in Toronto in the 1970s...(there are a number of Toronto area bassists from that era that have teardrop shaped Ps for some reason...)

Teardrop shape? Any pics?

 

[JTE]

Did Gordon Edwards of Stuff play a P or a J?

In an ancient Guitar Player Magazine interveiw (the one where he claimed if he drove into a tunnel and lost the radio signal, if when he came back out and the record didn't match his timing, he knew the record was wrong), he was using a P bass. The one time I saw him on TV (probably on SNL with Paul Simon) he was playing a white or other light colored P bass with a black pickguard. I don't recall the neck.

Let's add Freebo who used a fretless P on much of the early Bonnie Raitt stuff from 1972 or so until about 1978.

And Carl Radle with Delany & Bonnie and with Eric Clapton/Derek & The Dominoes.

Stills also played on several of the track on Deja Vu as well as the whole first CSN album.

Jim Messina played a SCP when he took Bruce Palmer's place in Buffalo Springfield.

Chris Hillman- and there's a great photo of him in the vinyl album version of his first solo album ("Slippin' Away") playing an anodized guard P bass. BTW, that album has a great selection of bassists. Besides Hillman, it's got Duck Dunn, Jim Fielder (another P Bass fan), and Leland Sklar.

jte

 

[Jim Carr]

Am I the only Bob Mosely fan?

No. No you're not. And here's a nugget for ya, Stills wanted to be the bass player in the Lovin' Spoonful, as per his 1970 RS interview. Sadly his hopes were dashed. Now that I think of it, what did Steve Boone play?

A sunburst Guild Starfire.

 

[Jim Carr]

Nit picking here, but I think that was a Telecaster bass (the early ones were, of course, just reissued '51 P's)

Making Ron Wood one of the early RI P-bass players...

 

[dave79]

This is the most ridiculous thread I have ever seen. But that Elvis pic is sure as hell my new desktop wallpaper. Thanks Richard89!

 

[ynie92992]

I actually like Mikey Way because unlike most other pop-ish bassists, he doesn't mess up on shows.And I like MCR.(Flame Guards,activate!)