Penn Gillette playing RIC on TV

[Medford Bassman]

On Celebrity Apprentice.

Hmmmm

 

[St Drogo]

Whut? You got a clip or something? What was the context?

Did he make the bass disappear? Of make it more comfortable to play? Now that would be a magic trick right there.

 

[Medford Bassman]

Playing on a Trace Adkins tune

 

[ajish4]

LOL, the tease was announced by Donald Trump a "Magical Mystery Bassist".. I was like, WOW...Paul McCartney????

 

[Exploiter8]

Did you notice the neck dive when Penn was singing at the end?

X8

 

[two fingers]

Figures that's what an atheist would play......

(Totally just kidding around! Please don't start a fight! I was cleaning that joke and it just went off in my hand! Somebody PM me if I need to edit it away. But, seriously, it's just a joke. I think he's hilarious and Rics are great.)

 

[electracoyote]

Oh come on. This is tailor-made for TalkBass.

Where are all the "it would take a magician to make that piece of **** play right" comments?

 

[Swicked]

Figures that's what an atheist would play......

(Totally just kidding around! Please don't start a fight! I was cleaning that joke and it just went off in my hand! Somebody PM me if I need to edit it away. But, seriously, it's just a joke. I think he's hilarious and Rics are great.)

Calm down man...who would take offence from that?

 

[two fingers]

Calm down man...who would take offence from that?

You haven't been here a lot, have you?

 

[Engine207]

Calm down man...who would take offence from that?

Atheists...


...if we were insecure enough to be touchy about our lack of belief in...well...what believers believe.

 

[landau roof]

What's the joke? Aye don geddit.

 

[rojo412]

I remember seeing him playing a Kubicki, back in the day, during one of his routines.
EDIT: He's listed Invalid Link Removed

 

[Niff]

this thread is gonna be gold soon, i can tell.

edit: trust me. i'm an expert on these things

 

[hsech]

Yawn!

 

[Fuzzbass]

I saw Penn and Teller live many years ago, great show. Toward the end, a weird looking silver bass was lowered from the rafters into Penn's hands and he played an avant garde bass riff while doing a spoken word riff.

That was long before cell phone cameras. I'd guess the bass was a custom job of some kind. It had a Mouradian vibe but wasn't. It wasn't Ric, Kubicki, or the Roland synth bass. A quick Google only turned up Penn with upright and Ric.

Anyway, he's a very good bass player.

 

[Gorn]

Penn playing a pink upright:

 

[jlepre]

I had no idea he was a bassist, but here he is:

 

[Baird6869]

..make it more comfortable to play? Now that would be a magic trick right there.

nicely done!

I saw Penn & Teller in Vegas a few years ago and Penn was playing a DB during a couple of parts in the show.

Not a bad player IIRC.

 

[jlepre]

and this:
SKIP TO THE 3:00 MARK

 

[rtav]

Let's see:

1. Highly intelligent - check!
2. Articulate and funny - check!
3. Master illusionist - check!
4. Atheist - check!
5. BASS PLAYER - (ding! ding! ding!) BONUS ROUND!

AS IF I needed another reason to like Penn Jillette!