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Sam Rivers

#41
I saw Biskit play in between Powerman 5000 (pre sci fi) and Primus. It was kind of like a crap sandwitch. I liked Powerman and Primus. I think it was just Fred Dursts douchieness that killed it for me. Rivers did have some unique bass lines though.

C/S,
Rev J
 
#42
Even if you can't stand listening to their recorded stuff, which is fair enough, Limp Bizkit always put on a hell of a live show.

Not a fan of PM5K (mainly because I haven't heard much) but Claypool/Primus is sick... The things he can do with a bass... Insane dude.

I just love what Sam does with bass... He's not overly complex, he doesn't do bizarre (think Fieldy's weird clicky clacky tone), he doesn't wank the bass, he just makes slick lines that really drive the songs, they're never overly complex, yet never lazy and boring either. On their more recent stuff, he really pushed the song Gold Cobra over the edge, he's really in your face, but never over the top with it. I myself have a tendency to over cook my bass and become the focus of the song, when 9/10 times bass shouldn't be the focus, dealing it back is just as much of a skill as actually making decent bass lines that stand out, Sam has got that down to a Tee.
 
#43
According to some guy on CL, I own a bass that was owned by Sam Rivers back in the early 90's:

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#45
Partly because people want to speak about Sam Rivers, and partly because - why create a new empty thread when there's a thread with a lot of posts in, even if they're as old as my great grandpa?

Those basses are nice BTW - but weren't you afraid of getting them dirty laying them out on the grass like that? :O

I'm surprised to see that he used a 4 string back then, he's always been a 5-stringer, except in the studio for their last few albums, probably because he's passed the age where your ear can discern the extra low notes so he doesn't write using them anymore. He says that the main advantage of a 5 string is that it saves him having to downtune to match Wes (who usually plays in c# or drop b)
 

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