Short Scale Bass Player

[Kink Rimson]

Nobody has yet mentioned Andy Fraser? I really love his playing with Free: wonderfully understated yet funky and the tone he got from his Gibson EB-3 through the Marshall stacks is sooo gorgeous. He's without a doubt one of my main bass influences. Here's a youtube clip from the 1970 Isle Of Wight festival of them playing my all-time favourite Free tune, "Be My Friend".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGAYNe2UzU

Dang, you beat me to it!
(Racks brains)
Dan Lilker played a medium scale Jackson with SOD...

 

[erik_ghoulet]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Peter Principle of Tuxedoomoon (Gibson EB-0) and David Weddell of Josef K (Fender Mustang.) Might seem a bit obscure but if you Youtube the bands you may be impressed by the bass playing...I am.

 

[The Lurker]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Peter Principle of Tuxedoomoon (Gibson EB-0) and David Weddell of Josef K (Fender Mustang.) Might seem a bit obscure but if you Youtube the bands you may be impressed by the bass playing...I am.

well, ya learn something new every day.... din't know Tuxedomoon's guy had an EB.... sure doesn't sound like your typical Gibson sound (twang city)

 

[erik_ghoulet]

That's because I was wrong...after further inspection I think it's an EB-3. Bridge pickup, perhaps?

 

[actooon]

It's a good combination : Acoustic 134 (1971) + Bronco Squier (2006).
Bronco isn't toy for children...

 

[actooon]

But the best short bass is Blood Of The Sun by Felix Pappalardi. Orgasmic.

 

[Buskman]

Garry Tallent, E-Street band. Danelectro longhorn on "Born to Run"

Even his current main bass is a beautiful custom made short scale Spector NS-2J:

 

[plexibass]

jack bruce also used dan armstrong's both fretted and fretless

rick price-georgia satellites all 4 albums [was not the bassist on "keep your hands to yourself".]

 

[DeanT]

Didn't John Entwistle record something on a Longhorn? Remember reading a blurb about it in a bassplayer or bassguitar a year or 2 ago.

Yep. Since strings for the Longhorns were so hard to find, when he broke a string, he'd just go and buy another bass.

 

[Baryonyx]

Stanley Clarke! One of my absolute favourites!

 

[Sneckumhaw]

Yep. Since strings for the Longhorns were so hard to find, when he broke a string, he'd just go and buy another bass.

That was for the solo on My Generation. He eventually got sick and tired of it and used a fender, even though the song was originally supposed to be a showcase for the great Dano sound.

 

[acleex38]

Two Tone Tommy Blankenship from My Morning Jacket is now a Birdsong owner and played his Birdsong Cortofusion on the Tonight Show a few weeks back.

 

[scuoco]

Abe Laboriel played on hundreds of famous recordings with his main bass for most of his career...a 31" scale Goya panther bass.

 

[iamthebassman]

Pfft. Obviously not an important or influential musician to take 27 posts to mention.

Seriously, the first name that popped into my head was his.

Is it just me or didn't the opening post of this thread say "- aside from Beatles stuff"?

 

[iamthebassman]

I think that Gibson EB-0 is short and EB-3 is long.

I played EB-0 (short) in 1993. Fantastic sound! Big "cigarette box" pick up (neck).

But I never saw FRETLESS 30'' bass - God knows why... (hahaha)...

Epiphone made a fretless version of their EB-1 during the late 90s/early 00s.

 

[freshbass]

Weren't Jack Bruce's Gibson short scale? It seems like most of the British Invasion bands used hollow bodied Gibsons that had short scales. Bill Wyman always used short scale basses.

Some did, glenn cornick was pictured on JT benefit w/ an EB2, but recorded with an EB3. They also played many epiphone rivolis rather than gibson EB2, the animals chas chandler and yardbirds come to mind, and some w/ various hofners. Gibson EB3 mainly was jack bruce, andy fraser, bob daisley, trevor bolder etc etc. It will always be the sound of british rock in my mind.

 

[freshbass]

Epiphone made a fretless version of their EB-1 during the late 90s/early 00s.

EB0 and EB3 are both short scale, EB3L is long scale (34") . I once owned a 68 fretless EB0 because I had my luthier do it, best sounding fretless I've ever owned. hhhmmmmmmm

 

[A.K.]

Paul Samwell-Smith with the Yardbirds
Bill Wyman with the Rolling Stones
Roger Glover on the Fireball LP by Deep Purple

 

[Ritter667]

Have you ever heard about a band called The Beatles?

Well, most of their discography features a short scale Höfner Violin Bass.

Also known as The Beatles Bass.

 

[dannylectro]

Garry Tallent, E-Street band. Danelectro longhorn on "Born to Run"

I believe he used Jerry Jones repros of Danelectros. I own one of his. He also frequently used them live.