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- Thread starter JIO
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Probably my favorite album of all time. I used to have one autographed by JZ himself but it's been lost/misplaced/stolen over the years. Cucumber Slumber probably has one of the funkiest, slipperiest bass lines of all time. I never get tired of hearing it. When I worked as an amp tech for a large New England music store chain in the 90's, I got to meet Alphonso Johnson. We were next door to the guitar techs so I grabbed a bass from them and had him play it for me. He never missed a beat. I wish I had a picture of him and I together but this was before the proliferation of cell phone cameras. I was amazed at how tall and lanky he was.Mysterious Traveler
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One of my favorites as well. I saw that tour w/Alphonso on bass, and the following tour in '76 with freshly joined Jaco. Much later saw the Joe Zawinul Syndicate with Victor Bailey. Miles & Zawinul - the pillars of Jazz.
I saw WR in San Diego in 1975 at the Civic Theater (I think). That's where I got Joe to sign my album (the only one I had by them at the time). I never thought to see if Alphonso could sign it. At that time I was a 19 year old, wet behind the ears, living in the big city after having grown up in northern NH. I didn't even know what a bass was at the time. I just knew that JZ was the band leader, I dug the music, and I wanted his autograph on that album. Boy, but was he ever gruff and somewhat of a curmudgeon.
Later when Jaco hit the scene, I learned what a bass was and what it could do...I still didn't pick up a bass to play until I was into my 30's.
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Ah...Fender's old tricks...you couldn't buy just a neck or body for decades until some companies started to buy whole guitars, breaking them down and selling the parts...there wasn't a damned thing Fender could do about it. Not to be outdone, all of a sudden you could buy Fender bodies and necks from Fender itself. I think it was The Stratosphere out of Exeter, NH that is down the road from where I used to live that started the ball rolling. Eventually this will probably happen to EBMM too except it seems they have a pretty tight control on their distributorship.
with the sub range it's hard for anyone to start copying, mm have pretty much got it sewn up.
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True, but if you're buying complete instruments from manufacturers, breaking them down and selling the individual parts then there's no reason to copy any parts. Some people want this body and that neck with those p'ups but with EBMM, you're pretty much stuck with what they offer out the door. I think they are starting to dabble in custom guitars and basses but not in the lower end Sterlings, etc.
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My wife has company over right now but this will definitely need to be played later on my much larger sound system. My computer speakers just aren't cutting it.
Produced by Bill Laswell and also him on bass. Wayne Shorter on soprano sax. Part of the early '90s re-exploration of '70s fusion and Miles.
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Less a direct copy than a faithful/respectful rendition. You and I intimately identify with Cucumber Slumber by WR - but more to the point, Jazz has an iron-clad history of reintroducing/reinterpreting 'renditions' of famous/popular jazz material. I see/hear it as no more or less than that, and judge it for the result of their 'homage's success. As someone who bought every WR LP new - I like Materials' early '90s 'take' on that iconic '70s WR song.
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Dredged from the sludge of antisocial media.
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The dark-tort pick-guard material on both of these basses must have been sourced from the same company. (Dano made for Sears dept store) 1968 1443 Silvertone Hornet
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nice collection - the last blue J is sweet!
Super-nice dredge there @God's Favorite Bass . You are good at teh googles!
This Silvertone is very much my first bass. Mine was VERY distressed. When distressed was not for the cool kids. Bought for about $15 used, from paper route money.
Heavy and horrible. It’s life did not end well.
Replaced by a brand spanking new ‘72 Precision.
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