This is pretty early Return To Forever. Bill Conners is on guitar and they sound great. Stanley is playing a Rickenbacker which I had not heard him do before. He solos around the 10:00 minute mark.
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Stanley Clark plays Rickenbacker with RTF
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Horrible video editing on that, the ultra-fast camera switches leaves me nauseous...
...into an Acoustic 361 or 371!
And Chick is playing an ARP Pro Soloist! (or is that an Explorer?) I guess everyone's gotta start somewhere...
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That video makes me think of my first quality bass. It was a Rickenbacker 4000 too. Off topic: Return to Forever were incredible musicians but those song titles sound like they were created from a combination of comic books and weed.
I am still waiting for that short scale Stratocatser Bass he was supposed to collaborate with Fender on designing and making available for purchase.
But at this point I kind of fear that project got flunked.
But at this point I kind of fear that project got flunked.
My favorite RTF is this version with Bill Connors in it.
I hear you; I always thought that DiMeola was a bit full of himself, and it seemed like all he could do was that staccato robot riffing, while Connors did some really out stuff. I went to go see them on the Romantic Warrior tour, got to the hall early, and managed to sneak in while they were doing sound check. Corea, Clarke, and White started to jam on the old perennial,"Green Dolphin Street", but DiMeola looked lost and sat out. Now, I was no jazz nazi, in fact, at that time I was just beginning to learn about all the classic stuff, but I though that him not knowing that one, and not even trying to navigate it on the fly, was just kind of lame.
As someone with a 4000 -- I can see it -- it's got the singing quality I associate with Stanley. No neck pickup wanted!~ Put some light gauge strings on...
I wish I had seen this video back in 1978 or 1979. Maybe it would have dramatically hastened my realization that there is nothing magic in any bass. It would have great to hear and see Stanley Clarke doing Stanley Clarke stuff on an humble Rickenbacker like mine (except mine was prettier.
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Off topic: this was pre-huge hat Lenny White.
)Off topic: this was pre-huge hat Lenny White.
I'm with you; I advanced the video to about 9 and a half minutes in to catch the bass solo...missed the whole thing cuz I was in the bathroom barfing after 30 seconds of that camera work.
I'd heard it was an EB-2, the thinline semi-hollow model. Allegedly that's the instrument he played on the one or two cuts that feature electric bass from the eponymous Return To Forever album.
Not sure about the Kramer, but I know the G-3 was pure promotional swag, stuff that Gibson gifted Stan. Same with any Ibanez models you ever see him posing with in the late-1970s/early-1980s: The manufacturers gave him free stuff and then used the photos of him holding their gear in their marketing efforts. It's unlikely he ever gigged out with those.
That's what I suspected of the Gibby pic; it too looked a little posed. Also, that was the great era of bogus endorsement ads, the sort of thing that's toned down a bit now that companies aren't throwing a lot of money away like they used to.
He also had a collection of Yamaha BB basses, though I 've never seen a photo of him actually playing one. Just know he had some back in the eighties
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