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What do you think about Doug Wimbish?
- Thread starter gbf
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I just missed em in NY 
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There a great bunch of guys.
Doug is a killer player! Even with an Ibanez
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.There a great bunch of guys.
Doug is a killer player! Even with an Ibanez
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I really dig his Tackhead and Jungle Funk stuff. Cool player and very nice guy. I met him (very briefly) @ Musikmesse Frankfurt some years ago.
I was lucky enough to be in the front row of Bad Brains/Living Colour show at the American Theater in St. Louis when they were supporting the "Stained" album. It was an AMAZING experience!!! I got smashed up against the front barricade and was scared outta' my skull by the lead singer for Bad Brains, but it was an amazing show. Living Colour were at the peak of their game back then (spring of '93), and Wimbish put on a clinic. If you REALLY want to be inspired by a modern innovator on the instrument, Wimbish will either make you put down your bass for the rest of your life or you'll end up locking yourself in your room for the next 3 months until you finally start to figure out what in the heck he's doing! 
Have fun at the show and watch Wimbish and Calhoun like a hawk....you'll be amazed!
Have fun at the show and watch Wimbish and Calhoun like a hawk....you'll be amazed!
great player.
I had a listen to Stain the other day for the first time in ages and realised how many things I learned about bass playing off that album-
esp. the use of harmonics on "Bi" and "Nothingness".
however, i was a bit disappointed when I saw Living Colour live at The Forum in 2001- Wimbish did a solo using his whammy pedal and it seemed like he was playing the effects rather than the bass.
still, I bought their latest album Collideascope- even though it cost me £16.99 on DVD audio....
the original LC bassist Muzz Skillings was also very good indeed.
in places on Times Up it sounds like he's switching between fingerstyle/slap and a pick.
I had a listen to Stain the other day for the first time in ages and realised how many things I learned about bass playing off that album-
esp. the use of harmonics on "Bi" and "Nothingness".
however, i was a bit disappointed when I saw Living Colour live at The Forum in 2001- Wimbish did a solo using his whammy pedal and it seemed like he was playing the effects rather than the bass.
still, I bought their latest album Collideascope- even though it cost me £16.99 on DVD audio....
the original LC bassist Muzz Skillings was also very good indeed.
in places on Times Up it sounds like he's switching between fingerstyle/slap and a pick.
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Doug is one of the most talented,creative,versatile,innovative and original spirit to ever pick up the Bass.
A lot of what is going on in Bass Playing today as far as guitaristic,explosive,tapping,slapping,strumming,popping,flamenco,in your face playing, Doug was doing 20-25 years ago fresh.
Me and Doug just spoke last monday and he informed me that he was leaving for Brazil that coming Wensday.wow he's been in beautiful Brazil now over a week.
Have fun at what will be a great show.
A lot of what is going on in Bass Playing today as far as guitaristic,explosive,tapping,slapping,strumming,popping,flamenco,in your face playing, Doug was doing 20-25 years ago fresh.
Me and Doug just spoke last monday and he informed me that he was leaving for Brazil that coming Wensday.wow he's been in beautiful Brazil now over a week.
Have fun at what will be a great show.
I saw the Living Colour concert near Venice last month. Doug is surely an exceptional musician and he use the effects with good choice.
I really dug his earlier stuff he did with all of the SugarHill label artist,and Mark Stewart&M.A.F.I.A. Great player
I still don't have any LC albums yet. I'll admit I'm not sure which one to start with--do I want Doug first, or maybe Muzz? Someone persuade me!
I got to see doug live a few years back when our bands played the same festival. He was playing with his trio JungleFunk. Man, I have never seen so many pedals in my life! But he used them in a very musical way.
A really talented guy!
A really talented guy!
did he use the whammy on the solo? and did he tap?
i remeber reading in an article somewhere that he put teh whammy in one song so he could put "his stamp" on it. i thought it was funny.
i remeber reading in an article somewhere that he put teh whammy in one song so he could put "his stamp" on it. i thought it was funny.
speddling said:
Wow, Doug ripped it up on that video. I have never really heard any Living Color, but if its as good as that video I will check them out.
