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#262
Pbassmanca said:
Hey man, I grew up in a super Jesus household too. First bass player that caught my ear was my buddy's dad, Carlos Debartolo, a sweet 6 string player with some of the tastiest bass lines and fills I can still remember from back in the 90's. My other buddy Stan Tadeja, a bass player who also inspired me, made me a tape of Jamiroquai's " Return of the Space Cowboy". It was Stuart Zender's wildly tasty bass lines and ridiculous fills that made me want to play the bass! Still love that album.
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I think it's so cool that you were exposed to, and inspired by live music when you were young! I think if that happened more, the world would be a better place. As for Jamiroquai... I went for a long time where I just couldn't bear to listen to anything but "Emergency on Planet Earth". Tasty vittles!!!
 
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Great historic info!

When I saw ABB in Piedmont Park in 69 Oak was using the Guild. At Byron in 70 he used the Tractor

Funny:At Piedmont ABB used the most mix-n-match of amps I'd ever seen
Kustom on Marshall Fender on Kustom Marshall on Kustom.

At Byron all used Marshalls

Jaw dropping to a kid of 15 from the poor side of the tracks who was just starting in bass in high school

Oak originally played guitar long before 2nd Coming and ABB so he had the upper hand as far as chordal work
 
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#266
gttim said:
Joe Schermie of Three Dog Night. He had that Jazz with a troll on the head stock. I don't think I even knew what a bass was until I saw/heard him.

The first real groove I remember was John Parrish of Rare Earth. I stole my mom's copy of that live album, "Rare Earth in Concert."
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Googling Rare Earth I found this. Life goals, bucket list, whatever you want to call it. Performing on ice with an ice show has to be on it:

 
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In the sixties, I was a bit of a Hollies fan in my early teens, so Eric Haydock was an early head turner.
Believe it or not, that IS a Fender VI six string bass (complete with tremolo!!)

Then, of course, Noel Redding came along with Jimi Hendrix and John Entwistle of the Who.
Entwistle, by the way, used to be in my mate's Boys Brigade band playing the tuba.

Some of you oldies may also remember him playing tuba on a few early Who numbers.
 
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Aquilador said:
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In the sixties, I was a bit of a Hollies fan in my early teens, so Eric Haydock was an early head turner.
Believe it or not, that IS a Fender VI six string bass (complete with tremolo!!)

Then, of course, Noel Redding came along with Jimi Hendrix and John Entwistle of the Who.
Entwistle, by the way, used to be in my mate's Boys Brigade band playing the tuba.

Some of you oldies may also remember him playing tuba on a few early Who numbers.
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I'm a li'l rusty... but isn't that the ol' Fender Bass VI... and if so... isn't it actually a baritone guitar? Jack Bruce frequently used the Bass VI back in the Cream days.
 
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#273
theFixer said:
Don't bury your head man! OWN THAT S#!T!!! We were all young once. Though it's easy to chuckle at the monster suits and thigh-high platform boots. KISS busted their asses & took a lotta risks to earn their place in Rock & Roll history. KISS's music didn't require a Jaco. They required a "God of Thunder"! Besides... if you weren't who you were back then... you wouldn't be who you are now!
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Right on! The first rock n roll album I ever bought was Destroyer. When I was 13 years old I joined my first rock band and took up the bass guitar, all I knew about it was that it had four strings and was the instrument Gene Simmons played.
 
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#274
theFixer said:
I'm a li'l rusty... but isn't that the ol' Fender Bass VI... and if so... isn't it actually a baritone guitar? Jack Bruce frequently used the Bass VI back in the Cream days.
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Yes, I believe it was a baritone guitar and I seem to recall the Hollies bass lines being quite 'involved' but not particularly deep. Vocally, the Hollies' harmonies were quite high.

I'd forgotten, but you are right, Jack Bruce did use a Fender VI in the early Cream days. He used a Gibson SG soon after that, up until the farewell concert at the Albert Hall didn't he?
 
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#276
Turock said:
A baritone guitar is tuned different from a bass VI.
Among other basses, Jack Bruce played an EB3.
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Ahh... I do know was the Fender VI was tuned E to E an octave below a normal guitar, so the baritone guitar is tuned to a fourth below a normal guitar?
Jack Bruce's EB3 was a short scale SG style wasn't it (bit like my avatar but with two pickups)?
Pity it's not still in production, I quite liked those basses.
 
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#277
Aquilador said:
Ahh... I do know was the Fender VI was tuned E to E an octave below a normal guitar, so the baritone guitar is tuned to a fourth below a normal guitar?
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I believe tuned a fifth lower is more common.
Aquilador said:
Jack Bruce's EB3 was a short scale SG style wasn't it (bit like my avatar but with two pickups)?
Pity it's not still in production, I quite liked those basses.
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Yes, EB3 short scale, SG style. I'm no expert on Gibson basses, but I seem to remember also a long scale version, EB3L.
 

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