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'Yes' with Chris Squire
- Thread starter jackajesusfreak
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You mean Billy Sherwood.
I've been a Yes fan most of my life as well, and like all of the lineups, even the "Buggles dudes". (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes are excellent.) Each lineup brings a different sound to the table, but the songwriting remains fairly consistent. I enjoy it all because it's good music in the end.
Mine is also burst finish and in very nice shape. I plan on hanging onto it, they're pretty hard to find.
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Considering the technology of the time, what modules do you have and how do they sound?
Before I got sidetracked by the "New York Giant Ego" I was considering bidding on this (although I wish it was white like Squire's).
Would you say thats a fair price on it?
Hard to believe I've had this bass for over five years. Updated pics and a little info: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9675848&postcount=18
I have the Phase Shifter and Power Overdrive, apparently those were the two stock modules. They work, the overdrive gives an edge and a volume boost, the Phase Shifter can go from wavy to full on vibrato. You first select the toggle for either one (or both) to activate then you can vary the strength with the corresponding numbered knob.
I have no idea what the resale value of these are. Not a clue.
Just wanted to include my 2 cents.... I went from a beginner bassist in Highschool orchestra 1969, to my first electric bass...Epiphone; learning 3 chord turn arounds. The Summer of 1971 opened my mind and ears, with hearing Leland Sklar, Glenn Hughes, Greg Lake and Chris Squire for the first time.
First time I saw YES was in 1971-72, in Atlanta.. Original line-up...Eagles were the warm up act and had just come out with their first 2 hits. I think no more than 4 people including myself applauded Eagles. They were quite upset, vowing to return, asking us to look at ourselves, then look at how YES dressed. Yepp..we were all blue jeans and flannell shirts.
Next time I saw YES was pure ear candy; YES had just come out with Fragile and they were the warm-up act for ELP.
Even more awesome was 1974, at the Alexander Coliseum [ Ga. Tech]. YES performed Close to the Edge in Quad. Squire played his Rick [Mounted on a stand], while playing an Earthwood, while playing bass pedals.
I continued to see YES yearly, but lost interest with Tales from Topographic Oceans. I called it, from Close to the Edge, to Over the Edge.
Decades later, I took my wife to see the 90214 show in Atlanta. Squire was awesome as always.
As a bass player, by 1973, I was a pure prog bassist with a Rickenbacker 4001s, Roto Sounds and a pick. I remained a prog bassist playing YES, KANSAS, Wishbone Ash, while making $$ playing in a Country band in the '80's, and until around 1998, when I put a set of flats on my Rick and went head first into electric blues.
I still owe a lot of grattitude to Leland Sklar and Chris Squire as they taught me a lot about melodic playing in my formative years. Later, I got into Stanley Clarke and Jaco and that put Squire on the back burner. Now, I just want to play simply, although it is so difficult after decades of overplaying.
Thanks for letting me share my 2 cents. Later, y'al...zon6c-f
First time I saw YES was in 1971-72, in Atlanta.. Original line-up...Eagles were the warm up act and had just come out with their first 2 hits. I think no more than 4 people including myself applauded Eagles. They were quite upset, vowing to return, asking us to look at ourselves, then look at how YES dressed. Yepp..we were all blue jeans and flannell shirts.
Next time I saw YES was pure ear candy; YES had just come out with Fragile and they were the warm-up act for ELP.
Even more awesome was 1974, at the Alexander Coliseum [ Ga. Tech]. YES performed Close to the Edge in Quad. Squire played his Rick [Mounted on a stand], while playing an Earthwood, while playing bass pedals.
I continued to see YES yearly, but lost interest with Tales from Topographic Oceans. I called it, from Close to the Edge, to Over the Edge.
Decades later, I took my wife to see the 90214 show in Atlanta. Squire was awesome as always.
As a bass player, by 1973, I was a pure prog bassist with a Rickenbacker 4001s, Roto Sounds and a pick. I remained a prog bassist playing YES, KANSAS, Wishbone Ash, while making $$ playing in a Country band in the '80's, and until around 1998, when I put a set of flats on my Rick and went head first into electric blues.
I still owe a lot of grattitude to Leland Sklar and Chris Squire as they taught me a lot about melodic playing in my formative years. Later, I got into Stanley Clarke and Jaco and that put Squire on the back burner. Now, I just want to play simply, although it is so difficult after decades of overplaying.
Thanks for letting me share my 2 cents. Later, y'al...zon6c-f
I can relate to much of that. Yes, Wishbone Ash, Stanley, Jaco, Kansas.. People who are too young will never understand the electricity of that era. I saw Percy Jones with Brand X in their early days. Freaky good, nobody like him. Ray Schulman also floored me with his talents on the bass, violin, guitar... Gentle Giant was simply the best live act I ever saw. Thier power was immeasurable in their heyday (1976-77).
For what it's worth, here is the thread discussing the "Mouradian" bass.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318865&highlight=mouradian
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318865&highlight=mouradian
I quit following them when I heard Topo. After Bruford left, it seems like the band lost their sense of direction for a while. And while White is a fine drummer, he is a rock drummer, and Yes is not a rock 'n' roll band.
For what it's worth, here is the thread discussing the "Mouradian" bass.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318865&highlight=mouradian
I still wanna know when Sean Hannity joined Yes.
I saw a similar set up in Nov 2008, 2 RICS, One Glaub and what I think was the Mouradian. Great show. I saw most of the Progressive Acts in the 70's, but always seemed to miss Yes, still can't figure out why.
I've got to say I'm turning green with envy of all the guys here who have seen Yes over and over again. They're my favorite band ever but I've only connected with a concert of theirs once, a year ago in Massachusetts with Squire, White, Howe, Rick Wakeman's son Oliver and that Canadian singer. Fantastic show. I can die now.
Just my two cents on the 80s "generators" vs 70s "troopers" controversy. As far as I can make out from reading about the band and listening to the albums, Yes had pretty much died by 1980. Rabin, Squire, and White originally hooked up to put a new group together, that was going to be called "Cinema" (that track on 90125 was a nod to the name). Then they got Yes alum Tony Kaye on keys, and asked Jon Anderson back to sing, and next thing you know Yes is back in business.
Frankly, I think that 90125 was a hell of a good album, and for that matter I think Big Generator was pretty good too. You have to listen to them, not in comparison to Fragile, but in comparison to what else was being done in the mid-80s. Those albums were breath of fresh air to those of us getting drowned in hair metal and technodance blah blah blah and I'd happily set them right alongside what, say, Rush was doing at the time (Signals and Grace Under Pressure, also good albums). They were more pop-accessible but the band was still doing some creative things with it. If there was something so very wrong with having Rabin in the band instead of Steve Howe, who would rather listen to an Asia album than an 80s Yes album? Why hasn't Yes been able to write anything memorable SINCE the 80s?
Don't get me wrong, I still listen to the 70s albums more than the 80s ones -- that was a period of sheer genius, and I'd never deny that Howe is ten times the musician that Rabin is. But I think that the harshing on Rabin-era Yes really gets things out of perspective.
Just my two cents on the 80s "generators" vs 70s "troopers" controversy. As far as I can make out from reading about the band and listening to the albums, Yes had pretty much died by 1980. Rabin, Squire, and White originally hooked up to put a new group together, that was going to be called "Cinema" (that track on 90125 was a nod to the name). Then they got Yes alum Tony Kaye on keys, and asked Jon Anderson back to sing, and next thing you know Yes is back in business.
Frankly, I think that 90125 was a hell of a good album, and for that matter I think Big Generator was pretty good too. You have to listen to them, not in comparison to Fragile, but in comparison to what else was being done in the mid-80s. Those albums were breath of fresh air to those of us getting drowned in hair metal and technodance blah blah blah and I'd happily set them right alongside what, say, Rush was doing at the time (Signals and Grace Under Pressure, also good albums). They were more pop-accessible but the band was still doing some creative things with it. If there was something so very wrong with having Rabin in the band instead of Steve Howe, who would rather listen to an Asia album than an 80s Yes album? Why hasn't Yes been able to write anything memorable SINCE the 80s?
Don't get me wrong, I still listen to the 70s albums more than the 80s ones -- that was a period of sheer genius, and I'd never deny that Howe is ten times the musician that Rabin is. But I think that the harshing on Rabin-era Yes really gets things out of perspective.
That's the way it was back then, it was a good thing IMHO.
You should have seen some of the bills that had Mahavishnu opening.
QUOTE: Don't get me wrong, I still listen to the 70s albums more than the 80s ones -- that was a period of sheer genius, and I'd never deny that Howe is ten times the musician that Rabin is. But I think that the harshing on Rabin-era Yes really gets things out of perspective.[/QUOTE]
I totally agree. Although I will always prefer the classic '70's line-up, I really liked Rabin's '80s Yes stuff.
When Trevor Horn replaced the irreplaceable Jon Anderson for Drama, I was more upset.
I totally agree. Although I will always prefer the classic '70's line-up, I really liked Rabin's '80s Yes stuff.
When Trevor Horn replaced the irreplaceable Jon Anderson for Drama, I was more upset.
edmidlifecrisis
Registered mediocre bass player
During one of their reincarnations, didn't they form a band without Squire that couldn't be called YES? Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe or something like that? I think I had a video concert of that band at one time.
I also liked some of the 80's stuff, it was just different. And I also thought that Topographic Oceans had its moments. Just not as much greatness packed in as the earlier ones...
I also liked some of the 80's stuff, it was just different. And I also thought that Topographic Oceans had its moments. Just not as much greatness packed in as the earlier ones...
It was called (strangely enough) Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe. I belive Tony Levin played on the album & tour
I loved (still do) Tales From Topographic Oceans
I implore you both to give this record a try,if you've never heard it.Not the easiest record to get into at first,but with repeated listenings,it has become my favorite.
Even tho I still much prefer Bruford.
