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OK I'll bite... for some controversy. I think he's bland. I initially enjoyed his chorus fretless in the '80s (which was a pretty strong 'Jaco for masses' cloning) but it became over-worked. And I recall some Tube performances where he was sitting in - perhaps with Jools and he was terrible. So what am I missing here with Pino - who does seem like a nice humble bloke when interviewed? (Admitting a personal bias for bass lines that jump-out in some way - tone, notes, form... don't do meek bass.)

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363711451' post='2016385'] I always remember an interview with Jon Anderson of Yes done at the time of the release of his first solo album. Because he'd composed all the music himself but had no conventional musical training (or at least compared with his bandmates in Yes), he said that every note had to be individually considered from all the ones available. [/quote] It was Vangelis in more than a few places... just listen! Great though.. Oh and while I'm on, re. post topic: Actual music note name about 10% of time, the rest as a position within whatever pattern I'm using at the time. I couldn't possibly process F# as a 2nd in Em but I can quickly recognise it by its shape as the right passing tone up from E to G of the E minor if that makes sense.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1363460567' post='2013079'] This is how to solo over chord changes. From 1983....a year before Hadrien Feraud was born! [media]http://youtu.be/5znQ30s01YA[/media] Jeff Berlin is hard to beat. [/quote] Well thank goodness HF was born 'cause JB's been harmonically correct but musically dull ever since this time. (This record is my favourite JB - particularly this tune and Tokyo Dream. The Bruford is good too. And I caught him live with John McLaughlin and Trilok Gurtu where he was amazing.) He's been boring since he got rid of that Fender Precision!

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1363455936' post='2012988'] I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned Hadrien, I saw him with Chick Corea at Ronnie's a week ago and he was awesome - and he's getting better and better all the time [/quote] Me too... Posted about that gig here - 0 replies.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1363447276' post='2012859'] And then there's the mighty Anthony Jackson : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxYw7Y45Eo[/media] [/quote] Blimey! That was a bit good

Hindsight says there're 11 other notes than 'E'...

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1362317499' post='1998261'] I'm not sure of the costs but I suspect finances may be a bit prohibitive for the smaller companies like Barefaced and Goodfellows. [/quote] Goodfellow did exhibit a couple of years ago. Bernie said that the main problem is the venue itself. The logistics for getting stuff in and out are terrible as you're not allowed to park anywhere near, and then the lifts are limited. Times all that for multiple loads of basses and amps - then times that for multiple exhibitors and it soon becomes chaos. That surprised me that the logistics would be so bad for Olympia but there you are - that was Bernie's reason.

Caught the late show at Ronnie Scotts last night. Hadrien was on fire... The new Vigil material sounded good - jazzier and more improvisational than Chick of late. Also refreshing not to have the endless grand-standing 64th note sprays that every song turned into with RTF in recent years. (Looking at you there Stanley.) As well as his usual Ken Smith, Hadrien had a Godin fretless five which sounded more acoustic bass than normal fretless. He played that insanely welll too. All in all a great gig - hope the new record captures the same vibe. Anyone else on BC go? What did you think?

In an old interview - I think you can still find on his site, an interviewer asks much the same question, and specifically cites an Alembic. If I remember correctly, Jaco doesn't seem interested in what's out there. He's happy with his bass. Same again in one of his last interviews - infamous cover story on Guitar Player, he says that Sting got him to try a Steinberger which he liked but again he went back to his sound. There's a video of him playing a JD too somewhere. And I think he got a free Guild Pilot towards the end of his life too. As a listener - I'm loved his sound and glad he stayed with it.

Wait! So tone is my responsibility!? Oh god!

How was it for you? I didn't fancy it this year because the turns seemed dull - was I wrong? Any good new gear? Pls tell all?

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1360536565' post='1972097'] . [/quote] Will there be a Rock Bass version of this? (And left-handed...)

Loving the niche audience for this bass - Yes tribute band with left-handed Squire-alike. Yes it is a bit of an ugly-spud but a Pup in the 70's I was awe-inspired when CS whipped out the original!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1360785426' post='1976578'] I'm not knocking him , but he is what he is . It's not his fault that people who don't know better herald him as a great player when he is not . He's a quite-good -in certain -respects player who plays an awful lot of notes . He has always struck me as a very decent , honest and self-effacing guy . He can't be held responsible for some of the wild claims other people make on his behalf . The fact remains that he isn't one of the all- time greats , as some people seem to think he is . He isn't even as good at slapping as a whole host of lesser known sidemen I could mention . [/quote] Hmmm a bit disingenuous Dingus.... 'quite good'!? I can't agree. Even if you don't like the songs, his fingerstyle lines and harmonies are really clever and funky. And as for the slap - whoa he really invented that whole left hand slap 16th chug which Larry, Louis, Marcus and Stanley didn't do. I thinky you're talking nonsense and being provocative for the sake of it. But hey let's go with it... given he's not as good as these lesser known sidemen, who are they?

Well you're lucky - you've got to kiss a lot of frogs to find a princess!

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1359677872' post='1958861'] This is fantastic. Why have I never heard of this band before? [/quote] 'Cause it's the usual arpeggiated math-rock fayre that anyone not on the autism spectrum would ignore as a stuck-CD.

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1231276118' post='372429'] Stanley Clarke (a 4000) [/quote] Quite so: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lFP-alYNq5I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lFP-alYNq5I[/url]

Maggie Philbin - Brown Sauce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLczkW0vR9U

Continuing the Stanely Clarke theme, I'd recommend Return to Forever's 'No Mystery' which is their funk album. It's my least favourite of theirs but fits your requirements of jazz-funk, moog and stack heels (probably in Al Di Meola's case). My favourite track on it is the title track but that too, like the album is a mixed bag, featuring one of Chick's best heads but an excruciating bowed bass solo which I can't stand to listen too - which is odd 'cause I normally love Stanley's electric/acoustic tone and playing.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1359231424' post='1952035'] The Fodera Hollowbody caught my attention [attachment=126080:Fodera Hollowbody.jpg] [/quote] That's not gonna be cheap! Wonder how it sounds? Wonder what it's for? Wonder if Anthony Jackson will be able to get his arms around it? Is there a role for such a beast between an electric, EUB and an acoustic?

Saw Wayne Krantz with Steely Dan years ago at Wembley Arena with Tom Barney on bass. The group took a little while to get going but then settled into an awesome groove for the rest of the set. WK was a little muzzled though. I saw his trio with Tim [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Lefebvre and Keith Carlock on drums in the Band on the Wall in Manchester - 15 people in the audience and boy did they stretch out! WK really working that textual way playing with his effects. Spoke to Tim after who showed real disdain for the chops-orientated jazz of the time - singling out Marcus for playing the same old stuff. He had a gorgeous sunburst P which he played almost all above the 12th fret but mostly on the 'E' and 'A' strings to get a real dubby sound.[/font][/color]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1358533607' post='1941090'] People who can't play mostly sound approximately the same . [/quote] And Fodera-wielding MI graduates channeling Jeff Berlin approved chord-tones transcribed from 50-year old standards and Gary Willis' technique don't!

Try Cakewalk Music Creator. You can get it new for £35ish or older versions are cheaper. It has a good score editor with multiple clefs and its not a bad entry level sequencer for playing your bass into and recording. (You'll need an audio interface for a good signal for that if its something you want to do but that can come later.) The sequencer (and soft synths) it comes with means you can set up practise tracks with drums too. Main negative is that it doesn't notate slap very well as this needs quite specific dynamic markngs for left-hand slaps, etc but for most music stave reading and writing its great.

Where does the Alembic Essence figure? If it all other than in vids?