Misdee

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1419278409' post='2638342'] Thanks for that. Not sure where I got the P bass thing from actually, always thought the O'jays stuff was a P. Great Jazz tone on the above vid. Any clips knocking about with AJ playing said Stingray? Edit: answered my own question.. Yes there are. Can't really see him clearly at all, but he is there sat behind the keys with a tobacco burst/maple Stingray: Chaka Khan Live TV Performance 1981 Whatcha Gonna…: [media]http://youtu.be/CIvYtfp66ro[/media] [/quote] Actually, AJ played and recorded primarily with a Fender Precision Bass right from the beginning of his career as a session musician in the early 1970's up until the late 1970's. All those tracks he did for Gamble and Huff such as the O'Jays were done with a P. He started using the Jazz Bass as his main instrument much later in the 70's. I've certainly never heard of him using a Stingray ever, so that is a new one on me! But I think that the answer to this riddle may well be that for some reason AJ is playing Hamish Stuart's Stingray. Hamish is playing guitar in Chaka's band and I recall seeing him playing an identical Stingray with AWB around 1979. I remember watching AJ play his Jazz Bass with Chaka Khan and it was very noticeable that he played right over the neck pickup and got a very P-like tone. He started using a six string on the Al Di Meola stuff in the very early 80's, but dissatisfied with the recorded tone of his Smith Bass he re-recorded most of Electric Rendezvous with his downtuned Jazz Bass.