redstriper Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I can't embed this but it's well worth watching if you haven't seen it already: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDdAOsY-mnE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eDdAOsY-mnE[/url] - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hmmmm... Just like Josh, really, but good... Thanks for sharing; I enjoyed that (but then again, I'm old...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 No. Gratuitous waistcoat alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) [i]"Don't fret... "[/i] #tumbleweed Edited January 29, 2012 by Gust0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Seen it. Terrible! Is it just me, or is he very average? I don't get how he has a signature bass. Maybe I am just jealous that he was in a band with Paul Rodgers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I watched this video years ago and I was deeply disappointed and even a bit angry because it was such a waste of time I thought it was a bad idea to give him the means to make a video since he has so little to offer.. His intonation is bad, his ideas are so average and he should have paid more attention on his playing than on the looks and the moves. It didn't me inspire at all and luckily I found other fretless players with better advice which made me play more.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Strange isn't it? Some people just get lucky. But a TONY FRANKLIN SIGNATURE MODEL???? PLLLLLLLLEASE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 That really was a superb display of fretless bass cliches to be avoided at all costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Sounds like a coked-up childrens TV presenter but who cares - a f**kin great player who has worked with some of the very best! Some people round here really don't know what they're talking about......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I don't pretend to have the answers but I surely didn't find them through Tony Franklin.. There's nothing worse than playing fretless out of tune. But he has a great signature bass, that I have to admit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I love the awkward sexual tension during the high five at 10:00 mins in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I bought an Abraham Laboriel "Groove" bass instructional video once. Great player, but crap instructor. As for TF's vid... Presumably made in the 80's, hence the hair, clothes? Loved the "trippy oddness" of it all. I didn't think he was taking himself too seriously, so not sure why anyone else should? He was just giving his opinion at the time, he may have changed what he thinks now, who knows, who cares, Tony Franklin probably doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's okay to not take yourself too seriously but you should take the music seriously...when you notice that you are playing out of tune you should practice until it's better and I certainly wouldn't put that on an instructional video. I appeared at gigs like this in the late eighties but I still played my bass in tune.. [IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t247/wombatboter/JEUGD003.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I found it a most entertaining video with some great laugh out loud moments. TF seems a very nice chap and really into his playing, which I thought wasn't too shabby at all. It's very dated of course and it shows how much things have changed over the years. Funny how some old stuff is still cool (Jamerson, Familyman etc.) and some just hasn't stood the test of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 He actually works for Fender so I don't know if that was a factor in getting the signature basses - either way the fretless is an excellent bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I didn't think his playing was as bad as some make out? Once you get your head around the trippy 80s presentation, it was fun to watch. Not [i]that[/i] useful I don't think, but fun. I quite liked his tone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is better...... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxZukx-Drw0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxZukx-Drw0&feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yes very good, but how do you embed youtube videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Put the address in and the site does it for you: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdAOsY-mnE[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 If you want to see a truly sh*t 80s video, check out Jeff Berlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1327875154' post='1518211'] I don't pretend to have the answers but I surely didn't find them through Tony Franklin..[u]There's nothing worse than playing fretless out of tune.[/u] [/quote] Yes there is, ME playing fretless out of time and out of tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Always thought that this was great playing from TF on this Glenn Hughes track - it's in tune and everything! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHbOTW6bes"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHbOTW6bes[/url] Nice little bass solo at 2:02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1327952537' post='1519423'] Put the address in and the site does it for you: [/quote] Thanks, I did that but it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1327958162' post='1519592'] Thanks, I did that but it didn't work. [/quote] Oh OK. I did it and it did work. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1327951430' post='1519398'] Yes very good, but how do you embed youtube videos? [/quote] the share option under the youtube video. copy and paste. As for TF, I never said the sig. bass wasn't up to standard. I am sure its an excellent bass. Great tone, I have to say. I just think he is hardly an iconic artist to deserve such an accolade. His playing is cliché city. Compared to say, Pino's fretless work. Pino had unexpected riffs and fills. I also found the 80's video presentation unbearable to watch, so maybe I didn't give it enough time (4 minutes, including lots of skips forward!) As we always say, it is always about personal taste and opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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