Donnyboy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 ... mmmh , first photo there's some heavy pick action on a traditional Jazz, second one is some kind of Fancy Dan slapping on a gamy 5 string. Can't be the same guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 teazer you say? and linked from this very thread is this picture..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Guy on the left looks a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 ... now with tie & 'tache combo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Look at the left hand. That's more telling. The original has the correct proffesional hand shape whereas the others are clearly amateurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1361958029' post='1993501'] teazer you say? and linked from this very thread is this picture..... [/quote] I saw this morning from the 50 Worst Band Covers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 From my memories of reading Bassist, the name Fran Pettifer is ringing a bell. I know they missed his name out of the article, but did they print it as a correction in the next issue? I could be imagining it, but if someone has a stack of the issues they could check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Oh, dear Google........ [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraL0MkFDOQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraL0MkFDOQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1361958776' post='1993513'] ... now with tie & porn 'tache combo!!![/quote] fixed it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1361956929' post='1993480'] [attachment=128598:waistcoat.jpg] hmmm... colour discrepancy when viewed in greyscale... maybe not! [/quote] You're too good for this place, you should be Manzie of The Yard, looking for Lord Lucan & Shergar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Well, here he is with the Jazz bass in the earlier pic. Step forward, Fran, and take a bow! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Stan_da_man' timestamp='1361732167' post='1990054'] Okay, I'll admit that's me. [/quote] Do you know him at all? Isn't he a Coventry fella? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1361962049' post='1993579'] Well, here he is with the Jazz bass in the earlier pic. Step forward, Fran, and take a bow! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg[/media] [/quote] .. and waistcoat - obv .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1361961866' post='1993576'] You're too good for this place, you should be Manzie of The Yard, looking for Lord Lucan & Shergar. [/quote] Funnily enough my old man was a Detective at Scotland Yard in the 70s... I didn't follow him into The Force, preferring to sit alone in my studio making weird music. Perhaps I missed my calling?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1361961112' post='1993558'] From my memories of reading Bassist, the name Fran Pettifer is ringing a bell. I know they missed his name out of the article, but did they print it as a correction in the next issue? I could be imagining it, but if someone has a stack of the issues they could check. [/quote] I have the next issue & will check ASAP when I get home and let you all know if they indeed confirm his name. Top tip, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_g Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg[/url] this could be him waistcoat all present and correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) [quote name='mep' timestamp='1361972059' post='1993813'] I have the next issue & will check ASAP when I get home and let you all know if they indeed confirm his name. Top tip, thanks. [/quote] Er ... make that the two or three next issues ... (if one goes wtf: this relates to another thread about another mag.) best, bert Edited February 27, 2013 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It sure looks like our man I'd say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Carter Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [url="http://www.skillpages.com/bass-guitarist/coventry-united-kingdom/fran.pettifer"]http://www.skillpages.com/bass-guitarist/coventry-united-kingdom/fran.pettifer[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='stu_g' timestamp='1361972746' post='1993834'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mVsAhMfzg[/media] this could be him waistcoat all present and correct! [/quote] But the singer stole the tache & glasses!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1361961561' post='1993569'] fixed it for you [/quote] Sorry, and thanks . I missed an opportunity there - schoolboy error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 [size=8][b]Fran is our Man!!![/b][/size] At last I have found the proof that our mystery bassist Fran, that tedmanzie discovered, is the man in the article. Thanks to Beer of theBass and BassTractor for steering me in the right direction. Bassist did indeed name him in the August 1997 edition, 2 months later. In the letters page at the back Richard Banks wrote in about the article. Editor Gibson Keddie responded and named him, although only by his first name. That is enough as we already know about what he is up to at present. Fran does not need to confirm our suspicions as we have the proof. He is welcome to join in the fun we have at BC, if he responds to WoT email. Or he can just bask in the glory of his heady days of the 90's where me made the national press. Fran we salute you. The letters page has been scanned and uploaded for you all. Sorry about the quality as the magazine is quite old and the paper has deteriorated over time. [attachment=128652:Fran The Man - Highlighted.jpg] Now we have solved this mystery, what about Rob Jones & his Rickenbacker 4003 that I posted before. Perhaps he has sold the Ricky and joined a RHCP or Biffy Clyro tribue band with that chest! [attachment=128653:My Bass is a Rickenbacker 4003.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'm amazed it's him! [quote name='mep' timestamp='1361997417' post='1994296'] [size=8][b]Fran is our Man!!![/b][/size] At last I have found the proof that our mystery bassist Fran, that tedmanzie discovered, is the man in the article. Thanks to Beer of theBass and BassTractor for steering me in the right direction. Bassist did indeed name him in the August 1997 edition, 2 months later. In the letters page at the back Richard Banks wrote in about the article. Editor Gibson Keddie responded and named him, although only by his first name. That is enough as we already know about what he is up to at present. [/quote] Great team effort! Never would have found him without mep's investigations, and to be honest I'm still not exactly sure how I tracked him down. I'm going to buy a suede waistcoat to celebrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 boys and girls..... the lesson here is if we see something missing, like a brother of the bass' name - in a magazine from the last century.... there is nothing - nothing that can hold back the collective might of Basschat to track down the person given a photo, a gear list and a waist coat. the lesson lies more in when folk try to scam on the sale forums and a bass goes missing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoNeedsYou Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Awww, a happy ending, but will he reply.....who knows? In the words of midnight caller " This is Jack Killian, "The Nighthawk" on KJCM, 98.3 and Good night America… wherever you are." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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