EssentialTension Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1362857427' post='2005477'] From Ms. Kaye's website: [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2][color=#804000]"Beginning in 1969, she wrote her first of many bass tutoring books, "How To Play The Electric Bass" [b]effectively changing the name of Fender Bass to Electric Bass [/b]and began teaching 100s of Electric Bass students, many of them now famous themselves."[/color][/size][/font] [size=4][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Funny that - I bought an Electric Bass in Germany in 1963, at least that's what I asked for in the shop and I came out with a Hofner Bass. [/font][/size] [/quote] In recording studios in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s, even I think into the 1970s, it was common to refer to the 'electric bass' as the 'Fender bass'. It was even written that way sometimes on album covers, when musicians were credited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362851321' post='2005382'] Little known fact No. 3: Cosy, twee, love song "Last Train To Clarksville" (while they can't get credit for writing it) was an anti-war song. Clarksville was an army base for kids who ended up in Vietnam, hence the line "And I don't know if I'm ever coming home". [/quote] Well I never knew that! I love that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1362852946' post='2005411'] And what proof do you have of this fact? I heard that they [i]did[/i] in fact, monkey around....... [/quote] No they didn't - they were too busy singing to put anybody down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1362861994' post='2005592'] No they didn't - they were too busy singing to put anybody down! [/quote] ... and they were trying to be friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1362861860' post='2005587'] Well I never knew that! I love that song. [/quote] I like the story about "Randy Scouse Git (Alternate Title)" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wylie Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1362852810' post='2005409'] Carol Kaye played bass on every song EVER. True fact. [/quote] That's right. And she also played on all the others. Just ask her, and she will tell you, in twenty thousand words. W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1362862265' post='2005601'] ... and they were trying to be friendly. [/quote] Always had "something to say" though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I emailed [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Carol Kaye once & she sent me her autograph and some plectrums. If I play with a pick I always use the Carol Kaye ones, except I mostly play fingerstyle.[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]EDIT - This is Carol Kaye and those are my fingers you are using too![/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I reckon DJ is faking it on that Guild bass: check his left thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) A wee side note: One of my favourite albums which I never tire of listening to is John Mayall's 'USA Union'. Larry Taylor plays great bass on the album. Harvey Mandel also plays some very tasty guitar. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsvb80hPvUM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsvb80hPvUM[/url] Edited March 10, 2013 by Hutton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1362873250' post='2005790'] Always had "something to say" though. [/quote] Typical of the young generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 [quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1362906103' post='2005906'] A wee side note: One of my favourite albums which I never tire of listening to is John Mayall's 'USA Union'. Larry Taylor plays great bass on the album. Freddie Robinson also plays some very tasty guitar. [/quote] I really like that album too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilLordJuju Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 [quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1362905074' post='2005900'] I reckon DJ is faking it on that Guild bass: check his left thumb. [/quote] that's exactly how I play.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1362857427' post='2005477'] From Ms. Kaye's website: [font="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size="2"][color="#804000"]"Beginning in 1969, she wrote her first of many bass tutoring books, "How To Play The Electric Bass" [b]effectively changing the name of Fender Bass to Electric Bass [/b]and began teaching 100s of Electric Bass students, many of them now famous themselves."[/color][/size][/font] [size=4][font="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]Funny that - I bought an Electric Bass in Germany in 1963, at least that's what I asked for in the shop and I came out with a Hofner Bass. [/font][/size] [/quote] Paul? Is that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Do you want to know a secret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I always thought it was the keyboard player (something Tork?) or is this another one of those things that I should have known... but didn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1364518096' post='2027735'] I always thought it was the keyboard player (something Tork?) or is this another one of those things that I should have known... but didn't? [/quote] Peter Tork was offically the bassist but all the earlier material was LA session players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 [quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1362846634' post='2005306'] and Mike Nesmiths mum invented Tipex, making a fortune! [/quote] Liquid paper, not Tippex [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm"]http://inventors.abo...iquid_paper.htm[/url] [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1364543527' post='2027832'] Peter Tork was offically the bassist but all the earlier material was LA session players. [/quote] Peter Tork was pretty gifted given how many instruments he could play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1364544655' post='2027850'] Liquid paper, not Tippex [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm"]http://inventors.abo...iquid_paper.htm[/url] [/quote] Already done - see post #16: [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1362850936' post='2005380'] [pedant alert] Nesmith's mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, invented what became known as Liquid Paper in the early 1950s. Tipp-Ex is a German company dating from 1959 and originally made correction paper not correction liquid. The fortune part is correct. [/pedant alert] [/quote] Edited March 29, 2013 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 [quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1362852946' post='2005411'] And what proof do you have of this fact? I heard that they [i]did[/i] in fact, monkey around....... [/quote] Nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1362852810' post='2005409'] Carol Kaye played bass on every song EVER. True fact. [/quote] Just been to my nephew's birthday party and as we started 'Happy Birthday'....out pops this old woman from the kitchen on a white Fender! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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