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Renaissance on TOTP last night


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I happened to watch a bit of TOTP last night from 1978 and it featured Renaissance and their single Northern Lights. Not a bad song but the bass line is pretty good - very Chris Squire-esque I thought, However the bass player was playing a double necked 4 string and 6 string which was clearly a based on a Ric but wasn't.

I've done a bit of googling and found that the bass player was Jon Camp but nothing on this instrument. It was very ornate and slotted headstocks (as seen on some Gibson EB-Os and SGs ) I also found some photos.

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But I'm none the wiser.

So your starter for ten - who made this bass?

Just for fun :)

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Lord knows who made the doubleneck, but it's his Rick on the recording.
Unusual clip, that TOTP one, it's a different mix to the single - the orchestra is a lot more prominent.

Jon Camp was a great player, wonderful tone and feel. He's the first to admit Squire was his biggest influence.
Here's a recent interview:

[url="http://renaissance-fanfare.net/forum/topics/jon-camp-interview-2012"]http://renaissance-fanfare.net/forum/topics/jon-camp-interview-2012[/url]

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Agreed Cosmo, a talented chap.

I've been doing a bit more digging and there's a reference on talk bass about a guitar maker called Dick Knight who may have made it for Jon. Jon also names checks him on that article you attached. There's no reference to it on the Knight Guitars web site though - they seem to specialise in arch-top jazzers.

That may be it...unless anyone else knows more.

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One of those basslines I'd like to crack for a bit if fun one day but I'll never work it out by ear. Saw a reasonable tab of it once but that pre-chorus bit looks a handful and watching Camp do it on the TOTP clips doesn't make it look any easier!

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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1374784932' post='2153290']
I've got that whole programme on DVD somewhere. Joyous.
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If you find it is there any way I could possibly get hold of a copy? I love Renaissance but have never seen it. PM me if necessary.

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[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1374862399' post='2154262']
I know Jon - he lives in Stoke. The band has been touring again in the States. I'll ask him about the bass if he comes into the shop again.

Great player and thoroughly nice bloke.
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Pete, if you do, ask him what rig he was using on the Black Flame clip on Youtube....

FWIW, last thing I seem to remember about his 'Great White' Ric was that it was bought off ebay a few years back (I remember it being on) by one of the Rick Resource guys who was a huge fan of Jon. I wonder if he got it back?

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