Highfox Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Can we get any love for Bobby Vega. After Macca is crap and Jaco's not all that One of the guys I love to hear solo on the bass and funy as ..to boot. P or J it's all great. Makes it look oh so easy. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaIZjqQHPAk[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 [quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1449857907' post='2927610'] Can we get any love for Bobby Vega. After Macca is crap and Jaco's not all that One of the guys I love to hear solo on the bass and funy as ..to boot. P or J it's all great. Makes it look oh so easy. [/quote] Bobby Vega is fantastic and I bet he loves both McCartney and Pastorius too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I've never read anything but total love for Bobby Vega on these and other pages. A guy with a unique voice, whether using pick, fingers or thumb. I do love it when he starts chugging with a pick and his legs join in - the epitome of groove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1449859027' post='2927625'] Bobby Vega is fantastic and I bet he loves both McCartney and Pastorius too. [/quote] Do you know what, I think he genuinely does.. Mr V certainly references the "Jaco tone" when he's talking about his love for the old Acoustic 360 gear. If ever a bassist deserved to be showered with praise and lavished with riches it's Mr Vega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I really think he is the best Ive ever heard, just the sheer emotion and groove in his playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1450020328' post='2928826'] I really think he is the best Ive ever heard, just the sheer emotion and groove in his playing. [/quote]Yup! I have to agree. Surely this is what being a bass player is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I thought this was to be a thread about Bobby 'Rubber Ball' Vee.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I was tempted to say something indisputably provocative, but bottled it. Nifty fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1450021262' post='2928842'] I thought this was to be a thread about Bobby 'Rubber Ball' Vee.....! [/quote] ... and The Night Has a Thousand Eyes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1450022436' post='2928849'] I was tempted to say something indisputably provocative, but bottled it. Nifty fingers. [/quote]Good self restraint. It's all too easy for every thread to suddenly have the same 'in joke'. Bobby Vega is a damn fine player; that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 What has he played on? I've never heard of him apart from seeing his name mentioned on here occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Interview here .... [url="http://badassbassplayers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=112"]http://badassbassplayers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=112[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1450024092' post='2928869'] What has he played on? I've never heard of him apart from seeing his name mentioned on here occasionally. [/quote] Tower of Power at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Sly Stone at a time too. Bobby Vega is proof, if proof was needed, that pick playing can be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingsta Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Probably my favourite bass player at the moment. One of those players who makes you think "damn I'll never be able to play like that" not through playing a billion notes a second, but with his amazing groove and feel. If the drummer exploded mid set, he could honestly carry the whole rhythm section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1450035875' post='2929064'] Sly Stone at a time too. Bobby Vega is proof, if proof was needed, that pick playing can be awesome! [/quote] This is the talented Mr Vega with Sly... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Amv2QjE3M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Amv2QjE3M[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiewharton Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Oodles of groove... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpnIl2WpR1U"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpnIl2WpR1U[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Monster player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 [quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1450040457' post='2929129'] This is the talented Mr Vega with Sly... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Amv2QjE3M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Amv2QjE3M[/url] [/quote] So glad you posted Bobbys work with Sly. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) I must admit out of all the recent threads with BCers singing the praises of various guys I've never heard of, this is the only one where I've listened to it and though wow... this guy is something special. He poped up in a thread I saw the other day demoing the new mesa class D gear... even in isolation his playing is engaging and just damn listenable. Edited December 17, 2015 by CamdenRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Nobody makes me want to learn to play with a pick except Bobby Vega, and when I hear him I REALLY want to play with a pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 [quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1450369155' post='2932128'] Nobody makes me want to learn to play with a pick except Bobby Vega, and when I hear him I REALLY want to play with a pick. [/quote]Yeah, his ghost notes are sooo good. Add to those the actual groove/melody and...well, what's not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Inspired by this I unashamedly had go with a pick last night... I wasn't very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The fantastic Mr Vega is on the cover of June 2016 edition of the US Bass Player magazine - interview inside foccussing on Mr V's pick technique. Which led me to this... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QRb6Ec0r8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QRb6Ec0r8[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Personally I can't stop watching this one: http://youtu.be/MPzwuiJCSbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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