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The Facebook page 'Official Brand X' posted the item below today.
I know not everyone on here uses FB so I've pasted it.


Welcome to "TALES FROM THE BRAND X FILES". Start the week off right, "Tales" runs each and every Monday morning.

Today's feature: PERCY JONES (Bassist of Brand X)

A lot of people have been asking about Percy's Bass, and of course about his unique style and approach. Percy says:

The Bass he's using right now with Brand X is a customized Ibanez Grooveline Five-String, with Piezo pickups.

Percy's added some weights to the headstock, which "shifts the frequency response slightly and gives the bass a bit of a tighter sound."

Percy uses a standard Bass tuning for the regular four strings, and has the lowest string at "C".

"So how the hell does he do that? many ask." Percy can get rapid-fire triplets flowing by using a three finger approach reminiscent of a Classical Guitarist. So he's sometimes plucking the strings with all three fingers in quick succession, and will also use his thumb occasionally as well.

One of Percy's trademark sounds is hitting a hard note and simultaneously hitting a harmonic as well, and then sliding the note up on the fretless. Check out the beginning of "Nightmare Patrol" from Livestock CD, or just come to one of the gigs and see him do it live.

When asked what Bass he used on those first three classic Brand X albums, he replied: "I mostly used a Four-string Fender Precision Fretless (see 1st picture), though I also used a hollow-body Gretsch (fretted) on one song, and an Upright Bass on another."

Effects? A lot of Percy's unique sound actually comes from his playing technique and how the bass lines work within the context of Brand X compositions, but what few know is that he used home built effects on the old Brand X recordings! Nowadays he's using an Eventide processor at the moment.

The first run of shows for Brand X will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday 12th) and go from October 19th through 25th, with more coming in November?

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Is this him ?

[url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mj12-Percy-Jones/dp/B01C8UGW3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1468275185&sr=1-1&keywords=percy+jones"]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mj12-Percy-Jones/dp/B01C8UGW3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1468275185&sr=1-1&keywords=percy+jones[/url]

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[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1468354738' post='3090415']
That's the fella... MJ12 is one of his current bands...

http://youtu.be/NjR-mNTakAo

Also seen with Tunnels...

http://youtu.be/Oxhoe0jQ-3g
[/quote]

Beautiful playing !

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