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Early Curtis Mayfield


PapillonIrl
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Big influence on my guitar playing, and one of the reasons I picked up a bass in the first place.

Have been revisiting some of the tracks that caught my attention in my late teens tonight and realised I have no idea who played bass on these albums ?

Specifically 'Curtis', 'Roots' and the 'Superfly' soundtrack.

My dream is to somehow get away with having a function band that had 1/3 Curtis songs in a set :).

Extra bonus points to whoever knows how that warm fuzz was achieved on the likes of 'Beautiful brother of mine' etc.

[url="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Beautiful_Brother_Of_Mine_LP_Version_/21230699"]http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Beaut...rsion_/21230699[/url]

Gotta love that percussion player too...

Cheers,

Nathan

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[quote name='PapillonIrl' post='563189' date='Aug 7 2009, 11:23 PM']That was quick !

Thanks.

Going to do some research now.

Any nerdy info on the fuzz sound before I go ?

Thanks again.[/quote]

Poke a few holes in your speakers with a screwdriver.................

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[quote name='rslaing' post='563191' date='Aug 7 2009, 11:26 PM']Poke a few holes in your speakers with a screwdriver.................[/quote]

That sounds only slightly less believable than the 'big muff' theory I have just read...

Both IME have sounds alot harsher than what ended up on record.

Check this out:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nwcpGZE6A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nwcpGZE6A[/url]

Groove

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Apparently it was one of these ... [url="http://www.fretbase.com/blog/tag/maestro-bass-brassmaster/"]http://www.fretbase.com/blog/tag/maestro-bass-brassmaster/[/url]

This would make sense given what was available at the time...

Here's another example of the sound:

[url="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/_Don_t_Worry_If_There_s_A_Hell_Below_We_re_All_Going_To_Go/223424"]http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/_Don_...ng_To_Go/223424[/url]

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