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funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky
Post Number: 802 Registered: 5-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 9:48 am: | |
Great bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqY9Ivntfo&feature=related VMG |
enzo
Advanced Member Username: enzo
Post Number: 345 Registered: 4-2009
| Posted on Friday, February 07, 2014 - 7:47 pm: | |
Hell YES! |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 495 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 12:41 pm: | |
Awww ... thanks cats. Soooo long ago. My favorite parts are the clothes that Lee bought the band on Melrose Ave (!!), the terribly out of sync video (oh well), and my reluctance to come "downstage" when he beckons. HA! Always great to see and hear Carlos though, we really miss that guy. Jimmy J |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1608 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 3:47 pm: | |
Love that song and Jimmy's playing, I often reference that song when people say Alembics sound too sterile or hi-fi. Love that tone- crisp, articulate, but funky and gutsy at the same time! unfortunately, that version cut off Phil Perry singing Rock Steady. He kills it!!! |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1609 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 4:52 pm: | |
Here is the extended cut with the vocals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 3490 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 1:31 am: | |
Great song and superb solo Jimmy. is that a graphite neck? Graeme |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 499 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 12:54 pm: | |
Thanks again my friends. Yes Graeme, that bass is an '82 which began life with frets on a graphite neck. It also appears in Holdsworth's "Tokyo Dream" video from the same era. I later decided that for me graphite as a neck material worked better in a fretless configuration and I had the fingerboard replaced. Now it's my "backup" fretless bass and sadly doesn't see much daylight... You guys all know what I mean when I say that the super-stiff graphite "pre-compressed" the sound? I couldn't play that bass very soft or very loud, it always made the same kind of level. Which is GREAT for a fretless... Jimmy J |
sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 3217 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 1:40 pm: | |
Great performance Jimmy, I love your fretless technique & tone . I really like the multi-stop arpeggio descending glissando ( is that what it would be called ?) _____ @ about 3:13 in the video There is so much to learn from listening and watching this ____ Wolf |
moonliner
Advanced Member Username: moonliner
Post Number: 214 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 2:15 pm: | |
I might be wrong, but I think that bass has frets on it at this point… I think :-) I do love Jimmy's fretless playing though as well! (Message edited by moonliner on February 12, 2014) |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 500 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 6:07 pm: | |
Sorry I was unclear. Yes, the bass DOES have frets in the video above and the Holdsworth vid I mentioned. (I can't play all those notes in tune without them!) It was probably a couple years later when we swapped out the fingerboard and made it into a "lined" fretless. Wolf, I don't really know what I'm doing so I sure don't know what to call it. But I like your description! thanks, Jimmy J |
sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 3220 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 6:39 pm: | |
Jimmy, Ok , Thanks for your reply . It's great fretted as well ! But it also helps explain the perfect intonation on that 3:13 spot , LOL ! Thanks for the constant inspiration that you give us __ Wolf__ |
bonesrad
Intermediate Member Username: bonesrad
Post Number: 108 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 28, 2014 - 7:08 pm: | |
That whole song is just super cool. What a great group of musicians doing it right. Thanks, Bones |
funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky
Post Number: 894 Registered: 5-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2014 - 11:45 am: | |
Whew! For two years I thought that I was the only person that appreciated that funky performance VMG |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 507 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2014 - 1:40 pm: | |
Ah you guys are too kind. My operator's license doesn't legally cover "Funk"... I never thought of myself as a "funky" player. I have a deep appreciation for the guys who really can go there (you know who you are). But it's fun to visit that musical neighborhood from time to time and always a treat to play with great players who make YOU sound good. Jimmy J |
funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky
Post Number: 895 Registered: 5-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:40 pm: | |
Great players can play anything VMG |
pace
Senior Member Username: pace
Post Number: 985 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2014 - 12:11 pm: | |
There's nothing like a graphite neck and series guts!!!!.... Great playing Jimmy! That solo is the epitome of "that sound" |
dead_head
Junior Username: dead_head
Post Number: 40 Registered: 12-2013
| Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2014 - 8:46 pm: | |
Jimmy, That is some sweeet funky stuff! Just caught your video. I LOVE that tone you get! So cool......... Rob |