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funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 802
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 - 9:48 am:   Edit Post

Great bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqY9Ivntfo&feature=related

VMG
enzo
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Post Number: 345
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Friday, February 07, 2014 - 7:47 pm:   Edit Post

Hell YES!
jimmyj
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Username: jimmyj

Post Number: 495
Registered: 8-2008
Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1608
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 3:47 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1609
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 4:52 pm:   Edit Post

Here is the extended cut with the vocals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 3490
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 1:31 am:   Edit Post

Great song and superb solo Jimmy. is that a graphite neck?

Graeme
jimmyj
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Username: jimmyj

Post Number: 499
Registered: 8-2008
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 12:54 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3217
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 1:40 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: moonliner

Post Number: 214
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 2:15 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3220
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 6:39 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

That whole song is just super cool. What a great group of musicians doing it right.

Thanks,

Bones
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 894
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2014 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 895
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

Jimmy, That is some sweeet funky stuff! Just caught your video. I LOVE that tone you get! So cool.........


Rob

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