| Author | Message | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 802 Registered: 5-2007 |
Great bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqY9Ivntfo&feature=related VMG | ||
| enzo
Advanced Member Username: enzo Post Number: 345 Registered: 4-2009 |
Hell YES! | ||
| jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj Post Number: 495 Registered: 8-2008 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Great song and superb solo Jimmy. is that a graphite neck? Graeme | ||
| jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj Post Number: 499 Registered: 8-2008 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Great players can play anything VMG | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 985 Registered: 4-2004 |
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 |
Jimmy, That is some sweeet funky stuff! Just caught your video. I LOVE that tone you get! So cool......... Rob |
