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bass6
Junior Username: bass6
Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:11 pm: | |
I was wondering if anybody knows the type of bass that Steve Swallow plays.Thanks, |
darkstar01
Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 99 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:14 pm: | |
It's a Citron semi acoustic. He strings it with a high C and uses a copper pick. http://www.citron-guitars.com/swallowdescription.html Austin |
bassman68
Junior Username: bassman68
Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:39 pm: | |
Didn't he play an original parker fly 5 with a high C for a while? |
darkstar01
Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 2:16 pm: | |
I don't know about the parker. I remember reading in BP a few years back that he's been developing his current bass with Harvey Citron for years, and has been playing different incarnations of it along the way. |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 6035 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3:31 pm: | |
Here's Swallow with John Scofield. |
2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman
Post Number: 496 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 4:01 pm: | |
He did play an unfinished Parker. One of the first I believe. I remember an album cover of his which was a shot of him playing that Parker live. |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 2873 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 5:30 pm: | |
I thought this thread, "Steve Swallows Bass", was going to be like the story that came out last year about the python in the Everglades that swallowed the alligator! (The alligator then tore through the python's side and they both died). Ahh, the importance of the apostrophe! hehehehe Bill, tgo |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 6037 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 5:34 pm: | |
Hee hee! |
crobbins
Member Username: crobbins
Post Number: 81 Registered: 6-2004
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 5:47 pm: | |
I'd like to see Steve swallow a bass...Lol.. |
hieronymous
Advanced Member Username: hieronymous
Post Number: 239 Registered: 1-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 8:18 pm: | |
For a long time he played a Gibson EB-2 - there was a great Gary Burton clip on YouTube for a while from the '70s that included a great bass solo - distorted tone, really inventive playing. His bass had two humbuckers, not as muddy as a regular Gibson mudbucker, maybe DiMarzio replacements... |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1761 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 2:50 am: | |
Eats, leaves and shoots? --- uh, that should have read: Eats, shoots and leaves. (Message edited by adriaan on January 18, 2008) |
0vid
Intermediate Member Username: 0vid
Post Number: 118 Registered: 4-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 3:03 am: | |
Nut screws washers and bolts. |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1762 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 3:08 am: | |
EB-2 - didn't Stanley play one before he was introduced to Alembic? Mudbuckers - I remember an article on updating the electronics on a Gibson semi-acoustic with the single large humbucker, where just removing a capacitor (or some other small component) made it sound much more useful. (Message edited by adriaan on January 18, 2008) |
0vid
Intermediate Member Username: 0vid
Post Number: 121 Registered: 4-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 3:15 am: | |
Stanley Clarke used an EB2. Steve Swallow has used these: EB2 Froc Fillipetti F bass Parker Custom and now plays a Citron. He uses a copper pick I think which is odd given the tone you hear that he gets. |
hifiguy
Intermediate Member Username: hifiguy
Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:48 pm: | |
The Citron bass is lovely, but his playing is what's so special. Check out his Nite Glo album with Carla Bley - some of the most lyrical and melodic bass playing ever. |