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white_cloud
Senior Member
Username: white_cloud

Post Number: 406
Registered: 11-2007
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 3:32 am:   Edit Post

Wow, I have just listened to Mick Karn again for the first time in about twenty years! I had completely forgotten about Mick for some insane reason - WHAT A MONSTER PLAYER!

His bass tone is absolutely incredible and he has to be one of the great fretless bass exponants along with Percy Jones!

Wether or not you connect with his musical style his approach to the instrument has to be admired.

John.
hieronymous
Advanced Member
Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 337
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:45 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, I love Mick Karn. Totally idiosyncratic playing, totally cool and absorbing. His lines are so interesting and out of left field and perfect for what's going on.
hifiguy
Intermediate Member
Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 145
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 2:45 pm:   Edit Post

Fabulously original player with an impossible-to-copy style, though I've picked up a few of his licks and approaches over the years - saw him live with Terry Bozzio and David Torn back in the 1990s, Amazing, and if there were no Alembic I'd scour the earth for a bass just like the fretted Wal played during parts of that show.
white_cloud
Senior Member
Username: white_cloud

Post Number: 414
Registered: 11-2007
Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 7:39 am:   Edit Post

Well, I had a Wal custom back in the eighties and it was absolutely superb - but it weighed more than my car:-(

John.

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