MICK KARN - MONSTER SOUND!

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Author Message white_cloud Senior Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 406 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 3:32 am:    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:    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:    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:    Well, I had a Wal custom back in the eighties and it was absolutely superb - but it weighed more than my car John.