Members pickinatit Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 My band leader says that "you can't get a good rock and roll sound from a short scale bass which is probably why nobody uses them". So I guess he discounts: Paul McCartney - Beatles Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane Allen Woody - Allman Bros. Jack Bruce - Cream Bill Wyman - Rolling Stones Who else? Name the bassist, band, album that were played on short scale basses. Help me set this guy straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 I think Les Claypool's 4 strings are 32" scale, so that's halfway there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pickinatit Posted February 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 So come on you guys, help me out here. I know that some of you know everything there is to know about who played what bass thru what amp for which song. ( I mean that. I'm not being smart or sarcastic when I say that. I know there are some real scholars of bass lore and history that use this site). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tina Weymouth Hamish Stuart Richard Dabney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 72Rick Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Stanley Clark! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowndown Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tina Weymouth Hamish Stuart Richard Dabney Tina Weymouth played a P bass - didn't she??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tina Weymouth played a P bass - didn't she??? Mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pickinatit Posted February 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 That's more like it!! Keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rhythm Junky Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Sheryl Crow The dude from The Animals The dude from Paul Revere and the Raiders The dude from Herman's Hermits Dino Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 I don't know, but you have some excellent taste in amps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh, I forgot: Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 The guy from Golden Earring. Vail Johnson. Anyone with a Danelectro. Stu Hamm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyCLB Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 My band leader says that "you can't get a good rock and roll sound from a short scale bass which is probably why nobody uses them". So I guess he discounts: Paul McCartney - Beatles Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane Allen Woody - Allman Bros. Jack Bruce - Cream Bill Wyman - Rolling Stones Who else? Name the bassist, band, album that were played on short scale basses. Help me set this guy straight. Is this the same band leader who said he wasn't pleased with your tone? If I were you, I'd tell this guy to jump up my ass sideways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassment zombie Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Joey Spampinato of NRBQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Mike Watt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joe s Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 can't think of his name right now but.. the guy from the Meters/Funky Meters...at least sometimes anyway. joe s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jannda Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Anyone one who has played EB gibson which is almost everyone in the late50s to mid/late 60s and in a lot of cases the 70s and later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 i have one in pieces on my bedroom floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jannda Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 put the damn thing back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 put the damn thing back together. i need to order many parts and shit ill get around to it, and shred fiercely soon enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blueyedmule Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Bob Daisley played a Gibson EB-3 on Ozzy Osbourne's first solo album and that rocked like nobody had ever rocked up to that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pickinatit Posted February 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 I don't know, but you have some excellent taste in amps! Thanks. My parents bought me a Sunn Solarus back in about 1968 or 69. (Amp and 2 X 12 cab new for about $750 if I remember right) I still have it. It needs some speaker repair or replacement, but is otherwise in pretty great condition. I later (about 1975) bought myself a Sunn Concert Bass Amp with a Cab (I think it was 1 X 15, but might have been 2 X 15 I don't really remember). In bleak and dire economic times I had to sell that off. So recently when I decided to start playing bass again and looking for a band for the first time in about twenty years, I replaced the Concert Bass Amp that I had always regretted selling. Then just days afterward the 2000S showed up on E-Bay so I bought that too! I have recently added a 2 X 15 Sunn Cab (200S I think) that I'm still waiting to arrive. I love Sunn and the Sunn sound. Can't be beat, can't be duplicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pickinatit Posted February 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Is this the same band leader who said he wasn't pleased with your tone? If I were you, I'd tell this guy to jump up my ass sideways... Same guy. I'm just getting my ducks in a row before I talk to him again. He's ok, really, just has some of the same prejudices regarding amps, g....tars and stuff that a lot of others have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh, I forgot: Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull No, he played EB-3Ls where the 'L' is long-scale at least he is in that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poorboy Posted February 1, 2007 Members Share Posted February 1, 2007 Same guy. I'm just getting my ducks in a row before I talk to him again. He's ok, really, just has some of the same prejudices regarding amps, g....tars and stuff that a lot of others have. You say he's the leader?What the hell does that mean? Is he the singer?,Guitar player? Book the jobs does he? Tell him to "lead" and leave the bass playing to you ,or he can do that too. People like that piss me off. Give me the task. I'll figure out the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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