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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 1008
Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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| lee_UK wrote: | And as a quick note, i think Bass players should be banned from these events, i once saw and heard a Bass player / Demonstrator plucking away Mark King style on some tarty looking 6 string bass with LED's all over it for an astonishing 7 hours!! he went on from 10am to 5pm, i could hear his un-melodic ramblings for the whole day, p-tuck p-tuck tuck punk, bink bink bink p-tunny p-tick.
Ban em all! |
As a bass player I think I can safely say that most of us would like to see the thumbs of such players not-so-surgically removed, they give us a bad rep and sound crap...IMO |
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youngwasp
Got Rhythm
Joined: 19 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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p-tuck p-tuck tuck punk, bink bink bink p-tunny p-tick;
Isn't that 'Good Times' by Chic? |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Surely the many Bass players on this forum are not going to let Youngwasp get away with slandering the name of the late great Bernard Edwards?  Did Bernie ever Ptuck ptink put put ? |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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I don't believe Mr Wasp accused anyone of 'ptink put put' You appear to be putting words into his mouth (or fingers at least)
On the other hand, I could give a flying duck what Chic did, nasty, nasty, nasty...and indeed, poo. |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| Didnt Bernie also session on Bowies 'China girl' ? or was it 'Lets dance' ? |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| Can't say anything negative about Bowie or the missus will slap me but the songs you mentioned were IMhumbleO possibly the lowest ebb of his epic career, so yeah, quite possibly. |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3828
Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:22 am Post subject: |
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Back to the German, I actually enjoyed the listen as well as the watch, strangely enough. Anyhoo, typing "Mark King solo" into youtube always produces this sort of bass guff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI8pFqWm0s
Now, it's true; I can't play it. But, I can't hang Rowenta irons from my nipples like some guys can on stage. And I don't want to. Painful and pointless. |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| 1bassleft wrote: |
Now, it's true; I can't play it. But, I can't hang Rowenta irons from my nipples like some guys can on stage. And I don't want to. Painful and pointless. |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| BTW, Bernie Edwards, and Good Times in particular, defines proper funk bass. I meant to put that one in the fave bass riffs thread. If you watch him playing (or indeed listen), his thumb stays well away from the strings. I don't object to a bit of thumb per se, but it just doesn't feature in the track. Bernie had the annoying habit of making rather tricky passing runs and quick bends look effortless. |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| Pure groove, he goes in my top 5 bass players. |
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