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And,
even as good as Ray Manzereck of the Doors was at Playing the Piano
Bass/Organ. The Doors would have a real Bass player on obut half
or 2/3rd of the studio track they recorded.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , Jonathan Villegas
<jville.geo@y...> wrote:
>
> Hey DP,
>
> Fender's "Piano Bass" (I've an early '70s Fender
> catalog that shows this) actually predates the Rhodes
> piano with production starting in 1960 and ending
> around 1979. The Piano Bass allowed dweeby keyboard
> players to cover the bass resulting in fewer gigs for
> bass players.
>
> A Piano Bass, no matter how well-played, is no match
> for a "Jaco Pastorius" or a "Carol Kaye", or a "Victor
> Wooten", or a "Paul McCartney" etc., etc....
>
> ~ Jonathan
> www.lbop.net
>
>
> --- wrote:
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 09:37:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: DP <noetical1@y...>
> Subject: Re: Re: Organ Sound for Surf Music...( and
> Dave Baby Cortez)
>
> Jon:
>
> Thanks for the info...so the Fender Rhodes appeared
> around
> the end of The Doors and during Stevie Wonder's
> early-funk
> years? I will have to look into that. Any idea when
> the
> Fender Keyboard Bass came on line? I know Ray Manzarek
> of
> the Doors relied upon it, I wonder if anyone earlier
> utilized it?
>
> -dp
>
>
>
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