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Jon/Jeff:
Yeah, I hear you re: the lameness of "piano bass" when
compared to "real bass player".
With the Doors in particular, I always enjoy the difference
between Ray Manzareks "left hand" bass player (Break on
Through) to the real-deal bass player (LA Woman)
Any use of the Fender Piano Bass in the surf world that
anyone knows about? It is an interesting instrument, I
wonder how it would sound in a reverberated setting?
-dp
--- Jeff <> wrote:
> 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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