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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
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 09:37:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: DP <>
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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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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>
>
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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> >
> >
>
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