99ster Posted September 17, 2010 Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) BBC4 - Herb's bass player with THE black P Bass - matching headstock, [b]black painted neck[/b]. There it is - mythical & legendary. Never seen such clear footage of it before. Wow. edit: found it [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vp6CsgncKw"]on YouTube[/url] Edited September 17, 2010 by 99ster Quote
EddieG Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 I'm intrigued, what's so mythical about this particular bass? Quote
dlloyd Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) Edited September 22, 2010 by dlloyd Quote
chrisba Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 I don't think there is any bit of music that screams "1960's" as much as Herb A. Quote
Johnnysonic Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 Just saw this post - fascinating. I just watched Herb Alpert on BBC 4 and his bass player, Pat Senatore, did indeed have a black precision with a painted headstock and a painted neck! This footage was around '66/ '67 Does anybody know anything about this amazing piece? Never seen a matching neck from this period! Johnny Quote
risingson Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 If I could choose to be anyone from music history it would most likely be Herb Alpert or possibly Quincy Jones. What an amazing man and an amazing life he had. Quote
EssentialTension Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='99ster' post='960006' date='Sep 17 2010, 10:53 PM']BBC4 - Herb's bass player with THE black P Bass - matching headstock, [b]black painted neck[/b]. There it is - mythical & legendary. Never seen such clear footage of it before. Wow. edit: found it [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vp6CsgncKw"]on YouTube[/url] [/quote] I thought the best bit was the trombonist lay back on the floor. Quote
KevG Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 Amazing bit of nostalgia. Played in a big function band in the mid '70's (male/female singer, 3 piece brass section) usually played HA stuff for our first set, though as the trombonist then, I certainly didn't lie down to play! Quote
99ster Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Yep - I'd love to know more about the P Bass as well - I'm sure there was a thread about it once on The FDP... [i]Hi John, Good to see you on Basschat! Hope all is good with you. I still need to come over to show you my '60 Jazz... There's some great folks on here - hope you enjoy it. Cheers Jim[/i] [quote name='Johnnysonic' post='1247720' date='May 27 2011, 11:22 PM']Just saw this post - fascinating. I just watched Herb Alpert on BBC 4 and his bass player, Pat Senatore, did indeed have a black precision with a painted headstock and a painted neck! This footage was around '66/ '67 Does anybody know anything about this amazing piece? Never seen a matching neck from this period! Johnny[/quote] Quote
Johnnysonic Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 [quote name='99ster' post='1248798' date='May 29 2011, 12:11 AM']Yep - I'd love to know more about the P Bass as well - I'm sure there was a thread about it once on The FDP... [i]Hi John, Good to see you on Basschat! Hope all is good with you. I still need to come over to show you my '60 Jazz... There's some great folks on here - hope you enjoy it. Cheers Jim[/i][/quote] Glad to be here Jim, thanks! I though this was discussed on the FDP, but I did a search and couldn't find it. Would love to get to the bottom of the mystery one day. Would still love to see your '60 Jazz, if you can find the tiime. I had to part with mine a few years back and I still regret it! Cheers John Quote
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