Who says you can't play funk on a Fender P...

[fatback]

[quote name='chris_b' post='1026556' date='Nov 17 2010, 12:36 AM']Funk doesn't come from your equipment![/quote]

Depends what ya mean by equipment

oh, somebody had to say it...

[risingson]

The best funk players used P-Basses. Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, Anthony Jackson, George Porter Jr., Paul Jackson, the list is endless.

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Doctor J' post='1026745' date='Nov 17 2010, 11:35 AM']13 posts on funk P-Bass and no-one has mentioned Paul Jackson? [/quote]

Completely agree. P-bass funk legend.

But that live George Duke track is funky as - it's pretty much compulsively making me do the dirty funk head bounce on my headphones. Just hope no-one sees!

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1026786' date='Nov 17 2010, 12:23 PM']I thought James Jamerson invented funk on a P bass? Maybe I dreamt it.....[/quote]
I dreamed that too ... and the P bass was called the Funk Machine and the band were called the Funk Brothers ... must have been a dream.

[The Bass Doc]

Always thought funk was a 'feel' thing as opposed to any particular technique or sound employed.

Anyone agree that Andy Fraser could be considered a funk player (on an EB3 ffs!)?

[Rich]

[quote name='risingson' post='1027035' date='Nov 17 2010, 04:35 PM']George Porter Jr.[/quote]
At last. Christ, I was starting to wonder if this guy was ever gonna get a mention.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1027060' date='Nov 17 2010, 04:51 PM']Always thought funk was a 'feel' thing as opposed to any particular technique or sound employed.

Anyone agree that Andy Fraser could be considered a funk player (on an EB3 ffs!)?[/quote]
I'd agree Andy Fraser was funky but I'd probably use 'funk' to refer to a particular genre and 'funky' to refer to a particular feel - so, on that account, you can be funky without playing funk.

[JJTee]

Ooh, found a bit more of Bernie playing live on his P-bass...shame there's no close-ups of his "chucking" technique...

[steve-soar]

[quote name='umph' post='1026748' date='Nov 17 2010, 11:41 AM']who says a funk band can't play rock?[/quote]who says a rock band can't play funk?

[Pete Academy]

In the 70s the P and J basses were pretty much standard for most players. Louis Johnson used one before turning to Musicman for his signature sound.

Byron Miller is a killer player. George Duke has used some amazing players. I think his album 'Standing In The Light' (forgive me if I've got the title wrong) showcased Louis Johnson, and more recently he used Christian McBride.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1027060' date='Nov 17 2010, 04:51 PM']Always thought funk was a 'feel' thing as opposed to any particular technique or sound employed.

Anyone agree that Andy Fraser could be considered a funk player (on an EB3 ffs!)?[/quote]

Andy Fraser is amazingly funky. The bass line on Alright Now is indeed a funky part.

[JTUK]

Wouldn't call Fraser a funk player as such...but he is definitely funky with a capital F

[chris_b]

[quote name='JTUK' post='1027419' date='Nov 17 2010, 10:50 PM']....Wouldn't call Fraser a funk player as such....[/quote]
+1

Doesn't rate on the funk scale at all.

[lowdown]

TM Stevens is a Funky player who seems to slip through the net.
This is more a Funky Disco track, but great Bass line and TM doing his thang.





Garry

Edited November 17, 2010 by lowdown

[Mr Bassman]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHd_THslUVE&feature=related"]Pops Popswell[/url] did awlright on a P bass

Edited November 18, 2010 by Mr Bassman

[Mr Bassman]

and another clip of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyHpa-LaZYc"]Pops[/url]

I was, and still am a Crusaders fan and still get to play 2 or 3 Crusaders tunes about twice a month with Jon Taylor's Blues Dudes.

My 62 P bass is the preferred instrument for this band, I've taken the soul band flats off and gone back to round wounds.

[Mr Bassman]

And don't forget [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6JiTwj-znw&feature=related"]Alan Gorrie[/url] and A.W.B. who were a huge influence on me back in the day.

I saw A.W.B at Leeds Uni in the seventies but didn't get to meet any of them until two years ago when I had the pleasure of Hamish Stuart staying with us whilst up in Yorkshire for a gig I was promoting.
Nice chap!