Your favourite fretless bass track

[hostilesteve]

has anyone mentioned steve di gorrio yet?

[TransistorBassMan]

Gary Numan - A Subway Called You (Mick Karn)
Gary Numan - She's Got Claws (Mick Karn)
Gary Numan - We Take Mystery To Bed (Pino Palladino)
Gary Numan - The Image Is (Pino Palladino)
Gary Numan - Glitter And Ash (Pino Palladino)
Gary Numan - Cold Waning (Andy Coughlan)

Yes, I am a bit of a Numan fan

[Schnozzalee]

Is there such a thing as a good slapped fretless bass recording??? Ooooo

[Schnozzalee]

Actually now you mention primus must have one somewhere lol nevermind!

[Rich]

Primus? But I thought you asked for a [b]good[/b] slapped fretless recording?

[size=1]*awaits barrage of hate from Claypool fans*[/size]

[Tlbasss]

Ooh what a question. There's many great fretless players out there. The ones that spring to mind are;

Percy Jones (Brand X)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TALWkw3cWqA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TALWkw3cWqA[/url]

Wilbur Bascomb ( Jeff Beck - Wired)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHK210Cblwg&feature=fvsr"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHK210Cblwg&feature=fvsr[/url]

Dave Ball (Barabara thompsons Paraphernalia)

and hundreds more!

[MB1]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='1078696' date='Jan 5 2011, 03:54 PM']Actually now you mention primus must have one somewhere lol nevermind![/quote]

MB1.
Golden Boy off The Brown Album!

[Clarky]

Percy Jones from the live Brand X album

[BassBus]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='1078695' date='Jan 5 2011, 03:53 PM']Is there such a thing as a good slapped fretless bass recording??? Ooooo[/quote]
Here's one introduced by your old mate Andy Batton Foster. Remember him? No?

[TransistorBassMan]

Jo Dworniak's bassline on Jonn Foxx's YOUR DRESS

[Stag]

For a related lovely fretless bassline that I enjoy playing, try Hey You by Pink Floyd. Integral part of the song as well...

[megallica]

[quote name='Stag' post='1079781' date='Jan 6 2011, 01:10 PM']For a related lovely fretless bassline that I enjoy playing, try Hey You by Pink Floyd. Integral part of the song as well...

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Comfortably numb sounds nice on a fretless too, although it wasn't recorded with one

[Spoombung]

This is probably my favourite fretless bass performance ever:



Percy, of course....

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1076125' date='Jan 3 2011, 11:03 AM']This John Giblin track sold me my Wal

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClCvm4eAT38&feature=related"]April[/url]

It wasn't until later that I realised it was the tune, not the sound, that moved me.[/quote]
It's a lovely earworm of a tune & a great fretless practice piece. Probably a subconcious influence on my going 'bareback'

Have the other version from 'Is There Anything About?'



Then another bit of Percy Jones goddness, Malaga Virgen. I prefer the stunning take on 'Livestock', but this'll do...



The real reason I went fretless... Pino again, this time on Paul Rodgers' 'Muddy Water Blues' album.



[i][b]That's[/b][/i] how you play a slow blues.

Finally, another one from the MWB set, killer tone:



Pete.

Edited January 6, 2011 by Bloodaxe