ikay Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 here's one for starters - Alain Caron 'Ink Illusion', F Bass AC6, watch for the octave pedal to kick in at 1min 15, awesome ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA...feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote name='ikay' post='1111351' date='Feb 1 2011, 05:54 PM']here's one for starters - Alain Caron 'Ink Illusion', F Bass AC6, watch for the octave pedal to kick in at 1min 15, awesome ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA...feature=related[/url][/quote] I knew it!! I knew there must be someone in the world who likes Alain Caron!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1111373' date='Feb 1 2011, 06:08 PM']I knew it!! I knew there must be someone in the world who likes Alain Caron!!![/quote] I love his playing with UZEB but I've always found his solo stuff to be very "fuzak". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I really like Carons playing aswell,and was one of the first people I thought of. I can't be bothered to look for links right now,but Jaco,Gary Willis and Marcus all have great fretless tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote name='Chris2112' post='1111376' date='Feb 1 2011, 06:10 PM']I love his playing with UZEB but I've always found his solo stuff to be very "fuzak".[/quote] I'm sorry but his intonation is all over the place, even on the very simple melodies, sharp most of the way through which could be explained by the monitoring or something, but there are no excuses for the awful intonation in the solo section about halfway though. It has completely set my teeth on edge and I need a cup of tea and a rollup now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 This is still the best fretless electric bass I have heard, but I never really liked Jaco so that may explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote]...there are no excuses for the awful intonation in the solo section about halfway though. It has completely set my teeth on edge and I need a cup of tea and a rollup now.[/quote] Heheh, you should hear my intonation, maybe I've picked it up from Mr Caron. Here's something a little more soothing [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvdkMbz_qA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvdkMbz_qA...feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) A hero of mine (and many others on this site..) greatly missed..RIP Mick Edited February 1, 2011 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Apart from the obvious ones Jaco etc. I quite like Pino Palladino and Percy Jones' fretless tones. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKBuAkr4Lg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKBuAkr4Lg[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxocyLjXUFM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxocyLjXUFM[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote]I quite like Pino Palladino and Percy Jones' fretless tones.[/quote] Pino's playing and tone is just beautiful I'm not so sure about Percy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yeah I thought I'd Probably be in the minority with Percy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 [quote name='Rodders' post='1111464' date='Feb 1 2011, 07:05 PM']Yeah I thought I'd Probably be in the minority with Percy.[/quote] I've heard Percy Jones sound nicer. I think I heard his playing on Brand X before I heard Jaco. He's very much got his own style, and I think his sound was assisted by home made pedals (please correct me if I'm wrong, I can't substantiate this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I did my own sort of warm, punchy enveloping wash on the Pentabuzz with chorus and a little delay. I've heard it before somewhere but can't remember where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 More Karn... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiE0GkVTWKo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiE0GkVTWKo[/url] Bless you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Call me a philistine (just not all at once) but as a fretless player all of the above apart from Mick's stuff sound bloody awful. I guess I'll just never like jazz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bass Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 One of my all time favourite fretless tracks Gary v8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here's the tone I referred to earlier with the Pentabuzz in action. I looked for a better known example but couldn't find one. [url="http://www.myspace.com/crazykiwi/music/songs/strength-courage-and-wisdom-26638110"]http://www.myspace.com/crazykiwi/music/son...wisdom-26638110[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote]... all of the above apart from Mick's stuff sound bloody awful[/quote] even Pino? surely not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain black Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Yeah...Pino for me...Lovely. And John Giblin. Grew up listening to Kate Bush etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote name='ikay' post='1111992' date='Feb 2 2011, 08:27 AM']even Pino? surely not...[/quote] Well, his tone is less 'barky farty' sounding than the others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve A Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We've all got to aspire to something. For me it's passion, soul, and precision as demonstrated in this video. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_u35sHICjE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_u35sHICjE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote name='Steve Amadeo' post='1112033' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:23 AM']We've all got to aspire to something. For me it's passion, soul, and precision as demonstrated in this video.[/quote] haha adds a whole new dimension to the fretless art - or do I mean fart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) I don't have access to youtube at the moment so cannot post links to anything specific, but always loved Mark Egan's tone along with Yves Carbonne, Laurence Cottle has a really nice clean mwhaaaaaa tone when he plays fretless. Always loved Pino's sound back in the 80's, esp. with the octaver. Edited February 2, 2011 by purpleblob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 This... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9zTWsbZ3pM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9zTWsbZ3pM[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote name='Conan' post='1112066' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:49 AM']This...[/quote] That's lovely, John Giblin on bass I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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