redstriper Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1327959813' post='1519638'] the share option under the youtube video. copy and paste. [/quote] Right, thanks - I was just pasting the URL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1327960584' post='1519657'] Right, thanks - I was just pasting the URL. [/quote] So was I. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Personally, not much wrong with TF fretless playing in my eyes. Possibly a bit cliche but then not many fretted bass players are original so I would say they are cliche also. This is very evident at shows like NAMM etc where some named bass player will get up up and either play a slap fest or a slow jazz groove contraining lots of runs and scales. So I think to single out TF playing as cliche is possibly a little unfair. What does annoy me a bit about him is his constant over emphasising of everything, for example, I'm going to REALLY groove, or I'm REALLY going to lay down some GREAT line etc. It was all just a bit me me me and how great its going to be. Still, his Fender bass is awsome and I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 yeah, it was OK - but why did they have Tom Petty introducing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Getting past the presentation i found myself warming to him. Come on guys this was the 80s! I've already ripped a couple of his licks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobucket Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Although the Roddy Piper stuff in the JB vid is a joke, the exercise for playing through the changes across the neck without restarting on the root is great. If you don't already have that skill set, shedding just that exercise is worth the rest of the video. I quite enjoyed the humour in the Tony Franklin vid - maybe because Americans are easily impressed by anyone with a British accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 [quote name='phobucket' timestamp='1328011025' post='1520186'] maybe because Americans are easily impressed by anyone with a British accent. [/quote] .....ahem... its an English accent. There's no such thing as a "British" accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobucket Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 [quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1328038215' post='1520779'] .....ahem... its an English accent. There's no such thing as a "British" accent. [/quote] We are easily impressed by those too. Actually, I wavered on which term to choose and clearly guessed incorrectly. Shows what I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I am sure if several of us got our heads (and hands) together, we could come up with a far more informative and funnier presentation. for instance: [i]"I say I say I say! I wouldn't say my bass was old, but the woodworm from Noah's Ark rejected it"[/i] then some bits about fretless bass, then some silly outfits and wry comments, followed by inane facial gymnastics, finished off by a bass performance with lots of fretless wobbly wobbly notes. Oh, and a gonk hairstyle for good measure. Any partakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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