Pino Palladino Fretless Playing

[nickcarey]

Hi folks,
On Pino Palladino's landmark bassline on Paul Young's track Wherever I Lay My Hat does anyone know whether he used Flats on his Musicman or Roundwounds?

I think his sound, and of course his playing is so damn good.
Cheers
Nick

[Owen]

[quote name='nickcarey' post='178645' date='Apr 17 2008, 10:39 AM']Hi folks,
On Pino Palladino's landmark bassline on Paul Young's track Wherever I Lay My Hat does anyone know whether he used Flats on his Musicman or Roundwounds?

I think his sound, and of course his playing is so damn good.
Cheers
Nick[/quote]

Prob rounds. Some early Pino here www.myspace.com/pinopalladino

[nickcarey]

Ta much I'll take a wee listen.
The other thing I was wondering about are the types of strings Musicman fit to fretless Stingrays by default.

[SJA]

pretty sure it was Rotosound swing bass rounds.
his stingray's pictured in The Bass Book- it says he's had the fingerboard replaced several times due to wear.

[SJA]

Bass Player article listing his gear-
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/pino-palladino/nov-06/23886"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/pino-pal...no/nov-06/23886[/url]

[nickcarey]

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.


[quote name='SJA' post='178901' date='Apr 17 2008, 03:00 PM']Bass Player article listing his gear-
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/pino-palladino/nov-06/23886"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/pino-pal...no/nov-06/23886[/url][/quote]

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='nickcarey' post='178887' date='Apr 17 2008, 02:46 PM']The other thing I was wondering about are the types of strings Musicman fit to fretless Stingrays by default.[/quote]
Just a guess, but I'd be surprised if they fitted anything other than Ernie Ball strings

[fretless bob]

pino definatley uses rotosound rounds on his fretless, he uses the medium swingbass set which are quite a light gauge of 40-60-75-95

[bass_ferret]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='179207' date='Apr 17 2008, 06:40 PM']Just a guess, but I'd be surprised if they fitted anything other than Ernie Ball strings[/quote]
+1 - the clue is in Ernie Ball Music Man! Although they might not have been owned by Ernie Ball back then.

[Shockwave]

Also. Anyone know if percy jones played with flats or rounds on the Brand-X recordings? Cheers

[ezbass]

I've played that very bass and it was fitted with roundwounds then and I'm pretty sure it was for that recording. Pino also made great use of chorus and octave effects during that period.

[acidbass]

Slightly OT, but did anyone catch the guy playing it on Sky1's 'Don't Forget The Lyrics' last night? He left out one of the notes about 3 notes into the opening riff, sounded very strange!

[SJA]

[quote name='Shockwave' post='395559' date='Jan 30 2009, 05:05 PM']Also. Anyone know if percy jones played with flats or rounds on the Brand-X recordings? Cheers [/quote]

Rotosound roundwounds- the Superwound "piano string design"set with exposed cores at the bridge.
- it's mentioned in the interview in the Bass Heroes book.

IIRC he uses DR strings now.