Mark King on One Show

[OzMike]

Non-UK viewer, so had to look this up on YT:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gvJGBydRY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gvJGBydRY[/url]

[police squad]

my wife wants to go and see him live now.
She plays with a pick and hates slapping but she's realised how good he is.
Level 42 playing in Folkestone soon.
I'll get tickets today

[Stacker]

Missed it due to work.

Met him backastage at a small club gig up here, back in the early '80s. I had a quick chat with him but he had a couple of dames hanging around him (and a Jazz cigarette) so I didn't stay too long. He had the pearl white JD and the all-in-one Trace 8 x 10 rig and what looked like a Yamaha delay.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='bluesparky' timestamp='1348088618' post='1809258']
He's still using TC, it's spec'd on the riders when he isn't able to take his own stuff (whether the local supply companies can provide it is an entirely different issue).
My guess is that Mark took only his bass and the BBC's production just sourced "a bass amp" and a TE amp arrived at the studio.
[/quote]

I thought the whole point of endorsing gear when you're at MK's level was that you could phone up the manufacturer/distributer at say "I'm going to doing a TV programme next week make sure there's an amp at the studio for the filming".

Bit of a slip up on someone's part IMO.

[blamelouis]

Great to see a britfunk legend on the box !
Great player and great guy .

[wombatboter]

[quote name='OzMike' timestamp='1348109808' post='1809465']
Non-UK viewer, so had to look this up on YT:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gvJGBydRY[/media]
[/quote]
Thank you !

[Lozz196]

[quote name='dmz' timestamp='1348081852' post='1809100']
Wasn't Jean-Jacques Burnel on a while back too talking about No More Heroes ?

There must be a bass player on the production team.

Sweepstake as to who will be next ?
[/quote]

Yes, definately someone on there wanting to raise the profile of the bass.

[Conan]

That was fun! I enjoyed that. Horrible bass tone, but everyone was having a good time - so who cares?

I think there is some mileage in that...

[bluesparky]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1348123301' post='1809486']
I thought the whole point of endorsing gear when you're at MK's level was that you could phone up the manufacturer/distributer at say "I'm going to doing a TV programme next week make sure there's an amp at the studio for the filming".

Bit of a slip up on someone's part IMO.
[/quote]
Yup! oops! Sadly I'm not lucky / well known enough to have an endorsement so I don't know exactly how it all works - maybe one day!

[BassBod]

Great to see him getting some prime time...but did anyone else see the Banjer in his studio? Now I'm worried.....

[KiOgon]

[quote name='Longmayyourun' timestamp='1348081184' post='1809086']
Do you think there's a bass player on the production team at the one show? Last week Pino, this week Mark King - great stuff. And didn't they both come across as nice blokes?
[/quote]
Don't forget Herbie's WotWS a few weeks back
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5GqYJs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5GqYJs[/url]

[Dood]

The amp isn't plugged in. lol.

[Guest markinthegreen]

Well that wasn't cringy at all was it?

[nottswarwick]

Why is he using a plec though? Sure, I use both plec and fingers, as the song demands, but Jackson 5 with fingers surely. He has a nice fingerstyle technique too.

[4000]

[quote name='nottswarwick' timestamp='1348164949' post='1810327']
Why is he using a plec though?
[/quote]

Because he wants to?

[nottswarwick]

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1348166710' post='1810375']
Because he wants to?
[/quote]

Obviously. Just wondered.... since he has all the tools at his disposal.

Carry on.

[simonc61]

John Taylor on breakfast TV this morning - what's going on? All these players seem to be exceedingly nice chaps too.

[barneyg42]

[quote name='nottswarwick' timestamp='1348164949' post='1810327']
Why is he using a plec though?
[/quote]

Don't be picky

[Highfox]

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1348129746' post='1809587']
Thank you !
[/quote]

+1 With the thanks

(I used to have oneof those TE combo's) and was always fiddling with it trying to get it to sound nice .

Edited September 21, 2012 by Highfox