4-string-thing Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 Saw Fairport Convention for the first time in about 25 years last night at Dave Peggs 65th birthday gig. What a brilliant bassist! Great basslines, great tone and a great bloke all round. Still the best player around as far as I'm concerned! Not sure what his bass or amp was, but it sounded awesome and its almost convinced me to go down the "small and lightweight" road, coz his amp looked about the size of a pet carrier! Anyone else there? Quote
ezbass Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 Peggy was using an Ibanez SR505 when I saw the Union Chapel gig on the Beeb. Quote
wateroftyne Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 I saw the Fairports at Cambridge folk festival on Sky Arts a few months back, and it looked to me like he was using a little Ibanez Promethean combo... Incidentally, Maartin Allcock turned up at one of our gigs last weekend. Had a nice chat with him. He wants to buy my fretless, but he's not getting it. Lovely chap. Quote
Stu-khag Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 shameless plug, had the pleasure of working on fairport doc for beeb, it's being shown again this coming friday after Sandy Denny tribute concert. Dave is a fantastic bassist. I absolutely love his playing on Fullhouse, especially Dirty Linen. Quote
4-string-thing Posted November 3, 2012 Author Posted November 3, 2012 [quote name='Stu-khag' timestamp='1351955492' post='1857282'] shameless plug, had the pleasure of working on fairport doc for beeb, it's being shown again this coming friday after Sandy Denny tribute concert. Dave is a fantastic bassist. I absolutely love his playing on Fullhouse, especially Dirty Linen. [/quote] They didn't do Dirty Linen last night, but his playing on the instrumentals was fantastic! Quote
bassninja Posted November 3, 2012 Posted November 3, 2012 Top geezer, great player and my first and most enduring bass-piration. If only Fender would do a signature Peggy Jazz/Precision... Chug-a-lug, Peggy! Quote
Dom in Dorset Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) I saw him from about ten feet away at Glastonbury a couple of years back, I had alway seriously rated his playing but seeing it up close was a revelation. He was playing Crafter Centaur bass apparenty about £300. (if memory serves) Edited November 4, 2012 by Dom in Somerset Quote
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