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One minute you're playing Bass in a Jazz-Rock band.......


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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XYzbW3bZOQ[/media]

.......then you're singing Soul Ballads in front of thousands of adoring fans. It's a funny old world this bass playing lark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojJLbTgeco

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[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1388855392' post='2326937']
It's a funny old world this bass playing lark.
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That it is, that it is. Of course I only do it for the glamour. :mellow:
Edit: That MD vid is very cool... thanks for posting.

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[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1388859682' post='2327040']
Michael Henderson's playing with Miles is awesome.
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Agreed. Funky & inventive as all hell. Wasn't aware of his latter day 'soul' efforts, mind. Having listened to it, I think I'll stick to his Jazz fusion stuff... thx BetaFunk ;)

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I'd always kind of assumed some of that 'heaviness' in his sound came from Teo M's post-production buggery, but the track above is from the Live section of that album, so dunno. Could be a fuzz, could just be an old tube amp turned up to the edge of what those crappy old cones could take. Could even be the levels overblowing slightly on the recording. Me, I like to think its because MH was the bastard love-child of Mingus & Bootsy and the Funk was all in them there fingers ;)

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I know a man who made a Bass for Michael Henderson: Jim Fleeting from Ripon. Here's a photo of it:http://jimfleetingguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/angled.jpg. Maybe someone can do a linky, seems to have stopped working for me....

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1388865230' post='2327158']
I know a man who made a Bass for Michael Henderson: Jim Fleeting from Ripon. Here's a photo of it:http://jimfleetingguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/angled.jpg. Maybe someone can do a linky, seems to have stopped working for me....
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Yes, i remember Jim Fleeting making that Starship bass.

Here's a link to it....... [url="http://jimfleetingguitars.com/basses/michael-henderson-starship-bass/"]http://jimfleetinggu...-starship-bass/[/url]

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