Sly and Robbie

[Fionn]

If you've got a spare hour check this out. Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear with Ernest Ranglin and Tyrone Downie, live in Finland in 2012. It's an excellent performance, and a nice bit of Sunday afternoon dub bliss for ya ...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusaci34o1U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusaci34o1U[/url]

[TheGreek]

More used to seeing Robbie with a Steinberger cricket bat...

Edited January 5, 2014 by TheGreek

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1388931587' post='2327725']
More used to seeing Robbie a Steinberger cricket bat...
[/quote]

.. Or a PRS or even a Höfner Violin!

Thanks for the link

[Dingus]

Always love to hear what these guys are up to . Thanks for posting this.

[redstriper]

Robbie favours a Jazz these days, like Fams - sometimes a stack knob.

This is an older gig, worth a look if you haven't seen it:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4nm0Vvcz8&feature=share&list=PL4CF8C1F37C208FFC&index=20[/media]

[Dingus]

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1388937783' post='2327819']
Robbie favours a Jazz these days, like Fams - sometimes a stack knob.

This is an older gig, worth a look if you haven't seen it:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4nm0Vvcz8&feature=share&list=PL4CF8C1F37C208FFC&index=20[/media]
[/quote]

Robbie was originally a Jazz Bass player. He was playing one when I saw him with Black Uhuru in the early '80's , so it seems that he must have reverted to his old favourite.

[redstriper]

Robbie started on Aston Barrett's Hofner violin bass before moving on to a Fender Jazz.
He played a Steinberger and then PRS for a few years, before coming back to the Jazz bass.
Both he and Familyman prefer the Fender Jazz over all other basses and they've both tried a few.

It's all about the lickin' space

[media]http://youtu.be/VdFTtOAXd5s[/media]

[redstriper]

Talking of Black Uhuru:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0M5vraDaXA&feature=share&list=PL4CF8C1F37C208FFC&index=11

[cytania]

In the studio Robbie favours a Schechter bass, have been unable to work out which model though...

[redstriper]

Here he is in 2007 playing a PRS in the studio, also acting as producer for Horace Andy's vocals later in the clip:

[media]http://youtu.be/O2z6m9k-BVU[/media]

[Fionn]

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1388937783' post='2327819']
Robbie favours a Jazz these days, like Fams - sometimes a stack knob.

This is an older gig, worth a look if you haven't seen it:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4nm0Vvcz8&feature=share&list=PL4CF8C1F37C208FFC&index=20[/media]
[/quote]

Excellent! that was my soundtrack for work this morning. Well posted!

[Raslee]

Cheers guys, some good food to check out on this thread when my studies done