White Cloud Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Apologies if this has been posted before - just stumbled over this interesting footage of Jaco playing a Jaydee; might be of interest to fans of either! http://youtu.be/yPA5zjj2TrI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Great stuff, some sweet Licks alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Just goes to show it IS in the fingers, sounds like Jaco not a JD If you get me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I saw this a while ago. I hate seeing him from this period though, he was really on the slide in his personal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 [quote name='witterth' timestamp='1424456089' post='2696580'] Just goes to show it IS in the fingers, sounds like Jaco not a JD If you get me [/quote] Absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 [quote name='witterth' timestamp='1424456089' post='2696580'] Just goes to show it IS in the fingers, sounds like Jaco not a JD If you get me [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Noodle fest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Man Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Didn't Jaco order some Jaydee Jazz basses (I think they were all black) before he died? I don't think he received them before his passing. One ended up in musical exchanges in Birmingham. I'm sure it was in Bassist in the mid 90s?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Can't recall seeing the interview portion of this before so thanks... As for the JayDee I assume he's just borrowed on that gig. Here he is with Jeff Berlin, also at BIT I believe this time on someone's Fender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRFbfBGgpbw His demeanour in the clinic is very much like on the DCI video which as others have said, is probably the more lucid side of a troubled individual. Pity bi-polar was not as recognised, and as treatable then. Still we have his solo records, Weather Report and Joni... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Oh and Bright Size Life - that's a cracker. Him and Metheny were barely out of their teens when they made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Jaco and Peavey...😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Of course, the guitardist turns around and turns up the amp. Why would we expect any different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1424603964' post='2698124'] Of course, the guitardist turns around and turns up the amp. Why would we expect any different? [/quote]I think that would be a young Frank Gambale by the look of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Just out of interest, did Jaco class himself as a 'Fender' guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 [quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1424621555' post='2698368'] Just out of interest, did Jaco class himself as a 'Fender' guy? [/quote] Jaco classified himself as unclassified. Legend has it that he was noodling on his bass of doom at the university of Florida and a passing bassist commented [i]"Wow, that bass sounds amazing!"[/i]...to which Jaco placed it back in its stand and asked "[i]Yeah? Well, how does it sound now?"[/i] For me, that gives perspective to the rampant GAS fascination so often seen around these parts...the name on the headstock is of no relevance, it's the name playing it that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) [quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1424622811' post='2698385'] Jaco classified himself as unclassified. Legend has it that he was noodling on his bass of doom at the university of Florida and a passing bassist commented [i]"Wow, that bass sounds amazing!"[/i]...to which Jaco placed it back in its stand and asked "[i]Yeah? Well, how does it sound now?"[/i] For me, that gives perspective to the rampant GAS fascination so often seen around these parts...the name on the headstock is of no relevance, it's the name playing it that counts. [/quote] I'd agree, personally I dont think he was as attached to his bass as his fan club seem to be. It clearly didnt get much 'love' and was just a tool. Edited February 22, 2015 by mentalextra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) As I recall the story, Jaco did not have his bass with him, so someone in the audience offered to let him borrow his own fretless jazz bass. Jaco declined wanting something different and took the Jaydee off the wall. I think the US importer of Jaydee basses was a sponsor of the show (Aspen Pittman at Groove Tube) which is why the Jaydee bass was there. That particular bass is now owned by Mark Manley. I think this was also the show where Jaco and Aspen agreed on the idea of an open commission for Jaydee Guitars to build him a bass. This led to the Jaydee jazz basses mentioned earlier. Edited February 23, 2015 by GeeCee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Ref: bipolar. I think it was diagnosed and treatable then as it is now but there was a suggestion that JP didn't take his meds as they made his hands shake. I don't know but that is what I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Really sad story. Although its not unusual to find hugely gifted people that are also 'troubled' in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 [quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1424622811' post='2698385']For me, that gives perspective to the rampant GAS fascination so often seen around these parts...the name on the headstock is of no relevance, it's the name playing it that counts. [/quote] Indeed. But who wants to hear that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sting tells an interesting story of meeting Jaco backstage at a Police gig on the Synchronicity tour and Jaco played his Steinberger bass. Sting said "Jaco sounded fantastic on it and loved it ,wouldnt put it down " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I believe Jaco owned one (a Steinberger). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 [quote name='GeeCee' timestamp='1424743484' post='2700005'] I believe Jaco owned one (a Steinberger). [/quote] Yeah he was sent an L2 but never paid for it so it was taken back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 An interview with Milkowski Sp you have checked out a number of instruments then, including headless ones such as the Steinberger? Yeah [Police bassist] Sting turned me on to the Steinberger. The first time I ever saw one was when I went to see the Police. I tell you, Sting's a beautiful cat. We had heard about each other and talked on the phone, but we had never hooked up. So when I went to see him, the first thing he said to me was, 'Hey,Jaco, come on back and check out my bass.' I like them. They're real good basses. I have one now, but I just haven't had enough time to even explore it. You see, one of the main reasons I use these same old basses is because I've worked so hard and so long on the road- forever- that to get another new instrument at this point, I really feel like I would have to learn how to play it from scratch. I mean, I know everything about these basses of mine, every bit of chicken grease and every drop of sweat that's ever been on them. These things are beat-up alright, but I hardly put any scars on them at all; the only ones are thumb marks. Other than that, I have not made a mark on them. Man, I used to do one-and-a-half flips off my asmps and land on them- looke like I was killing them. But I really never touched them. It was just an illusion- all entertainment. That's what I am, an entertainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Also it turns out Jaco had the first Hartke aluminium speaker cabinet built!!! LH: Jaco used the original prototype 810 cabinet until we made the first small run of 410’s. The 410’s were of course much easer for him to move around the New York club scene. Because we didn’t have many cabinets at that time we continued to use the 810 for our other artists. That first 810 cabinet built for Jaco has a lot of history. It went on several Miles Davis tours with Marcus Miller, several Miles Davis tours with Darryl Jones, and the Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen tour with Garry Tallent. It was taken off the road in the eighties, its the prized possession of Hartke Systems, and has not been played by anyone since Jaco passed away in 1987, and thus it shall remain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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