fleabag Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yeah it was a bit nasty IMO, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I used to do my work at home to Brand X when I was in art college. 1982-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusee pee Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 [quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1453660922' post='2961526'] Yeah it was a bit nasty IMO, too. [/quote] Just for clarification, I didn't write the track 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 The Facebook page 'Official Brand X' posted the item below today. I know not everyone on here uses FB so I've pasted it. Welcome to "TALES FROM THE BRAND X FILES". Start the week off right, "Tales" runs each and every Monday morning. Today's feature: PERCY JONES (Bassist of Brand X) A lot of people have been asking about Percy's Bass, and of course about his unique style and approach. Percy says: The Bass he's using right now with Brand X is a customized Ibanez Grooveline Five-String, with Piezo pickups. Percy's added some weights to the headstock, which "shifts the frequency response slightly and gives the bass a bit of a tighter sound." Percy uses a standard Bass tuning for the regular four strings, and has the lowest string at "C". "So how the hell does he do that? many ask." Percy can get rapid-fire triplets flowing by using a three finger approach reminiscent of a Classical Guitarist. So he's sometimes plucking the strings with all three fingers in quick succession, and will also use his thumb occasionally as well. One of Percy's trademark sounds is hitting a hard note and simultaneously hitting a harmonic as well, and then sliding the note up on the fretless. Check out the beginning of "Nightmare Patrol" from Livestock CD, or just come to one of the gigs and see him do it live. When asked what Bass he used on those first three classic Brand X albums, he replied: "I mostly used a Four-string Fender Precision Fretless (see 1st picture), though I also used a hollow-body Gretsch (fretted) on one song, and an Upright Bass on another." Effects? A lot of Percy's unique sound actually comes from his playing technique and how the bass lines work within the context of Brand X compositions, but what few know is that he used home built effects on the old Brand X recordings! Nowadays he's using an Eventide processor at the moment. The first run of shows for Brand X will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday 12th) and go from October 19th through 25th, with more coming in November? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 He did some lovely playing on the one Richard Barbieri album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Is this him ? [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mj12-Percy-Jones/dp/B01C8UGW3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1468275185&sr=1-1&keywords=percy+jones"]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mj12-Percy-Jones/dp/B01C8UGW3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1468275185&sr=1-1&keywords=percy+jones[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 That's the fella... MJ12 is one of his current bands... http://youtu.be/NjR-mNTakAo Also seen with Tunnels... http://youtu.be/Oxhoe0jQ-3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1468354738' post='3090415'] That's the fella... MJ12 is one of his current bands... http://youtu.be/NjR-mNTakAo Also seen with Tunnels... http://youtu.be/Oxhoe0jQ-3g [/quote] Beautiful playing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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