alembic1989 Posted October 26, 2017 Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) I saw an ad for an Ibanez Affirma and the seller demo's it in a video. I can't say I've ever heard bass playing like it...sounds like a free jazz improv..I don't like the tone...but cannot 'get' what he's up to/ thinking. Any thoughts gentlemen??? http://rvrb.io/1992-affirma-5wd Edited October 26, 2017 by alembic1989 Quote
ahpook Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Guitarist playing bass ? Edited October 27, 2017 by ahpook Quote
itsmedunc Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) I know exactly what it is. That's what I sound like when I come home steaming drunk and attempt to pick a bass up. Well, apart from he is a bit faster... Or of course it could be a guitarist playing bass! Edited October 27, 2017 by itsmedunc Quote
ZilchWoolham Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Just off camera there's a bee farting into a tin. Quote
dlloyd Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) [size=4]I don't listen to a lot of free jazz, I do kind of understand what is going on most of the time. The video in the OP doesn't really sound like free jazz to me... it sounds like he's playing clusters of random notes over a random drum machine pattern. Free jazz drops some of the norms of mainstream jazz, like regular meter and diatonic harmonic structure, but it retains musicality. Listen to Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler and you can hear that they are accomplished musicians, even if you don't understand what they're doing... you can hear that they are in control of what they're doing. The video in the OP is a long way from that but I guess he's having fun. Curiosity led me to click through to his YouTube channel, which revealed his name... googling that came up with this: "[color=#545454][font=arial, sans-serif]Quit playing guitar about 1978, started again in Sept.,2011...never played bass before."[/font][/color][/size] Edited October 27, 2017 by dlloyd Quote
alembic1989 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Posted October 27, 2017 "Quit playing guitar about 1978, started again in Sept.,2011...never played bass before" That would explain it...mind you if it was a noted bass player saying it was a new advanced harmonic concept....I wonder if I would have bought it?? Quote
Jus Lukin Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) - Edited February 25, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
uk_lefty Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Headache inducing nonsense. Nice bass, terrible demo. Quote
Frank Blank Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 [quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1509100813' post='3396594'] Interesting that I want to hear it again! It does seem random, and there are some actual 'mistakes', but it does have a theme running through it, and it is so willfully 'out'- there is a certain jarring quality which is maintained (mostly) throughout. Whether by accident or design, that is an interesting listen, in it's own way. [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][i]So Willfully 'Out'... [/i]at least I have a title for my forthcoming autobiography.[/font][/color] Quote
Jus Lukin Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) - Edited February 25, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
dazza14 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 You just know that somewhere there is a guitarist nodding his head and saying "now THATS how you play bass!"... Actually, knowing guitarists like I do they're probably saying "puh, he's not as good as me..." Quote
GregBass Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 It seems that bass tutorials want us to go this way too. How many have you seen that teach you how to solo? How many tutorials have you seen that show you how to hold down the bottom end in a pop-rock song? And what do most of us actually do in our bands? Quote
LewisK1975 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 [quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1509066060' post='3396446'] I know exactly what it is. That's what I sound like when I come home steaming drunk and attempt to pick a bass up. Well, apart from he is a bit faster... Or of course it could be a guitarist playing bass! [/quote] This was my exact thought! Quote
alembic1989 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Posted October 27, 2017 [quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1509109553' post='3396697'] It seems that bass tutorials want us to go this way too. How many have you seen that teach you how to solo? How many tutorials have you seen that show you how to hold down the bottom end in a pop-rock song? And what do most of us actually do in our bands? [/quote] Good shout. Quote
alembic1989 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) [quote name='dazza14' timestamp='1509106702' post='3396667'] You just know that somewhere there is a guitarist nodding his head and saying "now THATS how you play bass!"... Actually, knowing guitarists like I do they're probably saying "puh, he's not as good as me..." [/quote] Soooo true Edited October 27, 2017 by alembic1989 Quote
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