bubinga5 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 If you have never heard if him, here he is way back when he was in his 20's. For those who might not know he uses a hammer technique for the chords on his left hand, and improvises on his right hand through some sort of effect going through his guitar.,. Hes pretty mind bending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Love the guy, he has a lot of amazing videos including one with Chet Atkins. Lovely bass in this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I heard Stanley Jordan when he first became known in the mid 80s and I bought his first album 'Magic Touch'. I've been upgrading my hi-fi the last year or two and hadn't listened to Magic Touch in ages... so I decided to play it again to hopefully be astounded at how much better it'd sound with my much improved system. Couldn't stand it, his guitar tone sounded horrendous so I took to my local charity shop! Ah well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, HowieBass said: I heard Stanley Jordan when he first became known in the mid 80s and I bought his first album 'Magic Touch'. I've been upgrading my hi-fi the last year or two and hadn't listened to Magic Touch in ages... so I decided to play it again to hopefully be astounded at how much better it'd sound with my much improved system. Couldn't stand it, his guitar tone sounded horrendous so I took to my local charity shop! Ah well... Please clarify - which went to the charity shop, the album (which hadn’t changed), or the "improved" hi-fi? 😟 Edited July 13, 2019 by Baxlin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 When he first appeared in the mid 80's, I think it was was one of those mouth open moments for a lot of musicians (his Guitar was tuned in 4th's all away across as well, IIRC). The late, great, Wayne Braithwaite was on Bass on a couple of tracks on the 'Magic Touch' album. That album was also #1 for about a year in the Jazz albums in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Magic Touch had lost its magic! 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 His tuning method is very logical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineweasel Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I went to his debut UK show back in the day, and the audience was full of musicians in awe of his technique. But it wasn’t a great gig. Once you looked beyond what he was doing the music was pretty bland, and I felt he didn’t really swing or groove at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I have a copy of Magic Touch. The first time I saw him was on 'The Tube'. Jools said 'here's Stanley Jordan, who is going to play a tune on his guitar'. Geniune jaw-drop moment for me. I think he got his break when someone spotted him busking on the NY Metro - image that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 3 hours ago, gjones said: His tuning method is very logical. I experimented with permanently tuning one of my guitars in fourths across the board a few years ago. Chords need a complete rethink (more logical once you get your head around them though), but the melodic side works brilliantly - for me at least - once you learn to make the adjustment at the 2nd string/3rd string crossover. Knowing what I know now, if I were learning from scratch over again I'd do it that way. Just ask any 7-string bass player (paging @Bilbo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Interestingly, if I understand the implication of your reference to me, I tune my seven string bass BEADGBE not BEADGCF. It is essentially a guitar with a low B tuned down an octave. The opposite of what you are doing. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 47 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: I have a vague memory of this. Was it Eleanor Rigby? Yes, it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bilbo said: Interestingly, if I understand the implication of your reference to me, I tune my seven string bass BEADGBE not BEADGCF. It is essentially a guitar with a low B tuned down an octave. The opposite of what you are doing. 😀 Have you ever tried it in fourths? I've never owned a 6-string bass - never mind a 7 - but they're normally tuned in fourths I believe...? If so, that would actually make your tuning a bit unusual for a bass would it not? I found it fascinating. In fact I'm going to retune one of my guitars in fourths and leave it that way for a while just to remind myself how it goes. Edited July 13, 2019 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Please excuse a thread derailment, but does anyone remember Nick Heyward and Pino Palladino performing Whistle Down the Wind as a duo on The Tube? And, if so, where I might find it on the web? I tried YT etc. and had no luck. Edited July 14, 2019 by SICbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 17 hours ago, leftybassman392 said: Have you ever tried it in fourths? I had a six string once. I got the seven specifically to try the guitar tuning thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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