Hobbayne Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I like the idea that he wants to use the actual bass that he used on the original recordings. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 OMG this is the kind of playing that I aspire to. Slightly greasy, very groovy, very dance-able, totally fab. Great human being too. Peace Davo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 46 minutes ago, Davo-London said: OMG this is the kind of playing that I aspire to. Slightly greasy, very groovy, very dance-able, totally fab. Great human being too. Peace Davo And the bugger makes it look so easy 🤔 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said: And the bugger makes it look so easy 🤔 He does. Check this out! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Another Pratt lover here Awesome bloke. Fab interview here, although a bit short. Eye opener was the bit about Gilmour playing fretless bass. Apparently all the fretless bass on The Wall was Gilmour https://www.musicradar.com/news/guy-pratt-the-80s-music-business-was-this-ludicrous-theme-park-awash-with-money-all-you-had-to-do-was-get-over-the-fence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it Edited April 2, 2020 by fleabag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, fleabag said: And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it YEP. I was there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineweasel Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 28 minutes ago, fleabag said: Another Pratt lover here Awesome bloke. Fab interview here, although a bit short. Eye opener was the bit about Gilmour playing fretless bass. Apparently all the fretless bass on The Wall was Gilmour https://www.musicradar.com/news/guy-pratt-the-80s-music-business-was-this-ludicrous-theme-park-awash-with-money-all-you-had-to-do-was-get-over-the-fence Gilmour played a lot of bass on the Floyd albums over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 49 minutes ago, fleabag said: And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it Saw him at Murrayfield in mid 80s with Icehouse supporting Thompson Twins and Bowie. Has a wee chat on Twitter (or on here?) about this when I saw a wee clip of him talking about this! He’s a (very) top man and I appreciate his effort in communicating some minor joy! ps...loved his wink at Good Times by Chic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 4 hours ago, fleabag said: Another Pratt lover here Awesome bloke. Fab interview here, although a bit short. Eye opener was the bit about Gilmour playing fretless bass. Apparently all the fretless bass on The Wall was Gilmour https://www.musicradar.com/news/guy-pratt-the-80s-music-business-was-this-ludicrous-theme-park-awash-with-money-all-you-had-to-do-was-get-over-the-fence Great interview 👍 Here’s a pic of his 64 P Bass when I played it in 2009 - sadly paint would flake off if you just looked at it, but it was stunning to play and hear, so is now in the right hands for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 4 hours ago, fleabag said: And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it I do love me a bit of Icehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 18:59, dave_bass5 said: This is quite funny, and very true, especially the intro’s bit. AC/DC......I really must learn that bit....cracked me up!! 6 hours ago, fleabag said: And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it If that was the serious moonlight tour, yep I was there..horrendous sunburn lol Ditto, didn't know anything about Guy or Icehouse at the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Guy has just posted Like a prayer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichValentine Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 His videos are brilliant. Really enjoyed both of them now and tempted to get his book to read during isolation! Anyone else watch Like A Prayer then scour the classifieds for Spectors? 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, RichValentine said: His videos are brilliant. Really enjoyed both of them now and tempted to get his book to read during isolation! Anyone else watch Like A Prayer then scour the classifieds for Spectors? 🤔 The book is really good. Well worth getting. Not a Spector, but I got my jazz bass out after seeing the first vid. Edited April 2, 2020 by dave_bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 awesome videos. Really looking forward to more. If you havent't read his then you need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba55me15ter Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 29/03/2020 at 17:53, wateroftyne said: You’re not wrong. Happy to report I got it mostly right, thank goodness. He bloody overdubbed it! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 12 hours ago, RichValentine said: Anyone else watch Like A Prayer then scour the classifieds for Spectors? 🤔 There's no point.... I've got most of them! lol! But yes - his Spector sounded fantastic with the octave pedal. So glad to hear he still has it.... and used it on so many legendary recordings. Looking forward to hearing it on Earth Song next.... and some of the amazing Toy Matinee stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 47 minutes ago, cetera said: There's no point.... I've got most of them! lol! Ain’t that the truth? 😂 Whilst the video is clearly an homage to Pino, it is a great line, well executed and kudos to Madge for keeping it on the track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 No idea why it keeps quoting on here.... 21 hours ago, fleabag said: And for good measure, Guy aged 22 with Aussie synthers Icehouse playing a cricket bat. Anyone else see Icehouse at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting Bowie in the 80's ? I must have seen Guy without knowing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney72a Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 02/04/2020 at 18:12, Chiliwailer said: Great interview 👍 Here’s a pic of his 64 P Bass when I played it in 2009 - sadly paint would flake off if you just looked at it, but it was stunning to play and hear, so is now in the right hands for sure. I also saw this when it was at New Kings Road around that time. IIRC they had it up for around £9K - not that bad actually considering the scarcity of the colour! Wonderful bass. Had quite a beefy neck, felt and sounded great. Sat there for at least a couple of years, I think. Definitely went to the right guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, rodney72a said: I also saw this when it was at New Kings Road around that time. IIRC they had it up for around £9K - not that bad actually considering the scarcity of the colour! Wonderful bass. Had quite a beefy neck, felt and sounded great. Sat there for at least a couple of years, I think. Definitely went to the right guy! Right you are, I was working there at the time - the flaky paint was putting people off. Plus they do always price on the, erm, higher side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki1984 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Heres his 'like a prayer' video, if anyone is interested. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LITTLEWING Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Great bass player, great ordinary non-diva human being. Read his 'My Bass' etc book and messaged him on Fb saying how much I enjoyed it and he actually took time out to reply to me. Lovin the videos, keep 'em coming GP. Every day's a school day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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