Paul S Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Arthur Negus. He was an armchair expert. Made a living out of it, latterly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 To bring it back (closer) to topic............ I got chatting to a bloke at an open mike a few years ago (not where I live, it was the Portsmouth area) and he said he was the drummer in a Shadows live karaoke band. Basically there are three in the band - Drums, Bass, Rhythm Guitar, and punters take turns to be Hank. Sounded good fun, he said there are lots of red strats to be seen! Didn't sound like they did a lot of gigs, just Shadows conventions and the like I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 24/09/2020 at 07:57, Bassfinger said: my next dog will be (named) Jet In the seventies I named my dog Jet. He wasn't all black nor did I know what the Shadows' bassist was called. I shamefully admit that I took the name from Maccer's Jet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: Shadows live karaoke band That sounds like a cracking idea. Couldn't be worse than endless twelve bar blues on open mic nights... could it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 54 minutes ago, stewblack said: But a real expert on the armchair who pontificates from an armchair is more than just an armchair expert surely. Especially if there is a bass driver hidden in the seat of it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) - Edited March 8, 2022 by Jus Lukin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Asked what he intended to do to quell the rising tide of crime against antique furniture stores, the Senator replied "Arm Chair Experts !" Edited September 25, 2020 by ahpook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ahpook Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said: PARDON??? I assume he's a chair expert.....you'll have to enlighten me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 56 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said: PARDON??? Look out! HE'S GOT A PUN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 24/09/2020 at 23:23, James Nada said: Shadows - Man of Mystery - Jet walks his way around the chords through the whole thing. Shadows - Apache - tastefully, musical and interesting (certainly for 1960) Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds - though not a bass track. Jet on lead "Barritone", actually a guitar tuned to DGCFAD by all accounts I don’t like correcting fellow bassists, but Diamonds was played on a Fender VI bass tuned the normal way E to E. although some early footage it looks like his had 2 pickups rather than the usual 3 , but later he was using the normal one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nada Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: I don’t like correcting fellow bassists, but Diamonds was played on a Fender VI bass tuned the normal way E to E. This seems to be a point of debate amongst many Jet fans - guitar tuned to D or a Bass VI. I'm just going of what I've read in a Fender book. @grahambythesea what's your source that it was a Bass VI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I always found it quite sad that the Shads couldn`t allow Jet to play a tune or two with them when they did their farewell gigs with Cliff. But after reading Cliff`s biography, it seems that the Shads can be quite a stubborn group of guys. The guy was a leading light at the time and his playing is right up there for me. It`s quite sad how he ended up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Apache was the first record I owned. Won it in an end of term quiz in junior school. I'm not sure I even knew what a bass was or could identify one in the music, but Jet looked cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 25/09/2020 at 10:53, grandad said: . A popular tribute guitarist to Hank Marvin, I think called Alan Jones, was present at one such club meeting. He had a drummer and my brother played rhythm and I bass for him as all the other members only knew Hank's lead to a few tunes. So that was a good night. Wasn’t The Shadows’ bass player in the ‘80s or thereabouts called Alan Jones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 18 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: I don’t like correcting fellow bassists, but Diamonds was played on a Fender VI bass tuned the normal way E to E. although some early footage it looks like his had 2 pickups rather than the usual 3 , but later he was using the normal one Wouldn't the two pickup be a Fender Jaguar, like in this clip ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 23/09/2020 at 21:50, Albs said: I am wondering what peoples thoughts are about The Shadows original bass player Jet Harris The great Jet Harris was the first bass guitarist I was aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) Worth a watch for Shadows fans if you haven't seen it ... Edited April 15, 2021 by EssentialTension speeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, James Nada said: This seems to be a point of debate amongst many Jet fans - guitar tuned to D or a Bass VI. I'm just going of what I've read in a Fender book. @grahambythesea what's your source that it was a Bass VI? You are right - IIRC Jet stated this somewhere in a long interview he did with Licorice Locking (who was actually his replacement bass player in the early 60s). It's probably somewhere on You Tube - I think he mentions the type of guitar also - some sort of Fender (maybe Strat or Tele). 5 hours ago, Baxlin said: Wasn’t The Shadows’ bass player in the ‘80s or thereabouts called Alan Jones? Yes - late 70s and 80s - a very good player (there are some great bass parts on recordings, both studio and live from that era). Mark Griffiths was the most recent, also a great player. Licorice Locking was replaced by John Rostill, also a great player, who went on to play in Tom Jones's band in Las Vegas - apparently the band was so good that Elvis had a conversation with Tom Jones about it. Elvis's late 60s LV band was equally sh*t hot - Tom Jones's band may have been part of the inspiration!! John Farrarr played bass with the Shadows In lieu of John Rostill, who passed away at the beginning of the 70s, and also shared bass duties in Marvin, Welch and Farrarr. He no doubt earned, and continues to earn copious royalties from songs he wrote for Grease, including You're the One that I Want!! Edited April 15, 2021 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 According to Jet Harris website, Diamonds was played on a Fender Jaguar ... His number one UK hit 'Diamonds' was played on a de-tuned Fender Jaguar https://jetharris.biz/jetsgear.htm - scroll down just over half way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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