Horace Panters' Ghost Town Bass

[Hobbayne]

Nice little vid here from Sir Horace

 

[Rich]

Ahh dude  this man is a god. The reason I picked up a bass in the first place.

 

[Maude]

That light blue one looks lovely, shame about the dead spot. 

I've been trying to avoid stuff we gig as it makes me realise how much I miss it, but the snippet of Nite Club made me go and listen to a live version of it. I love playing that one live, the guitar and vocals used to leave it ages to come back in on the 'that bass part'. Just me and the drums grooving and everyone dancing. Octave runs galore 😁. 

[Ricky 4000]

Sir Horace

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 hour ago, Maude said:

I've been trying to avoid stuff we gig as it makes me realise how much I miss it, but the snippet of Nite Club Klub made me go and listen to a live version of it. I love playing that one live, the guitar and vocals used to leave it ages to come back in on the 'that bass part'. Just me and the drums grooving and everyone dancing. Octave runs galore 😁. 

Fixed 😏. Yeah, me too. Love that song.

[Rich]

And me 3. One of my favourites in our set.

[Frank Blank]

What a dude *stands up, salutes* The Specials were such a great band and his bass lines were just perfect, bang on the money. One of my favourite bass players of all time.

[KevL]

His playing is excellent on many of The Specials' songs but I think the best example is Too Much Too Young from their eponymous debut album (note that the single version is quite different).

[Marvin]

Ghost Town was the first single I bought with my own money. I was  8 I think, I bought it in a branch of Littlewoods.

Anyway, I love Mr Panter's bass playing. He also seems a really nice bloke. Win win 

[Maude]

His book 'Ska'd For Life' is a good read. Amazingly he hadn't really been playing long when he joined The Specials and seemed genuinely giddy with the rollercoaster ride. 

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Maude said:

His book 'Ska'd For Life' is a good read. Amazingly he hadn't really been playing long when he joined The Specials and seemed genuinely giddy with the rollercoaster ride. 

I didn’t know he had a book out, I’ll look it up, thanks for the heads up.

[leftybassman392]

[Namedrop]

I knew Horace before he was famous. He went to school with my next door neighbour and would pop round for a chat from time to time. That was the late '70s.

Then the band took off and I never saw him again.

[/Namedrop]

[Ricky 4000]

Playing that Tele body / P neck as mentioned in the OP.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Ricky 4000

[lowdown]

Good stuff and thanks for posting.

In true Bass player style, he signs off with a little bit of Slap & Tickle, along with a touch of Bass face and his tongue accenting the slide down from the E....

Priceless......

 

 

 

[Ricky 4000]

20 minutes ago, lowdown said:

In true Bass player style, he signs off with a little bit of Slap & Tickle, along with a touch of Bass face and his tongue accenting the slide down from the E....

Or F, as interestingly, they're tuned a half step up compared to the songs on the album. 👍

[lowdown]

14 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Or F, as interestingly, they're tuned a half step up compared to the songs on the album. 👍

 

Sorry, I was talking about the OP video. I

[Ricky 4000]

Just now, lowdown said:

Sorry, I was talking about the OP video.

Ah, gotcha. Sorry.

[lowdown]

2 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Ah, gotcha. Sorry.

 

 No problem. For one minute, I thought my ears had gone pear shape.

Edited December 22, 2020 by lowdown

[Nail Soup]

On 22/12/2020 at 17:43, lowdown said:

In true Bass player style, he signs off with a little bit of Slap & Tickle, along with a touch of Bass face and his tongue accenting the slide down from the E....

Bit like a Masons secret handshake...........

[Lozz196]

On 15/12/2020 at 21:22, Maude said:

His book 'Ska'd For Life' is a good read. Amazingly he hadn't really been playing long when he joined The Specials and seemed genuinely giddy with the rollercoaster ride. 

 

On 15/12/2020 at 22:49, Lozz196 said:

I didn’t know he had a book out, I’ll look it up, thanks for the heads up.

And I’ve now got it, am halfway through and it’s a very good read so far.

[Misdee]

Superb bass player, terrific band, truly great song.  

 Growing up at this time as I did , the late 1970's/early 1980's was an era when music seemed to be more important in peoples lives compared to now, and the Specials epitomise that period to me.