stewblack Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 What strap did James Jamerson use? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Looks like an original Fender strap, no ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Anyone know what brand of foam he put under his strings? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I heard he tapped with his left foot when playing simple time, and his right foot when playing compound time. Can anyone verify?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Does that kind of minutiae matter ? Genius has.no “why” attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I heard that he once lay on his back in the studio while playing bass. Anyone know whether it was a carpet? Solid floor? Wooden floor boards? Lino? Searching for "the tone", Bass_Dinger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: I heard that he once lay on his back in the studio while playing bass. Anyone know whether it was a carpet? Solid floor? Wooden floor boards? Lino? Searching for "the tone", Bass_Dinger. Word on the street is it was bare floorboards. The vibration through his back was how he got ‘The Tone”. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said: Word on the street is it was bare floorboards. The vibration through his back was how he got ‘The Tone”. Tone wood floorboards? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Even better. Tonewood tonefloor toneboards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Chop Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) I've had a look around and I'm struggling to find many pictures of Jamerson with a strap on, I'll let you know when I do edit: Never mind, the library have asked me not to come back Edited June 29, 2021 by Judo Chop 2 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Just now, Judo Chop said: I'm struggling to find many pictures of Jamerson with a strap on Dude, don't enter that as a search term on your work computer, seriously 😵 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, Doctor J said: Even better. Tonewood tonefloor toneboards. Mahogany? Maple? Rosewood? With lemon oil? Were the floorboard nails steel, or nickel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 27 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: I heard that he once lay on his back in the studio while playing bass. Anyone know whether it was a carpet? Solid floor? Wooden floor boards? Lino? Searching for "the tone", Bass_Dinger. I heard that he was inebriated during this session. Anyone know what he was drinking and is bourbon better than whisky for Motown ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: Mahogany? Maple? Rosewood? With lemon oil? Were the floorboard nails steel, or nickel? Now you’re being silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, lonestar said: I heard that he was inebriated during this session. Anyone know what he was drinking and is bourbon better than whisky for Motown ? Jame'son in the ja', of cou'se and it depends if there's a moon over bourbon street. Edited June 29, 2021 by Hellzero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Cliff Edge said: Now you’re being silly. You're right - the rosewood does not need lemon oil, and it would be slippery to walk on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, bartelby said: Tone wood floorboards? Like these ones?! "FAC 51 The Hacienda Peter Hook Bass Guitar number HAC 51 as played by Peter Hook. A series of six long scale EB2/335-shape bass guitars are to be custom built by Brian Eastwood with HAC numbers HAC 51 to 56 utilising pieces of the original maple wood dancefloor of FAC 51 The Hacienda. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, bass_dinger said: I heard that he once lay on his back in the studio while playing bass. Anyone know whether it was a carpet? Solid floor? Wooden floor boards? Lino? Searching for "the tone", Bass_Dinger. Some kind of foam I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 6 hours ago, lonestar said: I heard that he was inebriated during this session. Anyone know what he was drinking and is bourbon better than whisky for Motown ? He had one bourbon, one scotch and one beer, but was accused of plagiarism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Cliff Edge said: Word on the street is it was bare floorboards. The vibration through his back was how he got ‘The Tone”. What happened to..."the funk is in the gunk..?" 🤔 Wonder what type of gunk he used ? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 It's a well documented fact that during his time in Detroit he drank Yorkshire tea exclusively, always from the same pint pot that was never ever washed. On moving to Los Angeles, some studio kid washed the cup, and as we all know James was never the same again. What's less well known is that the pint pot on display at the Motown Museum is actually a fake, the original having been stolen by Britney Spears who uses it to satisfy her own Yorkshire tea addiction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Did you know that everyone who's too cheap to buy new strings uses the excuse "but James Jamerson liked using old strings" James Jamerson played music where a nice bright tone was not desirable and didn't need to cut through a metal band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Ah - now I know what to do with my knackered old roundwounds - - just advertise them as 'authentic Jamerson style relic -ed reissues' 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 12 hours ago, Maude said: He had one bourbon, one scotch and one beer, but was accused of plagiarism. Does anyone know what kind of foam was on the beer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: Does anyone know what kind of foam was on the beer? According to a source familiar with the subject, there was no foam on the beer. Jamerson had a beer roady who slurped the foam off the top before passing the glass over. His preference for Yorkshire Pale Ale is strangely attributed to his addiction to Yorkshire tea and Betty’s tea cakes with strawberry jam. Edited June 30, 2021 by Cliff Edge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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