Bart Funk Bass Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 This is something different... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, Bart Funk Bass said: This is something different... great choice. Wasn't that his fretless Sabre with an octaver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Plus a plectrum and lots of compression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I thought this was his famed Funk Fingers, or whatever he called them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) It pre-dates the ‘funk fingers’. I think it was on a Cutlass 11 (Sabre with a Modulus graphite neck). Whatever, it sounds excellent - and as on one or two other occasions with isolated bass parts, has shown I’m playing slightly more notes than TL did in the linking sections in the cover version we do. I use my Classic Sabre (mahogany body) with an octave pedal for the track - it sounds very authentic!! Thanks for posting this @Bart Funk Bass - it is a great example to demonstrate P basses with flats were pretty much anathema in the 80s and 90s!! Edited September 19, 2021 by drTStingray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Maude said: I thought this was his famed Funk Fingers, or whatever he called them. They featured on the track Big Time (also from the So album). On the album version, Tony Levin played the left hand and Jerry Marotta drummed the right. Needing a viable way to simulate this live, the funk fingers were invented. I seem to recall him even having a three string bass built for this purpose, when playing the song live, allowing more space between the strings. Edited September 19, 2021 by SICbass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Funk Bass Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Music Man Cutlass Fretless with 2 humbucker pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Great to hear all the imperfections: String squeaks and rattles etc. I wonder how many of today's young producers would let it go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Agree, as has been said it seems it’s the imperfections that make these parts sit so well in the tracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BreadBin Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Simpler than you think, looser than you think. Such a great part, sounds like he is using rounds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: Agree, as has been said it seems it’s the imperfections that make these parts sit so well in the tracks. Yep! At the risk of over analysing the part - It's interesting to note that all those string squeaks add to the rhythm of the bass track, some of them aren't necessary (as in, consecutive notes that aren't any distance apart), but they clearly help Tony Levin get into the groove of the track and give a great performance. Afterall, that IS the main objective of a bass player, or any musician🤘. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 One of my all time favourites, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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