Quintin Berry

[OutToPlayJazz]

Take a look at this.



Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='473725' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:21 PM']Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...[/quote]

Made you look, didn't it?

What more motivation does one need.

[wateroftyne]

Maybe that's just how he learned, and he didn't know any better...

[Buzz]

Surely has to be by necessity rather than choice, apart from the left wrist being at a strange and awkward angle for fretting notes, I could imagine supporting the weight of a bass on the right forearm isn't conductive to speed or longitivity either.

I don't see how anyone can say "because they didn't know better", all you need to do is look at a guitar or even a DB to see roughly how they are played, it's a completely odd style.

Edited April 27, 2009 by Buzz

[fingers]

If you watch the whole video, he does actually switch back to the regular method. Maybe it's just the need to be different?

[ironside1966]

I like the guitar player

[Stingray5]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='473725' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:21 PM']Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...[/quote]
'Cos he can?

[Golchen]

Seen him before. I thought that's a REALLY weird way to play, but he certainly sounds good!

[dlloyd]

I vaguely remember it being something to do with playing violin as a kid... although I can't see how that would make it more comfortable.

[The Bass Doc]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='473725' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:21 PM']Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...[/quote]

It' fairly obvious to me - the first bass he had was particularly neck-heavy.

[Stylon Pilson]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='473725' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:21 PM']Can't seem to get to the bottom of why he plays like this...[/quote]

My guess would be - because he's a show-off.

S.P.

[SteveK]

[quote]because he's a show-off.[/quote]

Hmmm, aren't we all?

My guess is that he'll only really ever be known as "That guy with the odd playing style".

Edited April 28, 2009 by SteveK

[lowdown]

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='474042' date='Apr 28 2009, 10:43 AM']My guess would be - because he's a show-off.

S.P.[/quote]

Does that make left hand players that play upside down show-offs ?

When this guy arrived in the early 80's, I heard a lot of English Musicians
say it was just showing off,
to me just another style and there aint nowt wrong with that.



Garry

[mcgraham]

[quote]I vaguely remember it being something to do with playing violin as a kid... although I can't see how that would make it more comfortable.[/quote]

I remember reading that as well on the Spector website. Makes sense if violin technique was all you'd known. In the same way that a lot of long term guitar players who take up bass continue with a pick rather than learn a whole new set of muscle movements.

Not saying it doesn't look odd though!

Mark