Sting on Jools Holland- what is this small bodied DB?

[grahambrown1986]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1UrIVSWJI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1UrIVSWJI[/url]


Anyone got any ideas what this bass is? Or who is playing it?


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[BigBeatNut]

No idea about the player, but I'm pretty certain the bass is a Czech-Ease -- [url="http://www.czech-ease.com/"]http://www.czech-ease.com/[/url]

Andy

[neilb]

Doesnt matter how big or small it was, it was ample for the 5 notes he played on it during the whole performance.

Looked a twat if you ask me.

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='neilb' post='649985' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:20 PM']Doesnt matter how big or small it was, it was ample for the 5 notes he played on it during the whole performance.

Looked a twat if you ask me.[/quote]
Wow. That's harsh.

[derrenleepoole]

[quote name='neilb' post='649985' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:20 PM']Doesnt matter how big or small it was, it was ample for the 5 notes he played on it during the whole performance.

Looked a twat if you ask me.[/quote]

I'd rather look a 'twat' as you put it and still get the pay cheque he got for playing 5 notes on national TV

[XB26354]

Sting is not, and never will be a "twat" when it comes to music. I don't really go for mainstream artists that go all folky (a gross simplification but you know what I mean). He tried some similar stuff on Mercury Falling and it wasn't really to my taste (especially the one that starts off like this and ends in 7/4 with a sax solo!) He's had a very distinguished and successful career in the Police and solo, and as he's not far off 60, I wouldn't expect him to be jumping round the stage to three-chord punk...

[neilb]

[quote name='XB26354' post='650005' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:51 PM']Sting is not, and never will be a "twat" when it comes to music. I don't really go for mainstream artists that go all folky (a gross simplification but you know what I mean). He tried some similar stuff on Mercury Falling and it wasn't really to my taste (especially the one that starts off like this and ends in 7/4 with a sax solo!) He's had a very distinguished and successful career in the Police and solo, and as he's not far off 60, I wouldn't expect him to be jumping round the stage to three-chord punk...[/quote]


At no time did I refer to Mr Sumner as a "twat".

[grahambrown1986]

What did you think of the Sting song?

I didn't think that the bass was needed, but it did add something, even visually.

[henry norton]

definitely a czech-ease. It's an interesting bass but the question is; Does it have the sound of a double bass and the compactness of an EUB or the sound of an EUB but with the bulk & transport problems of a double?????

It doesn't look that cool but I don't think it was down to the realms of 'twatdom'.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='neilb' post='650006' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:54 PM']At no time did I refer to Mr Sumner as a "twat".[/quote]


For the record I do about 5 times a day.

[BigBeatNut]

[quote name='neilb' post='649985' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:20 PM']Looked a twat if you ask me.[/quote]
[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='651232' date='Nov 11 2009, 12:16 AM'][quote name='neilb' post='650006' date='Nov 9 2009, 07:54 PM']At no time did I refer to Mr Sumner as a "twat".[/quote]For the record I do about 5 times a day.
[/quote]
Don't hit me with no negative vibes, baby!

[bassace]

Probably a Czech Ease. There used to be a small bass called a bassette ( musos used to call it the Little Bastard). I haven't seen of heard of one for a long time. Any sightings?

[Jon Thorne]

It is a czech-ease bass, and Sting has at least shown a continued desire to grow and explore as a musician through out his career. This song is a very very old traditional folk song, most recently covered by James Yorkston on his new album "Folk Songs". Couldn't make out the bassist but it looked like the guy from Medeski Martin and Wood !

[BigBeatNut]

[quote name='Jon Thorne' post='655590' date='Nov 15 2009, 11:57 PM']Couldn't make out the bassist but it looked like the guy from Medeski Martin and Wood ![/quote]
THAT made me look again (being a huge Chris Wood fan). But I don't [b]think[/b] it's him - wrong visual style. Could be wrong.

Funnilly enough this review references Chris Wood as a composer [url="http://is.gd/4Ww5F"]http://is.gd/4Ww5F[/url] but I think that's Chris Wood the folkie, not Chris Wood the bass player ( [url="http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Wood/+wiki"]http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Wood/+wiki[/url] )

And, yes, I have taken into consideration than Chris Wood (the bassist) plays a Czech-Ease.

Andy

[pete.young]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='651232' date='Nov 11 2009, 12:16 AM']For the record I do about 5 times a day.[/quote]
Ha ha. Ironic isn't it that if it hadn't been for punk rock, Mr Sumner would still be an unemployed Geography teacher.

[pete.young]

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='656329' date='Nov 16 2009, 08:06 PM']Funnilly enough this review references Chris Wood as a composer [url="http://is.gd/4Ww5F"]http://is.gd/4Ww5F[/url] but I think that's Chris Wood the folkie, not Chris Wood the bass player ( [url="http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Wood/+wiki"]http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Wood/+wiki[/url] )[/quote]
Not sure about that, but Chris Wood the folkie is also a pretty good bass player - he was in the Oyster Ceilidh Band for a while before he really got into the fiddle.