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Looking for Recordings: Fender J With Flats
- Thread starter Evan J
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Paul McCartney on Abbey Road, as someone else noted. However, he also used the Rick and the Hofner on it, and I don’t think there’s a consensus on which tracks were each bass. Something may have been the Jazz. Many have also suggested it was the Rick though.
Yes, Joe Osborn is pretty much the goto for Jazz with flats. Check out this thread in which Joe's son David is a regular, well-informed and generous contributor:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/wh...rpenters-hits-a-tribute-to-joe-osborn.328931/
Herbie Flowers famously played his Blue Jazz with the original flats on a lot of the early Elton John.
Tumbleweed Connection Album Burn down the mission, My Fathers Gun and Country Comfort
Madman Across the water, Indian Sunset, Burn Down the Mission
Of Course early David Bowie on the Space Oddity Album.
Excellent examples of a jazz with flats in rock.
Tumbleweed Connection Album Burn down the mission, My Fathers Gun and Country Comfort
Madman Across the water, Indian Sunset, Burn Down the Mission
Of Course early David Bowie on the Space Oddity Album.
Excellent examples of a jazz with flats in rock.
Also Jerry Jemmott on that Aretha and King Curtis stuff and Bootsy with james Brown
Two Classic Jazz with flats grooves performed by two masters of funky Jazz Bass.
John Paul Jones. Tons of cool playing and licks to be learned on Zep 1 and 2, not to mention the countless awesome live recordings.
There is lots of reggae recorded on a jazz with flats. All of Bob Marley's catalog for one example. Bob Marley's bassist Familyman also played on a lot of other artists' material as well.
Robbie Shakespeare also used a jazz during his career, though he is known to have used other basses as well.
Also the Roots Radics' bassist Flabba Holt recorded with a jazz on many reggae songs of the late 70s and early 80s.
Familyman with Bob Marley
Here's Flabba backing Gregory Issacs
Robbie Shakespeare also used a jazz during his career, though he is known to have used other basses as well.
Also the Roots Radics' bassist Flabba Holt recorded with a jazz on many reggae songs of the late 70s and early 80s.
Familyman with Bob Marley
Here's Flabba backing Gregory Issacs
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Wasn’t Jimi Hendrix’ entire catalog recorded on a Jazz with flats?
That really is a question. I know rounds existed by then but I don’t think Redding was using them and I’m not sure about Cox.
That really is a question. I know rounds existed by then but I don’t think Redding was using them and I’m not sure about Cox.
Redding was using Rotosounds after the rounds were redeveloped under John Entwistle suggestions.
"Redding always used Rotosound Swing Bass string for his bass guitars, while Sunn was his favourite amplification system from April 1968 onwards."
Noel Redding Gear!
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Wait, I thought the producer only knew how to record a P with flats.
Joe Osborn of the Wrecking Crew. On thousands of studio recordings of the 60s.
Dave Alexander, The Stooges, The Hit Factory, NYC, 1969
Image by Glen Craig for an educational purpose.
Image by Glen Craig for an educational purpose.
He's been mentioned here already for good reason, but it's hard to beat Joe Osborn for the J with flats tone. Here's a personal fave.
Blue Cheer, with Dickie Peterson playing his Jazz Bass, 1967, live on the Steve Allen Show. (Not a demo; longer versions of the clip include applause at the beginning and end.) Probably recorded off the TV speaker using a cheap Radio Shack reel to reel tape recorder, from the sound of it. Metal starts here.
Yeah, was thinking the same thing. At some point he switched to rounds but I think the first two albums at least were with flats.
Robbie had a lot of different stuff (including a Steinberger and a whole bunch of synths)
but recorded mostly on his Jazz with flats