A Funk Bass Forum...

[funkyjazzjunky]

Do not forget about Joe Tex

[toma_hawk01]

Rufus Thomas too...
 

 
The David Sanborn Show
 
Marcus Miller on bass...
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 09, 2010)

[serialnumber12]

Question:....How Does larry Graham (Not Have) a signature fender jazz bass when he put the stamp on it in the funk arena,but marcus miller (larry graham clone)has one!............toma hawk01 we need you on this one bro...

[funkyjazzjunky]

I thought Larry played Moon Basses (Larry Graham Model)
 
 
 
Vann-Di

[sonicus]

How about a James Jamerson   Signature Fender  
 or Donald Duck Dunn model ?

[serialnumber12]

yep he does play moon basses, but he did just as much for fender than stanley did for alembic.

[hieronymous]

There was a Donald Duck Dunn signature P-Bass from Fender around 1998, but you don't hear much about it. It was a limited edition from Fender Japan (CIJ or Crafted in Japan). I think the Lakland Donald Duck Dunn signature is much more well-known.

[toma_hawk01]

From: Sly and Larry's original riff...
 
http://www.wat.tv/video/sly-and-the-family-stone-thank-gtal_2f1mr_.html
 
To: Janet Jackson's (Terry Lewis Jimmy Jam's recreations of Sly and Larry's creation...)
 

 
 
The song Janet Jackson performed really sum up just how timeless Sly and Larry's music is...
 
#12, your question about Fender not having a Larry Graham Signature bass, and yet Marcus Miller and others were given such honors, is a serious mystery, and frankly disgraceful (in my opinion).  
 
Larry Graham is the man, who invented Slapping/Thumpping/Popping using a Fender electric bass, and yet they make a Marcus Miller bass before the Master...? This de-values the signature as a whole.  
 
I am surprised Marcus Miller could even honor his own signature Fender without the company of a Larry Graham signature Fender within the organization.
 
I am sure Marcus Miller, feels a little aloof without Larry's Fender signature in the mix. I am sure he must think of this in the middle of the night... (He might not bring it up, but I am sure he must wonder or ponder this very question too... for that, would be human).
 
Fender signatures are confusing:
They honor the branches, but not the deep roots of the tree...
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 09, 2010)

[toma_hawk01]

Oaktown own... Bassist Rusty Allen with Sly!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xdwf2cdSE&feature=related
 
I remember when he formed his band called:
Second Wind!
 
O-Lordy Beee...The Funk's on me!
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

[sonicus]

Thanks for that info  hieronymous . Duck's chops were an influence on me at one point.

[toma_hawk01]

Jessie connects with Sly  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ki4GUz5Qwg&feature=fvsr
 
What a smooth cut...
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

[toma_hawk01]

Micheal does Jimi!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wga1nLKVlRs&feature=related
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

[toma_hawk01]

Bootsy does Hendrix
 

 
...I ain't gonna copy you.
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

[toma_hawk01]

Stevie Ray Vaughan does Jimi
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o&feature=related
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-

[toma_hawk01]

Steve Vie, Joe Satriani, and Yngwie Malmsteen does Jimi
 

 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-