Life before AC/DC: Cliff Williams with Home ...

Started by uwe, August 28, 2013, 11:01:29 AM

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uwe

Quote from: Dave W on August 30, 2013, 07:11:41 PM
How's that? Did he invent something?

Yes, root note in eights. And for variation: Not playing at all in the verse and then playing quarter (root plus an F# for the D) notes! :mrgreen:
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Dave W

Quote from: uwe on September 02, 2013, 08:00:35 AM
Yes, root note in eights. And for variation: Not playing at all in the verse and then playing quarter (root plus an F# for the D) notes! :mrgreen:

Jolly joker!  :P

Pekka

Louis Cennamo (Colosseum, Renaissance, Steamhammer, Armageddon) and Lee Jackson from The Nice did the bowed bass guitar thing around that time too.

leftybass

Roger Waters used a bow on his Rickenbacker during the "Syd-era" Pink Floyd.
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As a technical note, would one have better results bowing flatwound or roundwound strings? If the space between wire wraps was not large enough to grab the bow fibers, I'd imagine rounds would give better results.