Oh my!

[Barklessdog]

Listening to New Bomb Turks right now, not going to spoil my mood by clicking on that video even for a few seconds.

But its in 10/8 !

[the mojo hobo]

Listening to New Bomb Turks right now, not going to spoil my mood by clicking on that video even for a few seconds.

Good decision.

[chromium]

That McLaughlin clip reminded me of the Rex Bogue guitars.  He had built a rather epic-looking doubleneck for Miroslav Vitous in the 70s:




(not nearly as epic as those birdman shoulder pads!)

I'll spare ya the audio   

[uwe]

"I'll spare ya the audio."  

Why? Herr Fertig would have appreciated it, I'm certain. Back in the dark days, when Herr Westheimer would ruth- and relentlessly crack down on anybody admiitting a liking for (1) Roger Dean, (2) double and triple albums, (3) glitzy capes and/or (4) odd meters, dear John Fertig was our fearless Harvey Milk of prog and jazz/fusion.

[gearHed289]

Here's the Tap and the 8 string/4 string BC Rich. 

[chromium]

"I'll spare ya the audio."  

Why? Herr Fertig would have appreciated it, I'm certain. Back in the dark days, when Herr Westheimer would ruth- and relentlessly crack down on anybody admiitting a liking for (1) Roger Dean, (2) double and triple albums, (3) glitzy capes and/or (4) odd meters, dear John Fertig was our fearless Harvey Milk of prog and jazz/fusion.

Maybe I should have phrased that differently:  I'll spare us all the audio...   

I love Vitous' upright playing, and might enjoy his electric playing in another context.  I do indeed likes me some fusion (was enjoying Herbie Hancock's Sextant this morning), but this album just does not speak to me.

Here's a snippet to give you some idea:

[Barklessdog]

It sounds like an awkward Return to Forever.

The dude does not look like a chick!

[uwe]

OMG. Stanley Clarke doesn't have fingers, he has tentacles!!! 

I really like RtF, that's jazz rock with some real balls.

[Barklessdog]

OMG. Stanley Clarke doesn't have fingers, he has tentacles!!!  

I really like RtF, that's jazz rock with some real balls.

It always amazes me how most virtuaso musicians have long snake fingers. A tBird for Stanley would offer no barriers for upper fret access.
RTF were to me, the pinnacle of the Genre. It went downhill after that in my opinion. To me, it was the only band of virtuoso musicians, all playing their areses off at the same time, yet worked, due to them playing compositions, not just masturbating over a redundant format. Their playing still served the songs.

I also really like Lenny White, his solo music is great as well.

[Highlander]

Clarke+Corea+DiMeola+White=meltdown...

How about a little solo work from Mr Clarke...

[mc2NY]

Probably a Tobias. I was at Mike's old shop in Hollywood back in the early 90s and he was just finishing up a greenburst HEADLESS 4-string for "Derek" and said "Hey, you play headless...try this out"...and pulled the bass out and told me who it was for.

Mike said it was the only headless he'd ever made. Not sure if he made any others since.

It played and sounded great but was VERY heavy. I told him it weighed like a cinderblock.  He laughed and agreed it turned out heavy, then said "the best headless basses in the world are built by a guy in France named Christophe Leduc."

Mike laughed when I told him I was actually a Leduc endorser.

I later saw Tobias and Leduc at a number of trade shows hanging out. Apparently close friends.

I sometimes get "Derek's" (Harry Shearer's) mail by mistake, delivered to my house in New Orleans because he sometimes does work at the recording studio on the next block from me (same house number but different street....our mailman drinks on the job I think.)