Sloppy fretless playing - isolated bass track

[uwe]

It's rhytmically sloppy and some bad fretting - sounds like a first run through take and then Jagger or Keith yelled, "thanks, we'll keep it that way, Bill". Wyman is usually more accurate.  And that is definitely a fretted bass (with some bum bending) you hear.

Uwe

[Highlander]

... It still sounds more like his fretted playing to me.

As always, I could be wrong.

And that is definitely a fretted bass (with some bum bending) you hear.

Not sure - I gave it a few listens - at first I thought fretted too - there sounds like some minor slides when he does one of those triplet runs up which made me wonder if it was on a fretless...

If he is as amenable to people as Bret found maybe someone could just ask him...?

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I think the odds are pretty good that the track was cut with the Mustang pictured in the background of the video. The bass sounds very much like a short-scale fretted bass to me.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Damn. I'm getting "no longer available" cuz of copyright infringement. Alas

[Rob]

Try again someone linked to a different site.

[uwe]

If that is fretless, then ole Bill is better than I thought.

Actually, I have doubts whether this is Wyman at all on the track. He usually sounds a lot more concentrated and intentional when he plays something. This sounds like a doped down Richards to me. Somehow, I'd expect Wyman to know already what he is going to do before he sets about doing so. Nor would I expect him to leave such a messy track for the final version. It's just not him.

Uwe

[Dave W]

If that is fretless, then ole Bill is better than I thought.

Actually, I have doubts whether this is Wyman at all on the track. He usually sounds a lot more concentrated and intentional when he plays something. This sounds like a doped down Richards to me. Somehow, I'd expect Wyman to know already what he is going to do before he sets about doing so. Nor would I expect him to leave such a messy track for the final version. It's just not him.

Uwe

It's definitely Wyman. All Stones tracks are well documented.

[uwe]

In that case Wyman is worse than I thought!  Nothing against a few quirks and inaccuracies here and there, but you should know what you are doing as Roger does here with his Ric.

[Highlander]

now you're talkin'



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