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Grand Wazoo
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Very nice, Al Jarreau is also a great singer, I have noticed Stan Sargeant plays leftie but with the strings upside down same as Jimmy Haslips. "Bass"ically as if it was a rightie bass turned upside down 
Cool, way too cool
Cool, way too cool
strummer
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Great vid, lovely Bongo and what an amazing bit that was, with the intro to the song
Big Poppa
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Beautiful...You have no idea how rewarding to see The Bongo in Stan's brilliant hands
Psychicpet
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stunning, stunning, stunning.
and definitely no mistaking the tone of the Bongo!
seeing it strung the way that it is I can't help but think that Stan's bass' tension must be a thing of beauty. nice long E then decending to a shorter G (after the nut) ... awesomeness.
MingusBASS
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Nothing short of badass.
Black Lake
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OMG...That was awesome.
Colin
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was Stan on the Leno show for awhile?
Bass Invader
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Stan Sargeant is just fantastic. I find it hard to even conceptualise playing a bass upside-down.. I mean you'd require a completely different approach to fingering. Just mind-blowing.
Grand Wazoo
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And to finish that performance with their rendition of "Black Market" by Weather Report was also a very cool surprise.
As for the playing upside down yes you are right it is mind boggling, these people are self taught "monsters" who have had to figure out their own scales, chord shapes and even take a total different approach to the slap technique, becaused their "slap" is achieved by tapping the heavier strings with the tips of their index and middle fingers and their "pull" is achieved by pulling with the edge of their thumbs.
I know cause the teacher who taught me plays like that and so does Jimmy Haslips of Yellow Jackets. The plus side for my bass teacher was that even being a leftie, he could just pick my bass turn it upside down and show me a scale or a lick with no problem as if it was his own bass.
Super!
As for the playing upside down yes you are right it is mind boggling, these people are self taught "monsters" who have had to figure out their own scales, chord shapes and even take a total different approach to the slap technique, becaused their "slap" is achieved by tapping the heavier strings with the tips of their index and middle fingers and their "pull" is achieved by pulling with the edge of their thumbs.
I know cause the teacher who taught me plays like that and so does Jimmy Haslips of Yellow Jackets. The plus side for my bass teacher was that even being a leftie, he could just pick my bass turn it upside down and show me a scale or a lick with no problem as if it was his own bass.
Super!
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Precisely. What is staggering is just that - self-teaching takes on a whole new meaning when you approach left-handed playing this way, and that exemplifies the incredible dedication and hard work which players like Sargeant and Haslip put in. Anything to just make it work, to just get a good bass line. For self-taught bassists like myself, it's very inspiring.
Big Poppa
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ITs just funny....Im left handed buy play right handed as I think that the left hand does most of the work..but more importantly that is what felt naturally to me...For some true lefties all this stuff only makes sense lefty. In stans case I bet that some righty had a bass when he was starting and it just didnt feel right so he flipped it the other way
Grand Wazoo
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You are very right there Mr. Ball in all you've said, and guess what? We finally have something in common, I am also a left handed that plays right because it felt comfortable to me when I was a littl'un, however I have an ace in my sleeves, my 15yrs old son is naturally left handed and plays a lefty guitar, he's lucky to have the best (& cheapest) teacher he could find (me) who can also figure out playing a leftie, it just takes me a bit of time to get used to but as soon as I made my switch in my brain, I can also get along lefty style
leond
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Tasty. Very Tasty.
The whole enchilada rocked.
LeonD
P.S. As someone who's 24 hours away from getting his first Bongo, this was very encouraging.
The whole enchilada rocked.
LeonD
P.S. As someone who's 24 hours away from getting his first Bongo, this was very encouraging.
Duarte
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I am loving the sound of Bongos even more every day.
Stan is just complete win, so so awesome and so cool. There's a whole bunch of those vids up too, check them out.
Stan is just complete win, so so awesome and so cool. There's a whole bunch of those vids up too, check them out.
phatduckk
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thats a great video!
pbass2go
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He must have some custom Bongo, I cant find all those cool notes in mine
Sweet playing...
Inspiring stuff.
Thanks for posting the vid
Sweet playing...
Inspiring stuff.
Thanks for posting the vid
