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Big Poppa and Roundtable BPL 10/24/09

keko

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Well, finally I saw the man who produces the best basses in the world!

BP, sir, you have the new admirer in me, and that's for sure!

I did not felt such an enthusiasm for a long time coming from a person of Your age, but that's the spirit, man You have a soul, yeah! :)

I wish You and the whole EBMM team all the best!
 
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Listening to Jennifer Young took me back some 40 years to the first time I heard Billy Sheehan (Waaaaaaay before he was Mr. Big) practicing this technique at a place here in Buffalo called the Music Mall. Listening to Billy play like that was the first time I realized the bass player could do much more than just hold down the bottom end and that changed my approach to the bass forever more! I think this video may affect some of the younger players in the same way! Great bunch of players!
Kudos Sterling for sharing this video (Love to hear young kids groove!) and providing such a great Forum. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to get my Guitar Center Card out of the freezer and see if this new fangled technology can read through 2” of ice so I can come home with one of them new fangled Trans White Classics!
From one Goat to another...Brother we’re just hittin our groove!
 
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I really enjoyed the round table discussion and jam on Saturday (this one must be from Sunday, cuz with the exception of one lap around the place, I think I was in the EBMM/MB area 99% of the day on Saturday). In one of my favorite parts of the discussion on Saturday, BP asked the guys (Tony, Stan, Juan & Dave) what they do to get out of ruts & keep it fresh. It was cool to hear their thoughts, and that topic kinda typified the whole discussion - very much a player's focus on being a musician and playing bass.

During Q&A, I asked Stan to briefly demo & explain his very unique slap technique. As soon as he said, "well, everything's upside-down, so ...", it hit me, and I felt silly for not realizing it before. Since everything's upside-down, the jobs of the thumb & fingers are reversed - he slaps/thumps the lower strings with his index & middle fingers (kinda like funk fingers without the sticks), and plucks/pops the higher strings with the thumb. A really cool adaptation.

BTW, I'm one of those guys in the category Jack mentioned who realizes at an event like this what a good player BP is.

Prolly my favorite insight from this video clip from Sunday is what BP said about wanting to package the Bongo preamp and pickups in something that was overall equally as unique ... that makes perfect sense, and in my opinion, that goal was executed/achieved beautifully.
 
eastcoasteddie

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Great video!
Funny thing that almost everyone's bass had tags hanging from the headstock. Next thing we know that'll be the new fashion statement...just like the Urban kids with tags hanging from sneakers and baseball caps.
Be careful, though, because once the tags get all ruined from over exposure, you have to toss the bass and get a new one with fresh tags!

I have to admit, when I first saw a Bongo, I hated it. Then I heard a few and the shape gre on me. I never got a chance to play one (haven't seen any in local stores for 2 years), but I'm dying to.
 
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backagain1

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bovinehost said:
Jennifer Young, while new, has kind of been on the rise lately, which she certainly deserves.

Jack
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Check out Jennifer on the MM basses.

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