Getting closer on the secrets...

[cellkirk74]

edge of white pickguard....

the bass is the game changer...the secret hit of the show

YouTube- Johnny Hiland Namm Show 2010

 

[adouglas]

Hmmm....

Watched the clip.

The bass has the same knob setup as the Big Al, but what appearst to be a 5-way switch instead of buttons and a toggle switch on the upper horn.

Oh, and the theme is NASA/astronauts....

 

[cellkirk74]

And there is a laptop with a little link cable that looks like the connection for the gamechanger?

 

[sitonmybass]

That was jammin'! That "stand-up" style/sound was great!

Big Poppa stole my trick of playing with the fretting hand reversed which I also do sitting down with the bass flat just like that or while standing. I wonder if this theft entitles me to an endorsement...

 

[bovinehost]

He's been doing that since the dawn of time. (It came from working in the setup department.)

Also, TPB posted this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfw2OE3Nogw&feature=sub"]YouTube- NAMM Direct 2010 - Music Man Classic StingRay[/ame]

AJ! You rock star, you.

 

[sitonmybass]

He's been doing that since the dawn of time. (It came from working in the setup department.)

That's logical with the bass being flat while doing a set-up. Nearly every night someone remarks about me playing with my fretting hand reversed; it's great for show!

 

[Funky Chicken]

I think the earliest documented over the neck fretting goes to Rudy Sarzo with Quiet Riot in the "Cum On Feel The Noize" video.

 

[keko]

Great improvisation BP, I like it!

It seems to me people that You really having a lots of fun there!

Have a nice day!

 

[LawDaddy]

I think the earliest documented over the neck fretting goes to Rudy Sarzo with Quiet Riot in the "Cum On Feel The Noize" video.

My first thought exactly.

 

[phatduckk]

sweet video. thanks for sharing.

i wish i coulda been there

 

[mixmastered]

sweet video. thanks for sharing.

i wish i coulda been there

I wish I could be there too.

Oh well, guess we just have to soak up what we can here.

And i can't wait to here about the gamechanger.

 

[sitonmybass]

I think the earliest documented over the neck fretting goes to Rudy Sarzo with Quiet Riot in the "Cum On Feel The Noize" video.

I tell people often that Sarzo is the one bass player that I remember and acknowledge as doing this during his career. I have a live Dio DVD where he can clearly be seen doing this.

 

[LawDaddy]

I tell people often that Sarzo is the one bass player that I remember and acknowledge as doing this during his career. I have a live Dio DVD where he can clearly be seen doing this.

I saw Quiet Riot, Ozzy and Dio back in the day of hair spray. Is that a Sarzo trifecta?

BP appears to have more of a Jeff Healey lap-thing going on there...

 

[cybersnyder]

Is that an upright switch or is he using string mutes? I can't tell from the angle.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I think the earliest documented over the neck fretting goes to Rudy Sarzo with Quiet Riot in the "Cum On Feel The Noize" video.

I'm pretty sure Jimi was doing that in 1969.

 

[five7]

+1

 

[Spanky(Andy)]

Hey cellkirk,

which threads are you quoting from in your original post in this thread? This is the first time I have heard of "The Game Changer"... you tube clip rocked... man, that bass sounded awesome.

Do we have any more info on it?

Andy

 

[cybersnyder]

I found the gamechanger reference in an earlier thread:

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/38978-gamechanger.html

That sounds very cool!

 

[slow roasted]

Man, the bass is nice for sure, but the big dog is ripping out some fine upright vibey tone out of that thing! How do you make it sound so good?

 

[mixmastered]

Man, the bass is nice for sure, but the big dog is ripping out some fine upright vibey tone out of that thing! How do you make it sound so good?

Well he designed it. That's a start...