| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
I saw Kenny G. in Colorado Springs a week ago. Anyway, besides being a great 2.5 hour show, he had a new white bass player that was totally awesome. His name was Vale Johnson from Sweden I believe, and man o man this dude was totally hot. He did some stuff that you would've only expected from a Stanley Clarke or Marcus Miller or so. I was totally impressed. My question is this, He was using a slim headless bass with some pointed cutaways that was a beautiful dark Candy Apple Red/Burgandy fretted, with brite round wounds. For amplification he used a stack of components. I had binocs but couldn't tell any brand names due to the lack of a tuning head to write on and to dark a stage to read the stack. I just know he got a fantastic sound from his gear and I'd like to know what he uses. Has anyone else seen this tour and if so do you know what brands he was using? I would love to get some literature on the stuff from any pictures/mailorder catalogs etc. Your help would be greatly appreciated. searching... Rick Maez PEAKS,PIKES,LONGS,MELANG::MAEZ CXO3/1-F4 dtn-522-5323
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1186.1 | Status Bass | AQUA::ROST | She's looking better every beer | Tue Mar 07 1989 12:02 | 8 |
The bass could be a Status, made in the UK. Lots of European players
seem to use them judging from MTV. It is headless, has a Steinberger
like bridge (gold plated on the ones I've seen). Washburn has begun
making, under a liscense, a Japanese version.
Last I heard Ststus was imported by the Trace Elliot amp folks,
who are now handled by Kaman (Ovation).
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