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08 THE LOW DOWN
Keep up with all the latest new gear and
industry news…
16 TAKE FIVE:
DAMIAN ERSKINE
The West Coast bass guru reveals his top albums
18 BASSICALLY SPEAKING
We talk to Paul Egan, Jonathan Mitchell, Kevin
Anderson, Jamie Mallender and Alex ‘Billy’ Hill
26 ESPERANZA SPALDING
BassicallySpeaking BassicallySpeaking
offering to date
same age and gave us all a great and the build quality
12. It’s compact, portable and lot of experience. We were is fantastic. My Jazz Basses
unbelievable value for money. lucky enough to have some are set up with quite a low
I’d love a Markbass rig, but I great opportunities through action, and the playability
can’t justify it until we start this too – for example, going is amazing – nice, fast neck
playing bigger venues. on tour and playing at the even on the 5-string. You can
My bass heroes are Dan Montreux Jazz Festival in really pick out that classic Jaco
Berglund from E.S.T. and
now Tonbruket. His is a rare Kevin 2006.
The main styles that I play
tone, and get that classic
vintage jazz sound
Anderson
combination of technical are funk, soul and R&B, but as well as a more
skill, melody, perfect use of
42BRIAN MARSHALL
then I also love playing in modern tone. I
32 OWEN BIDDLE
Lostaura
effects, and brute force when pop/rock bands. It’s all about use Markbass
necessary. And, controversially, the gig or session and who cabs and
Jonathan Mitchell Adam Clayton. He knows
how to play with a drummer, My bass style is direct and
you’re playing with. There are
no boundaries between these
heads – they’re
lightweight and
Jamie Mallender
Meet the man providing the low end for the Brian Marshall of Alter Bridge talks us through his
EPs even feature a choir – so right moment in a song. It has Sligo in the west of Ireland and looks great too. I don’t a Bootsy Collins Signature possession is one of 300
my job is to lay the foundations the power to change lives. I use – he does things that seem use effects, but I like a nice, Wah, an Ampeg Scrambler, limited-edition 10th
and let everyone else take the Marcus Miller Fender Jazz and physically impossible.
Tony Martin
deep tone that cuts through Electro-Harmonix Micro Bass anniversary Billy Sheehan
glory. There are few things in Italia Mondial Classic basses, www.lowlyknights.com all the other instruments. I Synth, Hartke Bass Attack – Attitude II basses. It is the
have a Trace Elliot 7-Band the one piece of kit I couldn’t most purple thing ©onHelen
the Purvis
Combo, although I’ve used I started out as an old- am currently live without –Danelectro planet. It should live in a vault
44 SHAWN ECONOMAKI
reggae-based music. The secret of playing bass
38 GARETH MCGRILLEN
Yamaha; I can’t remember every conceivable style of classic sounds – and that’s need a quick set-up, and am
well is putting in practice hours, metronome the model, but the string music and I want to know how what I got. I also endorse the currently experimenting with
work and knowing your theory, but really just action was ridiculously high to play all of it! I play mostly Music Man Bongo, and have a Danelectro Free Speech
playing. I started out by learning songs that – anything past the tenth fret fingerstyle these days, but the used a double-humbucker which I am in the middle of
I was into, then playing them through with was impossible to play. I do plectrum still comes out for model almost exclusively recording on both bass and
friends. After a while you get a feel of how to not slap because it probably the faster numbers in the Tony for about three years. In the guitar. Larry Hartke – top man
play riffs in a certain style or a certain player’s wouldn’t sit well with our Martin set. On my solo album 24-fret, slim-neck, active-bass – was kind enough to offer
style. The greatest bass player that ever lived sound at the moment, but there’s fingerstyle funk, fast world, there’s nothing to touch me an artist deal, and I very
was Jaco Pastorius, as he played the bass like no you can never rule it out. heavy-metal riffing with and it. My basses are always armed proudly use the Hartke LH500
Stone Sour
www.scoundrels.fm
46 YAMAHA BB1024
The latest addition to the BB range
modelled on the BB2024, but with a
sub-£1,000 price tag
Bass Techniques
Dave Marks:
DevelopMent
rhythM section
tiMe
Developing 5/4
5/4 time, with a
we began exploring
nt, Part 4. Last month going to heat
Section Developme . This month we’re
Welcome to Rhythm feeling more comfortable
to get you (hopefully)
few basic grooves
Dave Marks things up pretty quickly.
freelance Figure 1
Dave Marks is a busy
out of plays, can sound very
bassist living and working on what the drummer
and recording Fast and Syncopated which, depending but the broken
London. His playing unusual accent pattern a simple rising idea,
This groove has an The pattern itself is over the track with
credits span a wide
rage of bands or just downright weird. this riff, try jamming
Larry Carlton, driving and energetic way. Once you master
it climb in an erratic
Gear
and artists, including drum.
rhythmic idea makes locked with the kick
Albert Lee, Carl Palmer,
Paul
but keep this rhythm
others. different note choices,
Carrack and many
is spread
At the minute, his time
out 8th note
between pounding
Jr. band,
rock with the Rick Parfitt Bass Techniques
grooves for
playing deep soulful
for
Ola Onabule and depping
West End.
Thriller Live on the
playing,
Aside from his full
rs
teaching and Rhythmmatte
Dave
masterclass schedule,
web presence,
maintains a heavy
site and
blogging on his own
his Youtube channel
keeping
content.
stocked up with fresh
www.davem arks.com
Figure 2
drum
Bass in 5, Drums
in 4 that places the kick
Cross-Rhythm Ideas: floor’ pattern, a groove answer’
play a nice ‘5 on the a strict ‘question and
this riff, the drums over. Each bar has
For the first line of foundation to play
provides a nice solid phrase. kind of
on every beat. This followed by a syncopated snare pattern. This
staccato 8th notes overlapping kick and
74 THE
phrase, with three 8th-note pulse and
WOODSHED
A 5-string fretless acoustic bass? Nick Wells goes
surfing with the Alien in association with
to you
Dave’s column is brought
RhythmMatters
in association with k
www.rhythmmatters.co.u
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