Comments on: Doug Wimbish! Doug Wimbish!

Doug Wimbish! Doug Wimbish!

Trurl — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:25:42 -0800

Doug Wimbish plays bass.

By: Trurl

Trurl — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:26:09 -0800

The title of this post is a quote from Robert Christgau.

By: mrgoat

mrgoat — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:40:24 -0800

Well he certainly uses a bass. That is as much mastery of the effects as it is the instrument.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:44:31 -0800

Wimbish...Wimbish...I'm sure that rings a bell...ah yes, now I remember!

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:51:46 -0800

That is the most Wimbish thing I've ever heard.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:12:46 -0800

GOOGLE VICTOR WOOTEN

By: The Discredited Ape

The Discredited Ape — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:16:00 -0800

Soulless wankery

By: KingEdRa

KingEdRa — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:45:14 -0800

I saw Doug Wimbish open up for Porcupine Tree several years ago in NYC. Great set by a criminally underappreciated bassist. I had no idea that he had been performing since the mid 70's, though.

By: motty

motty — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:56:28 -0800

That was great, thanks for posting.

By: Redhush

Redhush — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:26 -0800

More like Technically Proficient Lead Guitarist jams to his own bass loop. Kind of a let down. I was hoping for something cool and new

By: mexican

mexican — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:08:04 -0800

anyone who has any doubt in their mind that doug wimbish isn't one of the greatest rock bassists ever hasn't heard Vivid.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:28:42 -0800

mexican: "anyone who has any doubt in their mind that doug wimbish isn't one of the greatest rock bassists ever hasn't heard Vivid." That was Muzz Skillings on Vivid (unless you have some inside info I haven't heard). Doug did dates with the Rolling Stones as well. I LOVE his playing. I'm also partial to T.M. Stevens

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:32:13 -0800

Sorry. Meant to link to this performance.

By: Seekerofsplendor

Seekerofsplendor — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:59 -0800

I heard Jaco Pastorius do this back in 1977 at the Beacon Theater in NYC, and much more musically too -- and he didn't have as many pedals at his disposal. Plus he didn't play over the same damn loop over and over; he changed it when he needed to. Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke also come to mind. Meh.

By: mexican

mexican — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:46:39 -0800

~~Vivid~~ stain. my bad.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:52:53 -0800

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE THERE HASN'T BEEN GOOD BASS CLEF MUSIC SINCE THE SERPENT FELL OUT OF FAVOR.

By: edheil

edheil — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:53:13 -0800

Woot! Know him from Tackhead!

By: philip-random

philip-random — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:21:49 -0800

I've been lucky enough to see him live at least four times, twice with Tackhead, once each with Living Color and Little Axe. Soulful wankery at worst

By: thelonius

thelonius — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:44:07 -0800

I saw the Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, and Marcus Miller B3 show. It was pretty interesting. Very challenging to do a band with 3 bass players and not have it sound essentially like a garbage truck wrecking, What they did was, stay out of each others way - Clarke was either playing upright or that tenor or piccolo bass thing, Wooten was doing a lot of chordal stuff up high, and Miller was actually playing bass. Miller, by the way, had the best actual bass sound qua bass sound (I've always thought Wooten's tone is brittle and somewhat ugly). There was a drummer and a keyboard player as well. At one point I looked around and realized: everyone here is either a bass player, or the girlfriend or spouse of a bass player, who got dragged along.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:13:19 -0800

That is as much mastery of the effects as it is the instrument. Mastery of two things is not less impressive than mastery of one.

By: clvrmnky

clvrmnky — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:21:25 -0800

The guy's thumb technique is nearly perfect. I wish I could play nearly as well.

By: modernserf

modernserf — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:41:07 -0800

TRIGGER WARNING: whammy pedal.

By: mrgoat

mrgoat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:59:38 -0800

Wolfdog: "That is as much mastery of the effects as it is the instrument. Mastery of two things is not less impressive than mastery of one." Did I say it was? I'm impressed on both counts.