That may have been the Alembic.Compare that to "Water Song" on Burgers a few years later, fully Alembicized by then, I think you're right about looking for a tone he had in his head.
That may have been the Alembic.Compare that to "Water Song" on Burgers a few years later, fully Alembicized by then, I think you're right about looking for a tone he had in his head.
My son Xander, who is 3, saw this picture and said "What cool bass! I love the stair lumps!" referring to the metal plates.
Finally, some confirmation he at least had the Starfire as early as '67 (assuming this video is dated correctly):
Yes I forgot that possibility the photo wasn't the same date as the audio, but it's so common, it's no big deal. Appreciate the clarification!I can however confirm that the still photo is not from that day, it is from the Altamont disaster of 1969. I only picked that photo because it's a nice shot and better than no visual. sorry if it was deceiving!
So at least somebody else gets why I suspected the Starfire, "sound" wise.tonally the bass on the recording could well be a starfire, but it's hard to say... jack's playing/right-hand-technique comes through on almost every instrument he plays... so although the jazz bass and starfire sound different, with both having two single-coil pickups, and with a mystery amplifier/EQ setup on that day, all captured with relatively primitive live recording technology, it's tough to distinguish
Yeah I seem to recall seeing somewhere they did get'm at almost the same time, so it's "possible" he could have had a Starfire in time to use it on Baxters'sessions (June-October '67), but still no concrete confirmation and so in fact still contradicted by MGod's kind reporting of Jack's recollection of the sessions.FWIW Phil Lesh had his first Guild SF II bass by August 13, 1967. So there is certainly a chance Jack had one in 1967 as well. I couldn't speak to the recording however.
One of the people in the studio I think, (told me about) that Guild bass and I bought that. I started playing around with it and brought it to the session, but I don't think I recorded with it. That third album was still a somewhat modified Fender Jazz bass
Once again I will lay that pet hypothesis to rest, but when I saw that pic associated with a date, it sprang back to life.So I think the evidence that it was the Jazz bass and not the Starfire in Baxter's is pretty compelling.
In the case of Casady I think it is probably misleading to claim which instrument was, or was not, being used solely by listening. Mgod and others have commented that Jack sounds like Jack regardless of the instrument and much of the tone we hear originates in Jack's fingers, not his equipment.
Both did.
Jack's SFs used a relatively modified Gibson Vari-tone. Both basses were passive in their tone-shaping, but the second one had active impedance-lowering (emitter followers). Neither SF bass, nor really any other than my green 68, had rewound low-impedance pickups.
I believe in mgod.
Trick question.I saw this show at Winterland in 1968 (I think it was). Was anyone else there?
Kidding aside, I know there's a recording of Jack sitting in with him at the Oakland Coliseum but I don't recall hearing about him sitting in anywhere else.