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Has anyone seen the Yes concert that DTV is showing? The original lead vocalist, lead guitar player, and Chris Squire were all there. I guess Yes recently produced an album and played a few of their new songs in the beginning. Squire played his classic Rick on the old songs, but he played a different bass on the Yes new stuff. I never could identify what make it was. Anybody else??
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I guess I'm out of touch, Jack. What is DTV? Direct TV? If so, I have Fios, so someone else will have to weigh in on this one.
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just_bassics wrote:I guess I'm out of touch, Jack. What is DTV? Direct TV? If so, I have Fios, so someone else will have to weigh in on this one.
Correct! Direct TV. They have their own channel that shows a lot of different concerts etc.
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I believe the recent Symphonic Yes concert has been on the telly quite a bit.
On this He used a Lakland "Bob Glaub" P-style bass on the newer numbers:
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[quote="Pumpkinhead"]I believe the recent Symphonic Yes concert has been on the telly quite a bit.
On this He used a Lakland "Bob Glaub" P-style bass on the newer numbers:
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You are correct pumpkinhead! One of the guys at TB said the same thing. Thanks for replying.
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jack1953 wrote:
Pumpkinhead wrote: You are correct pumpkinhead! One of the guys at TB said the same thing. Thanks for replying.
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Sorry Jack
I didn't realise that you were the one who posted on Talk Bass. I just got there by Googling Chris Squire and Lackland after seeing the pewter P-bass model on YouTube.

Nice sound, although I think I prefer the Ric on the classic Yes stuff.
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If Chris is playing the Lakland or his Jazz Bass on a tune live, it's most likely that he also used that bass or a similar one (like his beloved tele bass) on the studio track as well. Astral Traveller, South side of the sky, In the presence of, Face to Face, Sweat Dreams, I believe were all on a Jazz or Tele bass.
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just_bassics wrote:If Chris is playing the Lakland or his Jazz Bass on a tune live, it's most likely that he also used that bass or a similar one (like his beloved tele bass) on the studio track as well. Astral Traveller, South side of the sky, In the presence of, Face to Face, Sweat Dreams, I believe were all on a Jazz or Tele bass.
And Astral Traveller, to use the 21st fret - because it was (i guess) recorded on that MG Rickenbacker, which was a 21'er.

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Actually that bass is a Glaub body with an Osborne neck.,,, Just for added info... :D
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miguelbass wrote:
just_bassics wrote:If Chris is playing the Lakland or his Jazz Bass on a tune live, it's most likely that he also used that bass or a similar one (like his beloved tele bass) on the studio track as well. Astral Traveller, South side of the sky, In the presence of, Face to Face, Sweat Dreams, I believe were all on a Jazz or Tele bass.
And Astral Traveller, to use the 21st fret - because it was (i guess) recorded on that MG Rickenbacker, which was a 21'er.

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I thought Astral Traveller was done on a Jazz or Tele Bass originally. I could be wrong, but Chris has always maintained that the bass he uses in concert is the same or close to the one used on the record.
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"Astral Traveller" sounds like a Ric to me but wasn't "A Time And A Word" also the Telecaster?
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On the subject of Time And A Word,
A while ago I dropped the album version of TAAW down a semitone on Cubase into E (which is its pitch when Yes played it live) so I could practice the bass and backing vox at home.
I was surprised to hear how over the top the tremelo was on the bass guitar (and this is pre-Starship Trooper).
Before the pitch change you couldnt even detect any tremelo on the bass.
Was that the reason for the change of pitch?
Try it and see.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5_HL9A_PA

Telecaster was used at least for this playback version.
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pekka wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5_HL9A_PA

Telecaster was used at least for this playback version.
Love the first three seconds... :lol:

Two observations - was this mimed - Chris's picking doesn't always correspond with what is played. Second, what the heck is that hanging off Jon's belt??
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That would be this bass right here:
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