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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:03 pm
by rictified
Oh you are, early onset alzheimers?
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:04 pm
by dave4004
I know Fang used a Hofner Club and a solidbody Vox Phantom. Can't remember if he had a hollowbody Vox.
The hollow Vox basses have a low-mid emphasis but with more true bottom and top than a Hofner.
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:37 am
by beatcomber
There's an excellent interview with Fang in the new issue of Vintage Guitar.
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:45 am
by rictified
I thought Fang had a pretty good sound when you could hear him, very deep but cut through. On which bass did he have his name on the back? It was a Vox wasn't it?
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:08 am
by dave4004
Didn't he do that with all his basses? The one he was seen with most often was his Hofner Club.
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:04 am
by iamthebassman
Yep, seems it was his thang. Great bass tone on some of those PR&R tunes.
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:37 am
by shamustwin
Now, did they play on their records, or was it the wrecking crew (Hal Blaine, Carol Kay et al )?
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:20 am
by dave4004
Carol Kaye lists PR&R on her website among artists she worked with, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was anything more than a demo, and there's no indication of when it was or what was done.
Paul Revere was recording in Idaho long before he became famous, not like those artificially created groups like the Monkees. The basslines on the Fang-era tracks sound nothing like Carol Kaye or Joe Osborn to me.