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Even though I am a guitar player primarily I have been playing a lot of bass recently and so I have been listening to various styles thanks to the help of a few really good friends from the forum who keep telling me to listen to this song or that song etc. I found this guy on youtube and he is just beyond belief.

This one is for Joey and Tony. Enjoy guys.

Cool. Nice playing,nimble fingers. Sounds like that might be a lined fretless ebony or resin fingerboard. His D & G strings sound more guitar-like than bass-like.

Very cool Brian! Plays more like a classical guitarist than a bassist!

Very Michael Manring like...I'm sure you've heard of him...as a matter of fact, when I did a search for Michael Manring's Unusual Weather, look who turned up!

Very gifted...and those ZON basses are amazing....

Here's a completely different take on the song.

And....................Here's another surprsing sweet rendition.



As you can see rock music and classical are not really that far apart.

ajish4 wrote:Very gifted...and those ZON basses are amazing....

So are Zon players.

rickenbrother wrote:Cool. Nice playing,nimble fingers. Sounds like that might be a lined fretless ebony or resin fingerboard. His D & G strings sound more guitar-like than bass-like.

Zons have carbon graphite necks with "phenowood" resin impregnated fingerboards. It seems his Vinny bass is tuned higher than concert pitch, perhaps as a tenor (ADGC).

Wow, that's quite the tone!

[quote="rickenbrother"... His D & G strings sound more guitar-like than bass-like.[/quote]
Yeah, I noticed that too, and wondered how he achieved that.
JimK

I think they're actually piccolo bass strings, a friend of mine has some on one of his basses... he said "great for solo stuff, not so much in a band"