My thanks to Rex Brown for talking with me these few weeks. Go support his new album when it's out! Head to the show notes for a list of all equipment mentioned today. www.whichbass.co.uk/RexBrownDown
I seen Rex with Down at Grant Street Lafayette Louisiana. I was let in the club early, as the guy who bought my ticket, was also a former roommate of peppers! I got to meet pepper and jimmy. Phil’s dad came to visit and the backstage was off limits. To us at least! I smoked a huge joint and stood in front of Rex the whole time! What an intense fuckin show! Love you Rex, you have a smokin tone and are a legend! Edit: also got to see pantera on the last show of 151 tour in Biloxi. It felt like the place was gonna collapse! Rex had 6 8/10 cabinets. Whether he was using all 6 I don’t know. But It damn well felt like it
You really do a fantastic job on these. This project had to be huge and you went way down the rabbit hole for us. It was over the moon-cool to see Rex in your interview being gracious and accommodating. I'm glad you got that experience with him and hope for more like that with others. I kind of feel like this project was akin to watching an "I have arrived!" moment on your part. Well deserved. Give yourself a bit of a pat and keep up the great work. Ya done good! Liked and subbed.
Thank you so much for the kind words Justin, I really appreciate that. Getting in touch with Rex was a real pinch yourself moment for sure. Fingers crossed I can bring a few more heavy hitters to the channel. Thanks again, glad to have you watching!
Thanks Igor, glad you enjoyed it. I know you're still waiting! Sorry about that, not enough time in the day! Hopefully I'll get to Paul and Shavo soon.
Rex has always had a great bass tone and it just got better and better with every album in my opinion. His sound on the second and third Down albums is just a perfect rock/metal bass tone...
I LOVE the bass tone on DOWN III! "On March the Saints" and "Nothing in Return" have such smooth bass lines/tone. Time to go re listen to that album and listen to the bass in particular 🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥❤️
My suggestion is one that's a little left field of the usual rock and metal of the show, I think Tina Wymouth of the Talking heads could make for an interesting episode.
I wish there were more bass rig videos like this. Us bass players are always so overshadowed by guitarist, drummers and vocalists. It's a shame cause the bass really gives music that thickness that would otherwise be bland. Oh and I allow the ads to play all the way through so that you get even a little more ad revenues. I recommend everyone else do the same!
Joshua, I sincerely appreciate that dude. Thank you so much. I work on this channel in my spare time so every little bit of support like that helps to make it easier. I totally agree, everyone talks about guitar players, that's why I'm here. I love bass, I wanted to know what the best use and thankfully you do too!
Cool to see his post-Pantera stuff, great stuff as always. I would definitely love to see Entwistle or Myung, but also how about Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, John Paul Jones, Gene Simmons or Sting in the future as well?
his tone is one of my favorites of all time. Maybe there could be a little more punch to it, but tbh he fills out those sonic gaps that Dime leaves brilliantly. It's one of the few times that a bass player following the lead actually adds and isnt just lazy. He often enough would deviate from the main line though coming up with some cool grooves
Haha thanks Cruise, speaking of "Radio Show" I'll be co-hosting a Podcast with Rodney McG very soon. I hope you can join us! I'll announce it on the channel when we have the details.
Awesome video my man!👍 I always wanted a "Spector" bass ever since I saw The Jeff P. from "Dokken" Design with a big eye in the center of the body. It was a sick design!🎸👌✌
Great work! I would love to see an episode on Perry Richardson from Firehouse as that tone he has is absolutely awesome. Something about those one guitar bands that really force the bass to stand out
I haven't checked my subscription box in like 3 months and totally missed out on your video. I'm probably too late for suggestions, but I'll still throw a vote towards Alex Webster because he's my all time favorite. I even have 2 of my basses signed by him.
I wonder if this channel has slowed down or died, if not. Can we expect to see some videos for rigs in the future? I'd like to see Marco Hietälä or John Yung at some point :) Cheerio
14:47 I think that's a Gibson Firebird Studio 70's Tribute, not a Thunderbird. I know, I have one myself :-) Excellent video as usual! So cool that you got to interview him!
Sorry it took me a few days to catch up with this one... Great work as we've come to expect (and you do not disappoint). I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for that dUg Pinnick multi-vid showcase (that one WILL be a task, I know, but I'm still hoping) but I'd be down for Alex and Thunderfingers as well. Thanks again Alfie, great work.
Thanks Scott! I'm glad you made time, I appreciate that. I'll get to dUg one day for sure. I feel like every option is a heavy hitter atm and it'll take forever to cover one person quickly. Too many options! We'll get there Scott :D
Good evening Alfie, another fantastic video, I think it was Adam Clayton who came up with the Reverso bass with Warwick... just flip the explorer style. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Keep up the great work, thats a heck of a sty you have there. Also it would be great to see Juan Alderete highlighted...Brian
Thanks Brian, good to see you back. I didn't know that about those Reversos. Weird looking things for sure. Juan has been added to the list, thanks for the suggestion. Don't get me started on the sty ... I looked fine prior to recording then the camera decided to show all ... Oh life. Glad you watched the vid. I hope you and the family are well.
Are you going to do 1 on bob dasliey he's 1 of the top bassist that ozzy and black sabbath/rainbow/ Michel Moore the list goes on and on he deserves the spot light
great video. one bass player i would love to see a video about (along with michael manring i commented on one of your other videos) would be tony levin. the guy is one of my fav bass players i have to say.
Alex used a Fender P Bass on the first 2 albums, an Ibanez Sabre bass on Tomb of the Mutilated, an Ibanez Soundgear on The Bleeding (I think). For the Vile album he used 2 basses. A Spector 5 string bass that he rented and a Fender P bass (not the white one used on the first 2 albums, it's a black one with EMG pickups). He used a Modulus Quantum 5 bass on Gallery of Suicide, Gore Obsessed and Live Cannibalism. He had 4 of them. He eventually bought a Spector bass and used it on The Wretched Spawn and has used them ever since.
Hey Skylinerr, ah you are?! I'm happy to hear that, I have been thinking about it but wasn't sure if people really wanted to see it. It's on my mind and I hope to do it soon! Glad to hear from you!