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Post by gog on Mar 11, 2008 5:10:43 GMT -5
Jay Wasco's Swiss Army bass - an inconveniently unique instrument; hard to play, interesting to hear -
Yup-that's right. It's a bass guitar with a midi keyboard mounted on it. Yes, the two are played simultaneously. The bass is played with the left hand alone by means of a guitar technique known as "hammer-ons" while the keyboard (which emulates a distorted slide guitar most of the time. among other things) is played with the right hand. This instrument has a weight equivalent to that of a small motorcycle, and as you might imagine, requires years of time and patience to "master". He does make it look easy, check out the videos on JaysMuseum.com -Link--jaysmuseum.com/swiss%20pages/swissarmybass.htm
While you're there, check out the Egotar, bass/slide guitar hybrid -Link--jaysmuseum.com/egotar.htm.htm
Jay Wasco is a very talented musician, excellent playing, amazing technique, here is a video of John, covering a "Neil Young" song, there are other videos of john in the links above, enjoy
Jay Wasco-Heart Of Gold
This is my favorite by him, it's a "Elton John" song from the 60s,
Jay Wasco - Rocket Man
There are longer versions of these songs, on the link's above,
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Tich
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Post by Tich on Mar 13, 2008 19:29:45 GMT -5
This guy is too much Incredible, awesome playing, love it
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