The Most Recorded Bass In Music History?

[JOLLY]

 

[ICTGoober]

Lee..... Does your mouth ever move?

 

[Mincer]

There are probably a handful of session bassists that have been recorded as much.

 

[beaubrummels]

Great vid. Great ending. Frankenstein, eh?

 

[ICTGoober]

What I find incredible is Lee had a perfectly good '62 neck (one of the few years with the big D shape many players love) cut down to Jazz size...

 

[beaubrummels]

...with mandolin frets to boot.

 

[ICTGoober]

To my eye.... those look wider than any mandolin frets I've installed.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

There are probably a handful of session bassists that have been recorded as much.

Most recorded bass, not bassist.

Lee Sklar rules. One of my favorite recordings with him is the session players album with "Sitting On The Dock of the Bay."

 

[Mincer]

Most recorded bass, not bassist.

Lee Sklar rules. One of my favorite recordings with him is the session players album with "Sitting On The Dock of the Bay."

Well, bass. I think Tony Levin's P bass (and later Music Man) might qualify, too.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Has Tony Levin played the same bass on over 2000 albums?

 

[Mincer]

Has Tony Levin played the same bass on over 2000 albums?

I'd think easily.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

I'd think easily.

I was unaware that he was such a prolific session player.

Edit- TL’s Wiki page says over 500 albums.

 

[jeremy]

yeah, probably tough to beat lees output with that bass. billy cobham to james taylor and everything in between

 

[ErikH]

That's cool. I love stories like that.

 

[JOLLY]

What about that Jack Daniels bass that Michael Anthony used to have? I heard that Sting borrowed it for tracking Nothing Like the Sun.

I doubt he ever even played that in the studio. Live, he really only used it for part of his solo and maybe one song.