On the pros and cons of hitch hiking, roger waters dives even deeper into his land of irritating dynamics and annoying song structures, while david gilmour, nick mason and rick wright needed to make real songs and more, honestly, accessible music. Improve your playing via easy stepbystep video lessons. Sometime pink floyd bassist roger waters commands a huge fanbase with soldout shows wherever he plays, and if this instrument is anything to go by, he certainly knows a good bass tone when he hears it. Sure, most of the magic conjured by the worlds best players is in their hands, but obviously their gear is a huge deal, toobecause theyre still pretty particular about what they play. I can see why the fate of pink floyd was like it was. P bass users who have had a signature model at one time or another include steve harris, mike dirnt, tony franklin, duff mckagan, matt freeman, sting, dee dee ramon, roger waters, and more. But once david gilmour took over, they evolved into a stadiumrock band and began crafting extravagant concept albums. Like many famous bass players roger waters has owned and used many bass guitars over the years. The album is produced and mixed by nigel godrich radiohead, paul mccartney, beck, u2, from the basement, and includes 12 new roger waters musical compositions and studio performances. Roger waters delights fans with his recent cream cover. Besides his fireglo rickenbacker that he used for a short while before he switched to precision, there is another bass roger can be seen with occasionally the black fender american vintage 62 fender jazz. I say that roger waters couldnt play bass and sing at the same time during the 70s. He has left pink floyd and rejoined them several times during the bands long career. Roger waters black fender precision basses posted on july 16, 2015 by lapelcelery on the back of the hugely successful wall tour, roger waters has introduced thousands of new people to his music, paving the way for another go around the world in support of his fantastic 2017 album is this the life we really want.
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Under it all, the propulsive throb of roger waters bass and presiding over it his jaded, nostalgic vision of personal and social alienation. The thin ice bass tab by pink floyd with free online tab player. Fender roger waters signature precision bass blasius bali plugin boutique scaler march 7. I just found it and uploaded it cause this is pretty neat. The pros and cons of hitch hiking by roger waters album. Rotosound rs77m monel flatwound bass guitar strings 40 50. What kind of bass guitar does pink floyds exbass player.
When pink floyd started out in the psychedelic mid 1960s, they were playing clubs, led by syd barrett on guitar. The song, written by waters, is his own critique of the music industry at the time, and the hypocrisy of the bands record label to continue releasing more material. Have a cigar bass tab by pink floyd with free online tab player. Another brick in the wallalbum version as per the album version of the wall this is how it is recorded with the happiest days of our lives going straight into another brick in the wall part 2. Pink floyd the last concert gilmour, waters, mason. Roger waters has been playing several basses over his career, and without a doubt prefers fender precision over any other model or brand. Pink floyd formed in london in 1965 when syd barrett moved there from cambridge.
While an inear monitors didnt exist then, roger waters needed to wear headphones. And because roger waters and his surrogate andy bown both played bass, there had to be two bass rigs on each stage two altec rigs for the front stage and two phase linearamplified martin rigs at the rear. But by the midtwentieth century, bass players had a new instrument on which to practice their craft. As you can watch in the video, roger was teaching the songs intro part and you can see that he is as good at playing the acoustic guitar as he mastered the bass guitar. Roger waters bass guitar richard wright wurlitzer electric piano with wah effect nick mason drums dick parry tenor saxophone. Who knows, maybe itll help you rethink how you approach your music and give you. Pink floyd another brick in the wall bass guitar lesson. What do you think of roger waters as a bass guitar player. The in the flesh 1977 was the first tour where pink floyd had to use click track to synchronise music to the film. Introduced in 1970, the phase linear 700 amplifier got its name from its combined output of 350 watts per channel. He has worked with artists ranging from jordin sparks to sly stone. David gilmour played bass parts in the album while roger waters played the rhythm guitars so live versions will sound different. As others have said hes not good in the same way john entwistle is but roger does some great things with the bass guitar. Roger waters bass david gilmour guitars nick mason drums and percussion richard wright keyboards andy brown.
At the beginning of the video i was pretty impressed because when this was played on the 1977 in the flesh tour, snowy white played bass on this song and roger played guitar. Tastefully tailored signature from waters own simpleyetsophisticated bass work, with distinctive features. And if you need help with your gear amps, effects, etc. Amount or depth the amount of delay used feedback some flangers may take the flanged sound and run it back through itself compounding the effect use your ears and good taste to find the sound you want. Roger waters tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including 430 am apparently they were travelling abroad, amused to death, 501 am the pros and cons of. Speed or rate the frequency of, or how fast, the lfo is modulating the delay time. Bass guitar lessons from a qualified bass guitar teacher in cheshire covering tarporley, kelsall, northwich, delemere, frodsham, winsford and beyond. The bass track of money, a pink floyd song from the album dark side of the moon. In the early days of pink floyd he could be seen wielding a fireglo rickenbacker 4001s but since then his obvious preference has been for the trusty fender precision, of which hes used several. Roger waters, the creative power and songwriting force behind pink floyd, presents is this the life we really want.
I play bass guitar and i have a hypothesis about roger waters. He employed a pair of hiwatt custom 200 dr201 bass amps. Other features of the fender precision roger waters bass are a 9. It follows welcome to the machine and on the original lp opened side two. Have a cigar is the third track on pink floyds 1975 album wish you were here. For many centuries, the double bass was a fixture in concert halls throughout the world.
With this bass you realy can sound similar to roger waters. He joined fellow musicians nick mason, roger waters and rick wright and their first album, the piper at the gates of dawn, was released in 1967. So take a break from honing your own chops for a bit, and check out what your heroes use to conjure their amazing tones. What kind of bass guitar does pink floyds ex bass player roger waters play.
The hardware and options vary with the specific variant, but the most common configuration is one splitcoil humbucking pickup. He has some signature moves he does, which sometimes cross into different songs. In the early 1970s, he switched to a fender precision bass. I dont blame him at all, cause thats wicked hard to do well. Roger waters bernard edwards james jamerson carol kaye donald duck dunn sting john deacon. Money by pink floyd free bass tab may music studio. How to get the james jamerson motown bass sound scotts bass lessons duration. Bass tablature for pigs three different ones by pink floyd.