Jaco remarked that he was out to “make this non-instrument an instrument” (Mission accomplished, Jaco). Ira refused at first, telling Jaco that he didn’t like bass guitar. On Portrait of Jaco: the Early Years, legendary trumpet player Ira Sullivan shared the story of how Jaco Pastorius wanted to join Ira’s band. There were plenty of bassists who wouldn’t take the bass guitar seriously early on, and plenty of band leaders who didn’t either. While the bass guitar has grown in popularity (and string count), it didn’t start out that way. In fact, there are plenty of bassists older than the oldest Fender bass still playing today. That’s not a long time ago as instruments go. Leo Fender didn’t invent the electric bass, but he’s the one who made it popular, starting in the 1950’s.
“Why doesn’t he just switch to guitar and get on with it?”Īnd our favorite: “I thought this was ‘All Bass, No Treble’!”įor those of us who play the bass guitar, our instrument is incredibly young. We hear plenty of responses, and while they’re not all “that’s not bass!”, they’re pretty similar: Feedback for these bassists and their brand of music is usually mostly positive, but it is guaranteed to be mixed. In the last week alone, we’ve featured Zander Zon‘s all-bass cover of Metallica’s “The Unforgiven”, “new school” bassist Simon Fitzpatrick, and a video by Nick Mason performing his arrangement of “ You’ve Got a Friend in Me” for solo bass. Often times when we feature a new bassist doing a new thing, readers sometimes respond with “that’s not bass!” And there’s an interesting conversation these days.
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