Scott Lafaro - Gloria's Step

[chamoruyu]

good job!

[unclejunglebass]

this tune is so tricky to improvise over.

[MrSluggo666]

Nice job ! you don't sound like Jaco for several obvious reasons, great instrument it would make a killer fretless ! RIP Scott LaFaro !

[GBagley]

@MrSluggo666 - Thanks! (it is a fretless btw ;)

[Nateisbored]

Great stuff man. I was just looking at this tune in the real book so i thought id search it. I noticed the name "Scott Lafaro" on the lead sheet and I've heard that he's one of the best bassists. I agree that your tone sounds exactly like jaco. Keep up the amazing stuff!

[SIRONEDRAGON]

cool : ) 

[willdogg1954]

well played, I have always wanted to play bass, but never learned. I love the bass, and list Mingus, Haslip, Pastorius, Brown,Lefaro as some of my faves. Keep playing and ignore the naysayers

[rclere1]

Really great playing, do not listen to these other pinheads.... your tone and feel are just right, and besides... we are all a "work in becoming!! Blessings and thanks for the inspiration!

[then00best]

yeah i love those tritones

[tonespinner]

Well, I for one thought your timing/feel/tone were great. You capture the essence of what Scott was doing.

[platypode]

@tonespinner

He was playing more of what Bill was doing...

[tonespinner]

@platypode I beg to differ. In my opinion it was an interplay of equal importance with Scotty's role being in no way subordinate to Bill's.

[dariocasatibassista]

yeah, nice bass

[monkeybass01]

Damn, very nice tone.

[didiklomberg]

Fine playing. Great tone !

[jtracy1989]

your bass sounds like straight up jaco tone

your timing felt a little weird at times and i'd suggest take the melody up and octave and giving it a little more feeling

message me back i want to know what type of bass u have

[GBagley]

They're custom made by Mike Kinal.

[GBagley]

They're made by Mike Kinal.

[rbx774]

Nice try, although I think you didn't really get the feel on some parts... But overall nice try, it's not a easy one afterall!

And I must say that that acoustic sound fantastically beautiful!!! Are you using flats or do you have a cut in treble?

[GBagley]

Thanks! I'm using Thomastik-Infeld Acousticore (bronze wound, nylon-core) strings. They have a very warm tone. I probably had some bass boost and treble cut on the preamp too, though I don't remember exactly now.

[j0e9544]

I think that used to be my bass!

paul from Florida

[GBagley]

Hey, you are correct! Thanks for the bass! Can't tell you how many good things have come from this bass, and the 6-string fretted Kompact that I ordered from Mike later on. Love them both!

[RussBass48]

Great playing man! Love the tone on that bass...

[Baujioss]

Great rendition. Scott Lafaro was amazing, and that acoustic bass sounds amazing.

[FatTomy]

sounds like a fretless o.0 freakin great ^^

[GBagley]

Probably sounds that way because it IS a fretless!  ;)

[FatTomy]

really? oh crap i thought it was the one you used in another video ^^ still outstanding sound for an acoustic. keep it up dude. ;)

[barteroo2002]

'Sunday at the Village Vanguard' - I agree with you Mr Bagley - amazing album!

Brilliant playing on this and all your vids. I'm a lazy bassist and you're inspiring me to get back to studying. Time for me to dig up my copy of 'Solo Bass Concepts' by Marc Foster and Chuck Sher me thinks...

Peace.

[sfnchl]

Exuse me....where did you find this sheet music?

[GBagley]

The chords/melody are in the Bass Clef edition of the Real Book.

[sfnchl]

Thank you, great bassist!!!

[bivala]

I love your great sound

[thesoulofbass]

what kind of acoustic bass is that?

[GBagley]

They're custom made by Mike Kinal. Amazing basses!

[enigma373]

get an upright son.

[TheBubba74]

Why? I think it sounds great. 

BTW, nice vibrato. You're making that bass sing.

[HedvikaaMonika]

it´s half acoustic bass, or acoustic at all?

[GBagley]

It's fully acoustic. With piezo pickups.

[jazzcombo251]

nice man.

[drinkmorebananas]

Dude, that's amazing. You checked out Scott's entire play pretty well. Good intonation by the way. Keep on working!

[behjoh]

Beautifulll.Great sound and technic.Regards

[renaudbassplayer]

wooow man, this bass sound so sweet !

[bassplayer1960]

I am sure you will like the clarus and if I was not so enamored with portability I might have done the same. Good luck

[bassplayer1960]

I like the transparent sound of the Coda and it's a great fit for the Rob Allen with it's not so boomy lows and very resonate mids and highs. This outfit is also a nice complement for my main band which is acoustic oriented and includes a hand drumming percussionist and harpist (Celtic and world music)

[bassplayer1960]

I gig a lot and love walking from my car with this pretty powerful rig and including the bass am still only carrying a total of 55lb My former amp, an SWR Workingmans 12, sounded pretty OK but was too heavy and not loud enough, particularly when playing outdoors. I am also a new upright player and the Acoustic Image combos are very big with that community.

[bassplayer1960]

Hi, I actually play through an Series II Coda R combo.I purchased it in the spring of '06. At the end of the Series II run Acoustic Image made a limited amount of 600watt Coda's (300watt was the standard)which I believe are simply Coda's with Focus guts. Given all of the power I decided to purchased a series II extension cabinet which has the identical speaker configuration of their combos (same for series III) a 10", 5" and 1" tweeter. (I will post more about this)

[bassplayer1960]

I thought it might be through a DI. I like the sound of your Kinal which is similar to the bass I play, a Rob Allen Mouse (short scale). I use a 600 watt acoustic Image amplifier with an extension speaker

[GBagley]

Cool, Rob Allens are sweet basses too! I actually just got an Acoustic Image Clarus 2R (series III). I thought about getting a the Focus (is that what you have?), but I don't really need the extra power. Going through an Epifani UL112. Love it! Warm tone for days! :)

[bassplayer1960]

what kind of amplifier do you use with that bass?

[GBagley]

None. I'm plugged in direct to a DI.

[sixcolora]

nice bass tone

[Adarrell]

man it sounds way out of tune...

[6stringmonster]

that bass doesnt sound good ; it sounds fantastic!

[vakmere]

cant really hear the piano, is that Chic Corea in the background? Very nice fingerings though.

[GBagley]

Check the video description. Bill Evans! I just got the Complete Village Vanguard Recordings the other day too. Incredible!

[Plus44MarkHoppus]

Really Good Playing I Have 2 ?'s Is That A Short scale Bass? And Were Did u Get It?

great playing

[GBagley]

Thanks. It is a short scale bass (30" scale length). I got mine used, but they're custom made by luthier Mike Kinal. kinal dot com

[mmcneff]

Beautiful playing, thanks for posting.  Five stars.

[AlexConley]

Dude, the tone of that bass is amazing.

Your playing also is quite great.

[neilbunker]

Yeah Man!

[hateaters]

First off, your fretless has great tone, isn't it a Kona? I have always wanted to play one of those... what kind of rig are you running through?

OK now to be critical just for the sake of being critical. It is one thing to play that on the EB, but give it a shot with an URB, I think you will appreciate the challenge. If you don't play URB (don't see why you wouldn't, as you appear to be a dedicated bassist).

All in all, Scott would smile, be proud.

[GBagley]

Thanks. Are you thinking of the Kona Walkingbass? That's the only Kona I know of, but it's a pretty different style, more like a compact electric upright. This bass was made by Mike Kinal. Called a "Kinal Kompact" bass. I'm not going through any rig, for recordings like these. I just plug straight into a DI and a nice recording soundcard. I mess around on upright occasionally, so I know full well how much tougher things like this (and pretty much anything) would be. Scott was one of the best!

[hateaters]

Kinal! I knew it started with a K =P

Keep up the great playing.

[rafaelsam]

brilliant, as always. did you transcribed it by yourself?

[GBagley]

Yeah. I transcribed that much of the solo myself. It's a pretty tricky one, Scott does a lot of really cool chromatic stuff and flies all around the fingerboard.

[slapthatbassist]

tite dawg, rate my vid?? tapping

[williamr5101]

excellent

[goldmember123]

Smooth like Butter.

You make it all look so fluent.