For years I thought I was the only person who liked Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" (Capitol Records, 1968); in truth I thought I was the only person who had heard of it. The song was as much a part of my childhood as the other records my parents filled the house with, and along with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Nina and Frederick and John Barry (whose "Vendetta" was my co-favourite song as a boy), the work of Campbell saturated my life.
As I developed a taste for the loungecore torch song (although in those days it was known as the rather more prosaic term, "middle of the road"), I discovered that "Wichita Lineman", like most of Campbell's great songs, had been written by Jimmy Webb – "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", "Where's the Playground Susie", "Galveston", etc – and that "Lineman" had become known as the first existential country song. I discovered Campbell played guitar on the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, recorded the little-known Brian Wilson classic "Guess I'm Dumb", and that he played the bass himself on "Lineman" on a Danelectro six-string. I became obsessed with "Lineman", sought out Jimmy Webb gigs (including his 1994 Cafe Royal gig), and even wrote a piece about the song for this newspaper.
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Matt: A Fender bass. I don't know what my amp is. Tyler: I use a lot of Danelectro equipment. It helps get the 'surfy' sound. (He also plays a bitchin' Vox
somebody please tell me where i can buy a Danelectro DC bass or Hodad bass!
i've been looking for ages and can't find anything.
a website would be better than a store.
thanks
Check out http://www.guitar24.de
It is a German site but they ship to all Europe.
If you cannot see it on the web site, just give them a call.
Ive found a gorgeous mini amp from danelectro..but i cant find a bass amp by them ANYWHERE. So shall i just stick my bass into that an hope for the best?
Same thing with effects the pedals.. can i just chuck em on and see if they do the job.. lol. Plus if someone can find me a danelectro bass tuning pedal ill love them FOREVER (In the UK) I can only find tuning pedals in America and theyre not even for the bass. :\
or am i just being stupid and you can use em anyway?
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Ohh thanks =] Yehh you're right loads of people say you should buy amps specifically made for your bass.. i wondered if the same was true of pedals.
it dosent matter if you plug a bass guitar in a electric guitar amp nothing happens i always do it you will always get people sayin NOO thats just stupid it'll blow your amp.
just ignore em same with effects pedals just plug em into your bass n it'll be fine they may not be as good because some bass pedals are designed for that frequancy but you arent being stupid
if you'd like to hear more of this Danelectro, go to my myspace www.myspace.com Though i don't know all the players on the list below i ...
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