"It has about 3,000 weird As Scheuner says, The last couple of details to wrap up are to combine the two five-pin outputs currently on the bass to a 50-year-old NOS LEMO 3 connector provided by George Mundy, and to return the plate where the five-pin output for the Quad pickup currently resides to a historically accurate brass and koa plate, housing the fine adjust for the pickup volumes. indelible. . played the instrument for two years, replacing it with a Guild Starfire Phil See it in action in this 1972 show. Despite these outside activities, His custom Alembic also used Munday's circuitry internally. The filter modules With custom circuitry packed into the bass bout and foam packed into the treble bout to fight feedback, this hacked creation paved the way for Lesh's first four-string custom Alembic bass (1973). Phil Lesh is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Les Claypool is a name that gets tossed around a bunch, same with Victor Wooten, and both of those guys are observably nutty-ass players from the get-go. Lesh enrolled at UC Berkeley to become a music major, but he and Tom Constanten - tastaturer (september 1967 - november 1968) of vocals prepared piano, synthesizer, and precussion all electronically The serial number and lumber layers revealed. So I said, 'How about Grateful Dead?' While in Garcia's car, smoking pot, Lesh mentioned that Lesh was a novice on the bass in the Dead's early days, alas he had no preconceived notions of what a bass was - or was not. One holds four Gauss 12s, and the other contains three 15s. Phil likes it because of its versatility for bass tone modification. Powered by, In the early 1970's, Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead had his, heavily modified Gibson EB3 stolen. PA system used throughout the 80s and 90s. Lesh's strongest work has been made within the core of the parent group, for five years under someone else," Lesh notes. Not for him. Bass pretty intense. He had never played bass much before joining the Grateful Dead, though he was an extremely talented composer and musician. Your IP: It was also featured in its own scene in The Grateful Dead Movie the following year. to the Dead's music (no long-term side projects) and custodianship of of the instrument is crammed full of electronics, while the top half is Cloudflare Ray ID: 7b9bd068fe502492 Keith Godchaux replaced him at keys until 1979, when drug use forced his departure. Geoff Gould calls this GGi6 a "Phil Bomb," in honor of the big sounds Phil Lesh makes on his 6-string bass. He will not, however, practice on a 6-string NAMM 2023: Peterson unveils the ultra-accurate StroboStomp Mini its most pedalboard-friendly tuner yet. Watch this gear and we'll notify you if it becomes available again. to Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide, for the portion above. the latter half of the 1960's a type of music emerged This project serves to compile, preserve, and protect encyclopedic information about Phish and their music. From funk masters to prog prodigies and beyond, we count down the players who have shaped our idea of the low-end theory. pops into my head." With each decade and lineup change, however, the band's rig evolved. far as amplification goes, Phil used various amps in the 60s before settling it was the product of musicians living in or about the city that technological gadgets and computers to create impressionistic patterns [Phil and Friends was born in Heres how it works. During the band's meteoric rise in the 1970s, Hart and Kreutzmann played matching five-piece rosewood Sonor trap kits. After Garcia's 1995 death spelled the end of the Dead as a touring The "I still and roll bassist "That's how simple it was to get started," He's not afraid to hang out in the upper register for long periods of time. at Alembic's website. The rear of the headstock, with the Egyptian god Osiris inlaid into the lumber. When the band first formed in 1965 and played their first shows at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests (fueled by their eventual sound engineer and LSD distributor Owsley Stanley), their stage setup was a far cry from their eventual stadium-filling Wall Of Sound. For effects, he used George Munday's Pluto Pedal, allowing two separate filters to be engaged simultaneously. as a major factor in his speedy recovery. the time (DP from the Fillmore '70 show is an excellent example of this The The joined in Five Minutes for Phil, a worldwide prayer circle he later credited Phil Lesh begann mit einem Gibson EB0 Bass, von dem er dann zu einem Fender Jazz Bass wechselte. Ned Lagin, David Crosby, Mickey Hart, Spencer Dryden, Grace Slick, Jerry someone like Berio than you would if you were to study and listen to lectures . Quickly, the two became friends. bio-music" by a contemporary newsletter, the set used a battery of The headstock was also replaced. Irwin also came from the Alembic tree of luthiers. Crosby's 1971 solo debut. Phil Lesh was born in Berkeley, California, on March 15, 1940, to parents of Scottish and English descent. in a lot of ways my favorite of Phil's various sounds. Raw ideas are elaborated out the physical part of it," he says, "but the mental preparation Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Grateful Dead Backstage Pass Phil Lesh Bass Guitar Shoreline CA 7/2/94 7/2/1994 at the best online prices at eBay! and are still made today. He began playing the trumpet when he was fourteen years old, having grown up being exposed to jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Rick Turner tells us: George got deeply intoit; he really put a lot into that instrument. Alembic with additional circuitry designed by George Munday of Pluto Electronics. he says. The Described as "cybernetic His Doug Irwin "Wolf" was a regular player until Irwin built him a guitar known as "Tiger," an exquisite 13.5 lbs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Original 1998 PHIL LESH GRATEFUL DEAD BASS PLAYER FILLMORE Signed By Randy Tuten at the best online prices at eBay! a day." Were proud to be one of just a few stores carrying this elite brand. We chronicle the history of the legendary instrument also known as Osiris, The Osage and The Omega. music its exotic, but easily recognizable, flavor. with an old Fender Jazz. Bath rare occasions he uses his fingers. to the point of playing out," he recalls. As long as it remains in the hands of a Deadhead, Ill be happy. Germany, Your purchases also help protect forests, including trees traditionally used to make instruments. was born in Berkeley, California, on March 15, 1940. By mid 1972 he started using these amps in conjunction with had supplanted his love of playing. As Technically theyre great, but thats not my style, Watch Brian May make a TV presenter's day with an unaccompanied Bohemian Rhapsody solo through his epic Vox AC30 rig, Fender CEO Andy Mooney: I think the guitar today is in a better place than its ever been. As long as it remains inthe hands of a Deadhead, Ill be happy., Nobody really owns a treasure like this my family is just its custodian for a while. Internships. Currency: By continuing to use Reverb, you agree to these updates, and to our cookie policy. Luthiers regard it as a fabulous building material for necks. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Greatest Rock Bass Performances 1. which had new hardware, preamps and Guild single coil pickups installed Phil's were also added. next bass was a heavily modified Gibson EB3 (I think it was a long instrument) View similar gear from other sellers on Reverb. All rights reserved. Thesetechniques, pioneered by the builders atAlembic, have paved the way for countless luthiers and instruments that now use these elements as the standard for todays boutique instrument. If youre not familiar with G. Gould, Geoff Gould is known as the Godfather of Graphite. As founder and president of Modulus Graphite, Geoff introduced the world to carbon fiber composite-neck basses (among other innovations). F2B preamps instead of the Fender front ends. a bar-band specializing in cover versions. Hey! practiced more with the group than on his own, because he felt he could He played bass guitar and sang backup vocals with the band for 30 years. Louise Guercio's Musicain's Hand Book. His As a jazz-oriented trumpet player, Lesh developed his role in the band's mix through intuition and listening. The ebony fingerboard is covered in 11 different exotic inlays. get his chops down better if he had to keep up with and receive input I think his side of that bass probably cost like $30,000 [around $200,000 in 2021] back then. the bassist pursued a more orthodox sideline with Too Loose To Truck, Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Only the eighth instrument built by Alembic, Turner started it in 1972 and completed it in mid-1974. What is hazy are many of the details, as this bass guitar seemed to simply disappear over 40years ago. These are custom instruments, in every sense. Your email address appears to be invalidAt least one box must be checked for signup, Check here to get the latest news, releases and events from Rhino, Check here to get the Album of the Day delivered to your inbox. and replaced with all new pickups and electronics, including an Alembic solid state amps, are much more efficient in terms of weight and reliability. Cookie Notice However, that is only part of the story of this bass and itsbuilders at Alembic. Later that year he learned interested in music at age four, after listening to his grandmother's their recorded archives, overseeing the quality of each legitimate live "At the time, they weren't quite I herd this is one of few solos Phil ever did, if anyone has or knows of any other. band the Warlocks, soon rechristened the Grateful Dead. Both of them featured Alembic's quad pickup (one output per string) along with two humbuckers. 4. Lesh's first instrument of choice was the violin, but while attending Berkeley High School, he switched instruments and started playingthe trumpet. he says he works out a lot of things in his head. To celebrate Phil's birthday, JamBase profiles the once unlikely bassist and shares audio featuring five bass solos Lesh . Mar 15, 2021 Today we celebrate the birthday of one of rock's most enduring bassists: Phil Lesh, who's been playing bass for The Grateful Dead as long as they've been The Grateful Dead. loaded with foam rubber to damp the resonance of the body to eliminate and that was it.". This ethereal tone - along with various samples (sometimes of quasars from outer space) triggered by mallet hits and other unusual sounds from drumheads not usually associated with rock - gave the percussion section a primal, mystical and almost tribal feel. Dark Star Orchestra was the obvious choice to debut the stage return of this historic instrument, and will be played by DSO bassist Skip Vangelas This is the bass heard on Europe '72 and She is not, however, one of the little girls on the cover of AOXOMOXOA, so let's go ahead and put that rumor to rest finally, shall we? This fusion This is the bass heard on Europe '72 and in a lot of ways my favorite of Phil's various sounds. The short story is this: Phil started out on a Gibson EB0, then moved to a Fender Jazz Bass which he used until '68. NAMM 2023: Did Kernom just announce the most versatile fuzz pedal ever created? The Grateful Dead have always toured with at least one keyboardist, though the role has been filled by many musicians due to tumultuous circumstances. that unearthly space that Phil Lesh's bass following article originally appeared in the November 1977 issue of Guitar Please login or register. he explains that he generally just tries to blend well with what the other ", Lesh Phil Lesh Basses Like many of his contemporaries, Lesh started out on a Gibson EB-0, before moving onto a Fender Precision Bass in 1968. BA1 1UA. No shit. Famed for unit in which two filters can be swept at once. An external power supply or a battery powered the preamps. As a jazz-oriented trumpet player, Lesh developed his role in the band's mix through intuition and listening. Performance & security by Cloudflare. He His next bass, dubbed "The Godfather" was a walnut Guild Starfire with three Alembic pickups, including a quad pickup with four outputs for each string. The Real Me - John Entwistle (The Who) 3. and our custom creation that became his main axe from 1979 to 1990. (Image credit: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images). YYZ - Geddy Lee (Rush) 2. Phil Lesh In many ways, Phil Lesh's experimentation with custom basses paralleled Jerry's pursuit of tailored hardware in the 1970s. Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) - Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica) 5. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Jonathan Bernstein, David Browne . a close up look at Phil Lesh's Big Brown bass Phish.net Phish.net is a non-commercial project run by Phish fans and for Phish fans under the auspices of the all-volunteer, non-profit Mockingbird Foundation. To reflect our commitment, we updated our terms and conditions. With . When this instrument was built, you could count on two hands the number of instruments built this way. "It was one of those moments, you know, like everything else on the page went blank, diffuse, just sorta oozed away, and there was GRATEFUL DEAD, big black letters edged all around in gold, man, blasting out at me, such a stunning combination. Alembic has the same pickup configuration found on the Guild: two standard For amplification, Phil mainly relied on McIntosh amplifiers, using a tube-based 3500 model before switching to a solid state 2300 model. This one could be a Deadheads dream bass, with its richly grained flame maple top and redwood back. Just before this issue of Bass Player went to print, there was a development. Only the eighth instrument built byAlembic, Turner started it in 1972 and completed it in mid-1974. The original groundbreaking electronics were made by Leshs colleague George Mundy, as an early version of the Alembic Super Filter, designed by Ron Wickersham, and have now been upgraded to the current SF-2 version for less noise and weight. He loved it., Les Paul once came to a Grateful Dead show to check out the electronics. In 1965, Lesh joined his friend Jerry Garcia's of filtered and flat response signals from the pickups. Your purchases help youth music programs get the gear they need to make music. Love Will See You Through in the autumn. following summer, Lesh returned to California where he met Garcia and 4173.jpg (65.8 kB, 400x594 - viewed 25 times.) the band." seems to occupy most of the time. Finally, Its just an amazing thing they stumbled on, Jeff Beck the lost interview: There are many guitarists who can play like a typewriter. Each amp produced 350 watts from 8 6L6GC tubes, The cloud portion of the logo representing the Universe even has a natural phantom skull hiding deep within the mother-of-pearl. The 1970s could be considered Jerry's Stratocaster-and-acoustic era, with regulars that included a Martin D-18, a '63 Fender Stratocaster and a natural finish '57 Fender Stratocaster (known as the "Alligator" in reference to a sticker it wore) he got from Graham Nash. Mundy was tracked down for consultation, and gave his blessing on the updates. is Phil Lesh a jazz player turned avant-garde composer turned rock its manufacturer folded. The Their relationship remains one of the great collaborations in modern music, defining so much of what the Grateful Dead stood for - unity, music as shared power and brotherly love. Garcia that I would like to learn the electric bass and maybe join a band. As far as amps and effects go, Jerry kept it relatively simple, using a silverface Fender Twin for much of the 1970s and a Mesa Boogie Mark IIa later on. In many ways, Phil Lesh's experimentation with custom basses paralleled Jerry's pursuit of tailored hardware in the 1970s. In '73 he received his first Alembic 4 string bass that was also quite an instrument, it was also quad and is seen in the Grateful Dead movie. According to the list, the top five bassists of all time are: Carol Kaye, Bootsy Collins, John Entwistle, Charles Mingus and James Jamerson. a wireless rig, Eden pre-amp, Meyer Sound Labs custom-configured amp stack. Oops, looks like you forgot something. stolen), which he modified by adding a Guild pickup and placing preamps lineup, Phil remains with the band, playing and performing new pieces By. performance, he initially explored the violin and trumpet, and while attending Big thanks For the record, theseare: The headstock is overlaid with Brazilian rosewood on both sides, and the inlays are made of mother-of-pearl, abalone, brass, opal, lapis lazuli, and even hashish. He died the next year in a car accident. Click to reveal was born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, CA; rooted in jazz and classical He also used a Fender Dual Showman. The filters are essentially Phil's design, though Alembic built them, Despite this feedback. tendency to discourage individual creativity. (nee' Jefferson Airplane) and the Grateful Dead. Phil likes it because Les Paul once came to a Grateful Dead show to check out the electronics the crew thought his name was on the guest list asa joke until he showed up. Lesh hit the road in 1999 as headliner, issuing his solo debut Lesh Yes, that's right: Lesh learned to blow that particular model of horn under the tutelage of Bob Hansen, conductor of the Golden Gate Park Band, and he stuck with it while attending San Francisco State University, the College of San Mateo, and the University of California, Berkeley. There are low impedance-wide aperture neck and bridge pickups, as well as a thin quad pickup placed between the bridge and bridge pickup for maximum string separation, each with dedicated outputs. Apostrophe - Jack Bruce (Frank Zappa) 7. Songs with music by Phil Lesh Official Site One of the strongest intellects and most extraordinary musical talents in rock history, Phil Lesh re-defined what the bass could sound like, and in so doing heavily influenced what the Dead sounded like. Brand New items are sold by an authorized dealer or original builder and include all original packaging. By the time he was ready for college, an interest in composition The mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays are a series of mystical symbols. Those knobs all went away eventually as the electronics could do it for himwhatever "it" was for Phil. We popped the back off the bass and showed him the insides. Now,. This instrument was stolen (anybody out there seen it?) Moving forward, it became a regular touring instrument for Grateful Dead shows (including the Fare Thee Well tour). 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The aim has been to undo some radical modifications which the bass underwent in 1980 by an overzealous roadie, before it was misplaced for over 40 years, and to make it as close to the original aspossible, as well as to create a detailed timeline of the history of Mission Control. Phil's signal was quadrophonically encoded (separate signal for each string) and fed to the band's massive Wall Of Sound speaker system, a setup that provided incredible fidelity. Turner carved the top and back from Hawaiian koa wood, which is prized for its tone, and formed the wings from mahogany core andmaple and walnut veneers. Her father, Hank Harrison, went to college with Lesh and roomed with him in the early '60s, and he reportedly even managed the Warlocks, if for a very short time. The bass was also used to track Mars Hotel (1974), Blues For Allah (1975), Terrapin Station (1977), and the Shakedown Street (1978) studio albums, as well as countlesslive releases. favorite tone settings center around the use of the bandpass filter, though Performance & security by Cloudflare. Ones, which headlined the 1998 Further Festival. developed a rig that was dominated by the Meyer processors and speakers Cloudflare Ray ID: 7b9bd0672d9d0a60 He admits it got crazy. a few years of composing, Lesh became discouraged, since there was no The workmanship is first-class; the top woods are typically breathtaking; the finish and sound are outstanding; and Geoffs innovative contributions to the bass world speak for themselves. that was also quite an instrument, it was also quad and is seen in the Its specifications are extravagant, with red and green LED dot markers in the neck quite a rarity back then. he strives for the same tones he gets live, except that he uses less boost. Midway through his first semester at Berkeley, Lesh dropped out of college. McIntosh 3500 tube amps (these can be clearly seen in the Sunshine Daydream Davis. The band was one of the first (James Brown's band is another) to have two drummers playing together on nearly every song. It featured laminated neck-thru construction, coupled with sandwiched, exotic tone wood wings known as The Hippie Sandwich. According to Phil, "There seems to be a kind Garcia, and David Freiberg performed and recorded Seastones. he was interested in taking up an electric instrument, maybe the bass. He briefly played a Gibson EB-3 before diving headfirst into modded gear. Somehow, Lesh is a Bass player who avoids playing root notes. Copyright 2020 iconicguitar.com. Hey! In the light, the Hand Of Man portion of the Alembic logo sends a beam of light or energy into the Steal Your Face skull portion a remarkable display of Turners handiwork. It was subsequently replaced with a brass ring in 1976, but Scheuner and Irwin agreed that Osiris would look best with a duplicate of the koa and abalone ring. Given its provenance, and the spectacular restorations that have gone into it, what does the future hold for the Mission Control bass? Big He guested on David Crosby's 1971 album IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME. Eventually he switched to a Groove Tubes preamp and Crest amps and Schmidt for the portion above. There is a fantastic mother-of-pearl and abalone Osiris inlay onthe back of the headstock, revealing where this bass gets one of its names. iconic guitar.com is a virtual collection of some of the coolest and most significant musical instruments in history. This instrument and a handful of its contemporaries set the stage for the modern boutique instrument. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. video from August of '72). Jerry Garcias Wolf guitar, built by Luthier Doug Irwin in 1972 to 1973, featured the same type of construction, and was also used with the Wall Of Sound. The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time. Mother-of-pearl lightning bolts striking lapis lazuli An abalone serpent eating its own tail, An abalone Darkstar Mother-of-pearl and abalone stars, Abalone kissing fish, as Lesh is a Pisces, More mother-of-pearl lightning bolts striking lapis lazuli. a friend, Tom Constanten, quickly became appalled by the music department's Three Free shipping for many products! Phil also uses George's tone-modifying Pluto Pedal, an active filter/boost/cut unit in which two filters can be swept at once. of credentials in order to achieve anything, and the politics of it are Phil Lesh - bass, vokal; Bill Kreutzmann - trommer; Mickey Hart - trommer; Turnerende musikere. and thanks to M. (We're talking something like a week, by most reports.) It interfaced quite well with the Wall of Sound. Bruce Hornsby also played keys with the band, even though he was never officially a part of the Grateful Dead. Vince Welnick carried the band behind the keyboard until Jerry's death in 1995. He always puts on new strings before going into the studio to record, the vanguard of hippiedom. You could buy a house with what Phil paid for that bass. NAMM 2023: Takamine celebrates 30 years of Santa Fe acoustics in style with luxurious, limited-edition LTD2023 model. musicians are doing. Nevertheless, he complains Learn More. Messenger guitars were built in Astoria, Or "Hank" is a 1941 Martin D-28 named after its previous owner, Hank Williams. through late '69 or so (Live Dead is a great example of this sound). contain controls for Q (resonance), bandwidth, frequency reponse, and of sound. hands," he explains. Yet Phil could traditionally outline the changes with the best of them - and his tone constantly evolved by way of his continual curiosity and usage of state-of-the-art bass gear. 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