Gloves? (no Guild content)

markus

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 12, 2007
Messages
1,501
Reaction score
146
Location
Vienna/Austria
Guild Total
8
I saw an absolutely fabulous John McLaughlin concert this evening - he was performing great (on a Godin electric).
At least as impressive were the sideman:
Gary Husband: keyboards and drums
Mark Mondesir: drums
Etienne Mbappé: Bass
He played a bass like here with an Eden World Tour 800 (?) amp and some Hartke cabinets (115XL + 410XL ?, but I don't know anything about this kind of gear).

But why does he wear gloves? :shock:

Markus :D
 

fronobulax

Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
Joined
May 3, 2007
Messages
24,708
Reaction score
8,836
Location
Central Virginia, USA
Guild Total
5
From here.
And then of course the necessary question: why does Etienne Mbappé always play the bass wearing thin, black silk gloves?

– I was waiting for that question, ha ha! The gloves are soon better known than me… It’s not because of allergy or any such problems. I tried it once because I wanted a sound that was softer, bigger, smoother. It wasn’t easy to start playing with gloves, but now I’m used to it, and I like the sound.
 

mellowgerman

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 21, 2008
Messages
4,098
Reaction score
1,501
Location
Orlando, FL
No... I don't buy it. He's probably a cyborg with terminator hands.
_42373957_i_limb_hand416x289.gif
 

fab467

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 14, 2009
Messages
1,396
Reaction score
0
Location
New York
mellowgerman said:
No... I don't buy it. He's probably a cyborg with terminator hands.
_42373957_i_limb_hand416x289.gif
:lol: :lol: That reminds me of the robot who took Paul McCartney's place in the Beatles after he "died" in the late '60s...remember 28IF?? :roll: :lol:
 

mgod

Gone But Not Forgotten
Gone But Not Forgotten
Joined
Jun 23, 2008
Messages
568
Reaction score
237
Location
Los Angeles
But that one is shown to be true by the obvious musical facts.

DS
 

mikko

Junior Member
Joined
May 21, 2010
Messages
70
Reaction score
0
Location
Finland
Holger Czukay also played bass with gloves sometimes.
 

fronobulax

Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
Joined
May 3, 2007
Messages
24,708
Reaction score
8,836
Location
Central Virginia, USA
Guild Total
5
mgod said:
But that one is shown to be true by the obvious musical facts.

DS
*snicker*
The Beatles were never a favorite band and I ignored must of the solo/successive projects.
 
Top