Hi everyone, I'm a bassist, even though not a professional one, and i'm a big Steely Dan and Walter Becker fan and i consider Walter really an original and unique bassist, a bit underrated.
I saw Steely Dan live 4 times: London 2000, Berlin and Lucca 2007, Rome 2009, and, as you certanly know, Walter played only guitars in those shows.
So i come to the point: i wish i was able to see Walter play bass ! but not in those old videos from the period 1972/1974 but in more recent situations.
I hope this (maybe strange ?!?) desire could be satisfied and i congratulate you for all your excellent work on Walter Becker Media
P.S. I read somewhere an article, soon after the release of Circus Money, in wich Larry Klein, himself a great bassist, said that he had to convince Walter to play bass in the album because Walter thought that Larry had to do it.
It was obvious that Larry really estimated Walter as a great bassist.
he played mainly this one for EMG....oh wait, he played this one for Circus Money for sure....I'm a little confused, casting my mind back that far...one reason it might be this one anyway is I did I quick search thru the auction catalog and no bass was identified as having been used on EMG...(a half a dozen amps are so identified) which suggests this bass was not in the auction ....which would make sense, if you get my meaning 😉... but next time I talk to Dave R I'll ask him if he remembers
A synth...?
Does anyone know what kind of software instrument or effect WB has on the bass tracks on songs such as War Baby (and others that have a similar bass sound as this)?
May I add that Lunch With Gina presents a paradigm of perspicuous pocket-pushing pickwork, probably played on the Sadowsky, tone for days.