How Leland Sklar Discovered 'Fan Fret' Basses (Bass Tales Ep.11)
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2021
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Ever seen a bass guitar with frets that appear to be slanted? Ever wondered what they are? How they work? And what the point of them is? Then this video is for you.
In today’s video bass legend Lee Sklar talks fanned frets, planet-sized beards and how YOU can bid on the Dingwall Signature model that he’s playing in this video. He’s even signed it!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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Leland Sklar is 1 of the reasons I bought a Dingwall, proof they’re not just for metal music.
How long did it take to adjust to it?
@@StormyDay I just got my first Dingwall (NG3 5-string model) two weeks ago. I can't put it down. To answer your question, I tried one out of curiosity in a specialist bass store here in Paris. I initially felt a bit intimidated by it - but I swear, within 5 to 10 minutes I felt completely at ease with the fan-fret neck. If I had any criticism of it at all it would be that I find it slightly awkward when playing chords above the 17th fret where the fan is more extreme - but that very small limitation is more than offset by the added comfort of playing normal arpeggio and scalar patterns over the entire neck. That, and the sheer clarity of not just the B-string, but the rest too.
Finding strings is difficult
No instrument i can think of has ever been for just one style, even if pushed on them.
Even MORE respect now for Leland for his dedication in helping elephants. Maaaan!
It makes sense. That man is an elephant in our world
I'd love to see Lee go to Tennessee and play a concert to the Els
"A Dingwall took my baby!"
👏
Dude, that’s just what they cost.
Leland the everyman's bass player that nobody else is. The Swiss army knife of bass players. Everything just sounds right and works.
Leland Sklar is such a gem! We all should be so grateful living in his era and be able to listen to his wonderful stories. I know I am glued to his channel! That Dingwall is indeed a low end beast!
I met Sheldon many years ago, we were at a club for jam night. He played eruption on his own guitar, was black with the Eddie pin stipes in yellow
Lucky enough to be from Canada and having Dingwalls appear in the 90s. I got my Voodoo in 94 or 95.
Wow. I am blown with this sound. Fun fact - close to my place there is a bar where the bartender is a pro chello player and I saw his photo with Leland during one of the rehearsals they had together. Great story, it was Leland who asked for a photo when the chello guy played Bach on Leland's fretless :)))
I've been a fan of Lee since my bass life began in 1978. The right tool for the job... and you only need one great tool!
It looks like another notable advantage of the Dingwall five string is that the pickups are responsive enough to clearly capture the B string tones, while the construction allows for good sustain.
Such a lovely man, I met him several times at NAMM as a young(er) bassist and he was so welcoming and would give words of encouragement and support. Just a great person. And he loves and supports elephants!
Such a dude! 🧡
I also support elephants, even when they lose. /sarcasm.
NO but seriously that's cool AF that he makes sure they don't become extinct or hunted.
It's not just the frets, his pickups are amazing too. I have a set of Dingwall 5 string humbuckers that I got from a custom bass I had. Put them into a Tobias Toby and they totally transformed the sound. The 34" B string sounds amazing.
Got subscribed Lee’s channel and sometimes watch his videos. His nice and humble person over his amazing bassplay. And great is that he is still doing his stuff.
I think it's safe to say that he's been on more albums than any of us have listened to. Truly an amazing player, and all around human being!
I could listen to Lee Sklar talk about bass all day long. Thank you for sharing this, Scott!
Thanks, Scott. Always fascinating listening to and watching Lee.
We have played a Nolly Getgood 3 5 on stage and in rehearsals for the past three (?) years, and are constantly learning more about the bass! The detuner is an awesome idea that we hope to be able to experience some time. Highly recommended.
My own main bass is a Spector NS-5 Dimension with fanned frets in the same 34" to 37" scale length. I get that same amazing low-end tonality Lee is showing off with the Dingwall, but mine has another secret weapon: Fishman Fluence pickups. I'd never even played a guitar with Fishman's before, but now that I have, there's almost no going back. The tone they produce is as close to perfection as I've ever gotten out of an instrument. I would absolutely love to have a Dingwall, especially Lee's Dingwall, but I've come to believe that the two-grand I paid for the Spector got me all the instrument I'll ever need in a studio or live setting.
the circuit board ones??
This is great! One usually thinks of multi-scale basses as metal monsters. Lee's house is as messy as mine!
I only recently discovered Leland Sklar's YT channel and it's so great that people like him take their time to share their things with everyone. James Taylor has a great channel too. Great video, I love Dingwall basses! Maybe someday... one always needs to have a dream bass to think about. :-)
Me too, but through Linda Ronstadt
Thank you Scott for yet another wonderful insight
I own one of these basses. They are fantastic instruments.
Leland is a wealth of knowledge and information! Thanks for the video and love the support for the elephant sanctuary!
One of the most amazing instruments ever. So flipping correct.
I have an Afterburner II that I am in love with. Sheldon is a genius.
You had me at elephant rescue
It's a good informational video with a very likeable bass player.
Thanks for sharing - simply a beautiful review! I am currently looking to Dingwall for my next bass. Cheers!!
Respect and thanks to everyone involved in this noble work. 👍🙏👌😎
Now THAT is an endorsement. When Leland makes that kind of a statement, we’re sold.🎧
I saw Leland play with Lyle Lovett not too long ago in nashville and he was using this exact model of dingwall and man it sounds amazing
Sweeeet! I love Leland's playing on Dingwall basses!
Biiiig love to Mr. Sklar - and this Dingwall is a dream, what an awesome looking bass and what a tone! 💛👍
And of course only top notch guys like him can truly afford it. I found that about the synths amusing. Namely if you go and watch any synth demo here, you don't find cool lead sounds but as low blurps, boop, brrrrr baaa as possible making them look like a bass instrument only.
Much respect to Leland for his mad skills & humbleness but also his dedication to supporting an amazing charity rescuing elephants.
Thanks Scott, thanks Leland. The Elephant Sanctuary is so needed.
Leland should be an honorary member of ZZ Top. Also l can imagine being handed one of these basses after a few beers & thinking ... um well, what's new here ? 😜
I’m going to use this video as a reference to EQ my bass rig. I don’t have a 5 string, but I still recognize what you’re saying about that B string tone. Wow.
I agree 100%. . That 'B' is so full and clear. . Amazing!
Hmm! understanding tone can be subjective, but, I didn't particularly like the tone of this bass.
really sings doesn't it?
How could one not love this guy!
Great man
Absolute dude!
Amazing!
Wonderful Bass , wonderful charity and cause 🙏
Everyone has seen a Dingwall as a gritty metal machine but I think most of the people didn't see this in jazz music or pop
Absolute master 🙏
Thank you.
Looks amazing. I 100% agree that most 5-string B strings do not sound good. I may get one of these (eventually!). High price tag.
Sick ! I want one of these
Check out Leland’s UA-cam channel if you want to hear his playing and talking in separate segments. 🤘
The thought of being on just 1 album gives me chills, then to know he’s been on a million lol
I have an Excellent Yamaha TRB5P I've played 20 years, and hear that B right away is perfect. My Yamster a 1at fret C is first clear note
Wonderful human being.
3:48He won an important award! I think it was italian: "fra-gee-lay"!
Dingwall is Fun Fret Bass!
Whatbmore amazing is he was 74 years-old at the time recording and his voices doesn't sounded like an old man
Love Leland
These frets are still straight but they're not parallel to each other. Lots of love!
Well yes, because if they were parallel to each other with the strings being different lengths, then they would be out of tune.
@@barthvapour I was about to write a funny and sarcastic comment but that wouldn't help anyone. I was pointing out that the frets are still straight but not parallel because Scott was implying in the beginning of the video that the frets arent straight. But what he meant was that the frets arent parallel.
Dirty Loops bassist Henrik Linder has a bass with compensated frets for perfect intonation, which are actually bent and wiggly in different places on the neck
@@martinheath5947 yeah i know. As i undestand his instrument is tuned to just temperament but there is an issue with that. As some keys sound perfect others sound worse than before. There is a reason why pianos are tuned in equal temperament not Just, and it's because musician is expected to be able to play in all keys but just intonation revolves around 1 key. And further you need to play from that key the more worse it will sound. That's why Im not interested in his instrument at all.
@@jyrtoleek2369 Me neither
And a shout out to the good people of Saskatoon!
Nothing but respect for Scott and Leland both, but aren't fanned frets kinda yesterday's news at this point? They've even got those crazy squiggly frets now.
Hi Scott, Do you have a lesson on multi-scale right hand technique? To get an even tone I'm finding I need to move my fingers towards the headstock on the higher-pitched strings (A & G), and backwards on the lower strings (B & E.) It makes sense because plucking-distance from the bridge has a big impact on tone and the bridge is angled quite a lot, but adding the fwd & back element when string crossing sure is tricky to a 5-str multi-scale newbie.
So cool
#1: Love Yr care for the Elephants 💖 & #2: As a 5-string Aficionado I've noticed just what You mentioned; the B-string never sounds true. And I don't have the worst basses..😁 So, will investigate Dingwall. And Kudos to everything You do, Leland 😇 In the early Pandemic Your reports from home were so soothing, and moving 😢❤️ At least in Sweden all restrictions will be omitted as of in two days. Hope release of restrictions will free up Yr turf also. Reee-Spect ❣️💖✨💫
Look at your left hand. In playing positions. It makes sense.
My fender custom shop jazz has the b string tuned to a, it's true not every bass can do that but it's not just the dingwall
For $8,000 it should sound amazing.
i wish i wasnt poor and could afford a higher than 2000 dollar bass.i might actually sound good lol
obviously joking most basses sound good,just feel,action,look etc make or break them
@@bassslapper-hc2me If you don't sound good on anything over 500$ you need to practice more
@@milosjanic1038 lol yep man. Honestly on any price
I fixed up a Yamaha TRB174... this bass is sub-$200. I gave it a setup, cleaning, and new strings and it sounded startlingly good for the price! It didn't sound as good as my BB735a (which cost 4x as much), of course, but it definitely sounded better than you'd expect from such an inexpensive instrument!
That's the future!
I have been a big Leland fan for many years. Scott ...are you aware of the bassist Richard Sinclair? Richard was part of the Canterbury scene and is my fav musician. Check out "Share It" on the Hatfield and the North album ...The Rotter's Club. This song will give you an idea of Richard's musicianship :)
Wasn't he the very first to use a dingwall? If I'm not mistaken, I think I read somewhere, years ago, that Leo Fender was the first to come up with this concept, but didn't do anything with it.
I want a 4 string fan fret bass thats 34 inch scale on the E. Does such a bass exist?
I remember my dad telling me about lee when I was about 14 my dad is the one who turned me onto the bass. And I’m 38 I feel like no one knew who lee was when I was a teenager I didn’t even know who he was then . But my dad was smart for lee being his favorite bass player. What a master of his work!!
Where do you find the strings?
Although I don't own and haven't played a fanned fret bass, I think that there's some merit to this idea, based on my five string Rob Allen, which uses a 35" scale and string-through body to establish more clarity on the low B. I notice that it has a clearer low B tone than my fretted five string, which is a 34."
Its also in your hands, i play an ibanez mikro 5 strigns and my low b kicks!!! --with a 28 inch scale!!
So, Moolon P-bass and 3+ years of a wait or Dingwall?
... i play ibanez mikro... 28 in scale... would be nice if they would also make a short(er) scales model like 26--28 or even 28-30 about... a 34in scale has always been too big for the little Me :)
the most impressive piece of equipment i see is that dope built in covid mask :b. respect brother
Wandering around, in the wild, Leland sights a most amazing and never before seen by human eyes discovery, the fanned fret bass hiding high in the forest canopy...
btw, sklar means glassmaker in czech.
What is that song called that he’s playing?
That low B sounds great and besides you want the synthesizer players to get all the work?.
Legend! 🙏🎸
I just played a dingwall ng3 5 at a guitar center the other day and wow did that thing have a sweet b string. I wish they still made them in Canada.
Sounds like the proverbial match made in heaven.
I hate these auctions tho. Good cause, but like I'll ever have the money to compete...
“Treebeard, some call me.”
Amazing
Q-What do you get when you watch UA-cam instead of playing your instrument?
A-25 or more instruments that you don’t know how to play and a sizable debt that your to busy trying to payoff instead of spending time with your instrument.
Bids are currently at $5,900
I always pictured santa was a bass player.
Just checking, didn't watch the whole clip. Did Ralph Novak get about 0.5 seconds? Checking again; who came up with the concept? thanks
Can you imagine the fist-pumping that was going on in Sheldon Dingwall's hotel room the day he landed Leland Sklar?
🤣🤣🤣
How much did it sell for? The auction is long gone.
what does the bass sell for?anyone know?.nice
$$$$$…thousands
5K and up I think, maybe higher base price than that!
What song is he playing pls ?
Hi Scott, Have you ever tried to contact Carol Kaye?
👍👍👍
What's the song he's playing at the start?
Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins
Whats the first song he plays called?
that's a live version of Another Day In Paradise (Phil Collins), you can see Lee play through that here ua-cam.com/video/LRnpcTHKHqs/v-deo.html
I love Lee's channel, but unless I'm mistaken, with regards to the auction...
The most dough wins?
Why not a $5 lowest (single) bid or raffle? Would likely raise more for the elephant sanctuary and given those less financially fortunate a shot.
Benefit of a fanned fret system has to do with E string sounding better at a longer scale but not the D and G strings. Especially beneficial if you want a KILLER B string. I make my own basses and I made a fanned fret 5 string with an extra extra long B string and a standard fender scale on the G string. It sounds KILLER. I gave it to a friend to use in a studio and it is now the official studio bass. I will probably never get it back. Thing is, there is NO learning curve. It felt perfectly natural from the first time I played it. So far over 100 people have come in and used it and EVERY one of them seem to love it.
I point I often make is I have never seen anyone bar across two strings to play 5ths down, e.g. Bb to F, it must be very uncomfortable trying to bend your finger to fit between the first and second fret. When People have said how good fanned frets are and I ask to comment on the point above they never respond. I notice Skelar slides along the same string to do that. One reason why I wouldn't want one.
The fan shape was a curiosity,, now the bulb is on.
The different lengths for the different strings make sense, but then wouldn’t it make equal sense to have the tuners “in line”, rather than 2/3?🤔
It really doesn't make a difference in any way except the distance between nut and tuning peg becoming too long (and thus strings potentially slipping out of the nut), which means that the 2/3 head makes sense, especially as it's a 5 string.
what song is he playing?
What song is that