Roland G-77 Vintage Bass Guitar Instructional Rock School Video - Excerpt - Series 2, Episode 2

www.joness.com/... In 1985 the BBC produced a series of one hour instruction programs called Rock School. These were also broadcast in the US on PBS. To demonstrate proper, cutting-edge technology, a number of vintage Roland guitar synths were used. This is a great clip which features the rare Roland G-77 bass.

[@richardharrold9736]

This is so 80s... wonder why it never took off? The biggest-selling basses of 2017 are 65-year-old designs!

[@royalyugoslavrecords8939]

it's like I've found a time capsule

[@reddevil9554]

I know, I used to watch it at the time on BBC. :D

[@gcvrsa]

I loved this show when I was a teenager in the 80s. Makes me really want a G-77, too.

[@upvalue]

Being a sound engineer must have been easy in the 80s... "Just add more Chorus to EVERYTHING and we're good to go"

[@s8terseeyal8teryah8t]

it worked pretty well i'd say

[@gasolineandwine]

The only reason I found this slap playing tolerable is because of the chorus. It's not used enough anymore.

[@ZeroChannelZero]

How is this an instructional video for the G-77 if all he does is play the riff once, dry, and tell the keyboardist to sequence the rest on a Yamaha DX7? My G-77 didn't come with a keyboardist o_O

[@leftyrighty5045]

Ahhh, the good old days when life was simpler.

[@this_connor_guy]

I want to switch my bass/G-707 stuff for this. It sounds so much better than my current bass.

[@andygee8716]

Christ, I'm old!

[@firebirdgao]

Oh putain ce look 80’s a fond ... c’était le top de la mode

[@mr.popoballballl745]

you spin me right round baby right round

[@WayneJoness]

Yeah baby!

[@d4r0xx0r]

Rockschool was amazing.
Just LISTEN to this guy - the 1980s were, truly, a golden age of wonder and limitless possibilities. And what do we have now, in this day and age? Either autotuned rappers boasting of guns and money, or "men" who want to sing like Alanis Morrisette, with their screechy, whiny voices, singing about peeing the bed and crying (yes, Coldplay, I DO mean you!).

[@WayneJoness]

I do really appreciate the optimism of the 80s. We really thought anything was possible.

[@matthewzin]

is that tony butler?

[@HootHinge]

Ufabulum

[@777Eliyahu]

Are they humans playing machines? OR MACHINES PLAYING HUMANS!!! Make way for our new robotic overlords!!!

[@sprintbass]

I learned all this from 12"inch records....

[@marcblum5348]

so cheesy.

[@WayneJoness]

The best cheese!