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JimN wrote:Hi, Don. Long time no see...!
I think most people here are familiar with the Burns / Ampeg tie-up of the mid-sixties, but I don't think Burns made Ampeg instruments. Rather, Ampeg sold some Burns models (in the USA only) under the Ampeg name.
But... you've got me thinking, and I think you're onto something. The sound of the bass certainly is unusual for that period, and to be frank, only a few UK bassists could play that well on bass guitar at the time. I've listened to the recording a few times and am leaning towards the guitarist being the famous Judd Proctor. His touch and tone are very distinct, and I have a few other library recordings featuring Judd. There is a great similarity in the style of playing as compared with Dine And Dance.
The bass, on the other hand, also, as you say, sounds very distinct, and my thought on this is that it could be Dave Richmond, with his 1961 three-pickup Burns Black Bison Bass, fitted perhaps with the earliest iteration of Rotosound's Swing Bass string sets?
Dave was one of maybe a half-dozen to ten players in the UK with that sort of playing chops and the most obvious well-known sessioneer who would have been available for John Scott library sessions. The only other player who readily comes to mind for the period and who could match those standards at that time would be John Paul Jones...
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