Jeff Ament really not playing on SNL?

atroubsatroubs Posts: 4
edited December 2008 in The Porch
it really does look and sound like he isn't playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfexHGgv6U
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  • looks like he's still playing on the fret board
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  • atroubs wrote:
    it really does look and sound like he isn't playing


    no....he's just that good.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • no....he's just that good.

    Exactly ; )
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  • Exactly ; )

    seriously though.....what do people think? he went Mili Vanili on snl??? they're called Hammer ons and pull offs!
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    that investigation was shoddy.
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    seriously though.....what do people think? he went Mili Vanili on snl??? they're called Hammer ons and pull offs!

    I agree... or like someone said in one of the youtube comments.. the snl guys tape the rehearsals, so it's feasible that they punched in a couple bass notes to cover any mistake he made at that point.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
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  • i'm hearing hammer ons/offs for the fill
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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    ament is till god, irregardless

    I think you mean "regardless".

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless
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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    seriously though.....what do people think? he went Mili Vanili on snl??? they're called Hammer ons and pull offs!
    He took his hand off the fretboard.
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  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    That's like one of those "Bigfoot" videos, where the taper claims to have finally proven their existence. I would bet my left-one that there is a logical, gear-related answer to this "question".
  • PrlJam27PrlJam27 Posts: 346
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    He took his hand off the fretboard.

    i noticed that too
  • PrlJam27 wrote:
    i noticed that too

    when his hand goes off the fretboard to adjust his hat, he's playing the strings. when his hand goes off the strings to adjust his cable, he's playing the fretboard.
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  • when his hand goes off the fretboard to adjust his hat, he's playing the strings. when his hand goes off the strings to adjust his cable, he's playing the fretboard.

    served.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • there's definitely something fishy going on here though...:)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djh5j4S5cPM
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  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    This comment is great:) from this Youtube page:

    cjmst3k (6 months ago)



    "
    Maybe after the show went live, maybe they allowed Jeff to come back to play a few notes for the re-broadcast, OR the more likely scenario is that they took the REHEARSAL show's bass lick - and patched over the buzz and crackle of the LIVE show's bass problem. The only way to tell for sure is to look at an ORIGINAL TAPE from when this show FIRST aired LIVE (not when replayed).

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    "


    the last sentence...
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  • PrlJam27PrlJam27 Posts: 346
    i dont know....if those are hammer ons and pull offs, those are some DEEP ass sounding hammer ons and pull offs.
  • PrlJam27 wrote:
    i dont know....if those are hammer ons and pull offs, those are some DEEP ass sounding hammer ons and pull offs.

    well yeah, if you're knowingly not going to be picking the strings, your going to hammer on/off pretty hard.
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  • He's using the force.
  • PrlJam27PrlJam27 Posts: 346
    well yeah, if you're knowingly not going to be picking the strings, your going to hammer on/off pretty hard.


    i play myself. i understand what you mean. but the linear tone just sounds too perfect to me.
  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    Personally I think the most likely scenario is they cut in a few scenes from the rehearsal for whatever reason, ie: the audio is performed live but they've occasionally edited in some vision from the rehearsal.
  • DPrival78DPrival78 Posts: 2,263
    the real bass player was behind the grassy knoll.
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • DPrival78 wrote:
    the real bass player was behind the grassy knoll.

    hilarious
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