Mark White!

Mr. Mark as I know him (yes I know him personally... kinda, I've met him and taken a lesson from him) and I was watching the old Spin Doctors videos and some of them he has a jazz style bass with a black trem. WHat is the bass and trem?

Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43U0OeWg3Q

Excellent call, T! Mark White is severely underated for his bass playing abilities, and I always thought the Spin Doctors were a talented group.

I just sent Mark a message asking him about his bass and trem. I'll let you know what I find out. But I think we can make educated guesses from the following pictures. This bass looks like it could be an Ibanez with a Kahler:



This bass looks like a Fender, also with a Kahler:



It looks like Mark has fitted his trem arms with some sort of black tip, and I've seen other players do this to their trem arms before.

By the way Kiddies, look closely at the Kahlers, especially on the Fender. Notice the countersinking?

more lefty players huh?

and I only noticed that countersink AFTER you said it. I first noticed the bar was in the opposite hole between both pics....

yeah its an ibanez ATK with a black kahler like eric said

Very cool!

Mark now plays a rasta style musicman stingray (looks just like the atk). Next I see him I'll ask about the atk, jazzes, and the trems.

Oh and another thing I see when I see him play up close.

He slaps but his thumb never gets 2 inches away from the strings. He has an amazing tone and plays really really fast... we should all learn from him!

I'm not going to ask him about me getting a trem cause last time I took a lesson he treated me like I had just started. Most likely because of my age and not seeing me actually seeing me play. I prolly will but later... I'm afraid he slam it down and tell me to focus on my playing (which I prolly should haha)

I like the Ibanez Roadster tuners on that ATK. Those are some weird mods.

A countersunk trem...a countersunk trem...my kingdom for a countersunk trem!

T. Gunn wrote:

I'm not going to ask him about me getting a trem cause last time I took a lesson he treated me like I had just started. Most likely because of my age and not seeing me actually seeing me play.

think of what you just said Tom......

first it's " last time I took a lesson from him", and then it's "he never heard me play"
Has anyone ever seen you play on TB, Twitter/youtube/facebook/myspace, OR xxxporn.com?

not that I know of

I think I like this one better:

T. Gunn wrote:

....and not seeing me actually seeing me play.

Just kidding with you, T! I often don't make sense myself!

EricHaven wrote:

Just kidding with you, T! I often don't make sense myself!

it's actually the majority of the time

amimbari wrote:

T. Gunn wrote:

I'm not going to ask him about me getting a trem cause last time I took a lesson he treated me like I had just started. Most likely because of my age and not seeing me actually seeing me play.

think of what you just said Tom......

first it's " last time I took a lesson from him", and then it's "he never heard me play"
Has anyone ever seen you play on TB, Twitter/youtube/facebook/myspace, OR xxxporn.com?

not that I know of

Actually, I've seen Tommy play a few times.

Well I meant like I didn't get any time to show off/mess around to show him where I was in my playing.


And Dark... you've seen me be a complete failure, which I always am. Actually I am going to get a vid of me playing another Hendrix tune with my tapewounds before I have to send em off. I'm trading J my tapes for his chromes.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8935153&postcount=870

For those who haven't seen it

T. Gunn wrote:

Oh and another thing I see when I see him play up close.

He slaps but his thumb never gets 2 inches away from the strings. He has an amazing tone and plays really really fast... we should all learn from him!

I'm not going to ask him about me getting a trem cause last time I took a lesson he treated me like I had just started. Most likely because of my age and not seeing me actually seeing me play. I prolly will but later... I'm afraid he slam it down and tell me to focus on my playing (which I prolly should haha)

Gun!!! You have to got to be kidding!! You better stop typing on here so much and get back to practicing. Age has nothing to do with it, I already know a 15 year old that kicks *** on the bass. PRACTICE!!!!

Hey Mark! Welcome to BTF!!!

EricHaven wrote:

Hey Mark! Welcome to BTF!!!

Thanks!!! Nice to see a whole sit devoted to bass whammies.

haha Tommy hasn't posted in here for a l.o.n.g time.

amimbari wrote:

haha Tommy hasn't posted in here for a l.o.n.g time.

I was just teaching him a month ago and he had to drop out again. I keep telling him he needs to practice more. It's like a no brainer. He's a funny little kid.

oh wow you are THE Mark White from the Spin DR's because I know Tom is from Houston.

if so, pleased to meet you.
if not, pleased to meet you as well.

amimbari wrote:

oh wow you are THE Mark White from the Spin DR's because I know Tom is from Houston.

if so, pleased to meet you.
if not, pleased to meet you as well.

Yup, it's me Mark White from the Spin Doctors. Nice to meet you also. I was looking around to see who was making whammies and found this site. And who do I find typing instead of practicing?? TOMMY GUNN!!!

and just when I thought Talkbass had all the celebrities

I use a Kahler AND I'm a lefty "_" ( sounds familiar huh )?

amimbari wrote:

and just when I thought Talkbass had all the celebrities

I use a Kahler AND I'm a lefty "_" ( sounds familiar huh )?

Man you have the strings upside down, I knew a couple of guys like that, I never got a chance to play like that because my friend who was with me when I got my first bass instantly changed the strings around.

Here's my pink jazz bass with a Kahler, It's my new main bass, I don't know what I was thinking when I was using that ATK all this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncvU7KvJQRU&feature=channel_video_title

ya I came from the speedmetal era

Man Kidal was my hero, because he was a Malmsteen clone and did songs which I loved, but did it inverted. then I discovered Jeff Schmidt and Jim Haslip and said nope, I'm not changing.

although now a days I can play normal almost as good..eh I don't on stage because I'm too used to the patterns going UP the strings, not down.

and you must have seen something in here to say that, or over on talkbass in one of the jackson or charvel threads that all my posts are mostly concentrated in.

amimbari wrote:

ya I came from the speedmetal era

Man Kidal was my hero, because he was a Malmsteen clone and did songs which I loved, but did it inverted. then I discovered Jeff Schmidt and Jim Haslip and said nope, I'm not changing.

although now a days I can play normal almost as good..eh I don't on stage because I'm too used to the patterns going UP the strings, not down.

and you must have seen something in here to say that, or over on talkbass in one of the jackson or charvel threads that all my posts are mostly concentrated in.

I sat in with a band in Singapore and the bass player had a six string righty bass and that was a nightmare to play upside down, I'm not used to the B string and it was righty, but somehow I got through it. Nowadays I can almost play upside down, but mostly only blues and a few Spin Doctor tunes.

well this board has lots of people who have Kahlers/Hipshots, and some of the most bizarre factory trems I ever saw.
I agree there are just some units you can't flip and play because of the cutaway or horns or knobs.

That video is AMAZING, Mark!

EricHaven wrote:

That video is AMAZING, Mark!

Thanks! I had a fun time with that one. Glad somebody recorded it.

I had 2 pink basses, not any more

Mark, I always loved your rainbow units, and had to be part of that madness:


.

amimbari wrote:

I had 2 pink basses, not any more

Mark, I always loved your rainbow units, and had to be part of that madness:


.

Yup, that's a bad *** bass.

I really enjoyed the video. I was not familiar with your playing. It was very cool & unique. I have never seen someone use a Kahler with funk, although I saw/read that Victor Wooten has one (never seen him use it though).

Thanks for stopping by.

and as a closing post for the day, Mark's band at it's finest, even for 6 year olds