Is this Jet?

[Apache1]

He is not holding the Bass right for it to be Tab Martin !

http://www.thepeddlers.co.uk/default.asp?ContentID=500

[George Geddes]

According to that link, Tab only adopted that sty;e after joining the Peddlers..

George

[Apache1]

I supose its all down to how you interpret the written word, the way I understand what is written in the link is,
Tab had a style of holding the Bass, and when he was more in the public eye he developed it to be his trade mark
making it more obvious ? not disagreeing with George, but my interpretation is different.

[keithmantle]

Maybe of interest, In 1967 i was the 'N Betweens (Slade) roadie and we played with The Peddlers at Tiles London, unfortunately their music was not appreciated and they got boo-ed off stage

[JimN]

I'm sure that Tab Martin only developed his gimmi... er... idiosyncratic way of holding his Gibson EB-2 bass after he joined the Peddlers and could perform on stage whilst sitting looking cool on a barstool.

If he'd stood up to play the bass with the group, he'd have made himself the visual centre of attention because the organist and drummer were seated (of course). So that was probably a group policy decision. The holding of the bass near vertical added a certain musicianly air to Tab's playing - almost as though he were a jazz player forced by circumstance to play the electric bass instead...

JimN

PS: I knew someone else who used the same technique, with the same model bass with a second pickup added near the bridge like on Tab's instrument (copying, of course).

[rogera]

The talk of bass players holding their bass in an upright position reminds me about Wes Hunter who was with Sounds Incorporated.

[Iain Purdon]

It looks like a cross between Jet and Licorice - difficult to judge height - what's the instrument he's playing?

[cockroach]

Could it be a Framus or Hofner bass?

Could it be Brian Gregg the bass player?

[George Geddes]

BG was my first guess...

George

[Martin Page]

BG was my first guess...

George

Trawling the net, I came across this: http://www.achingcellar.co.uk/pages/tree/briangregg.htm The picture with Billy Fury and 'Tiny' looks just like him.

Martin.