Originally Posted by
Ephi82
No sleight on Schmidt at all, but for me Meisner was an incredible, and I believe, superior player.
It's so telling when the musical output is huge, yet on stage, it looks like he isn't doing anything.
The ability of his highly evolved right hand technique allowed him to turn the gain on his Fender amp up very high, but he had complete control of the sound of the bass by barley touching the strings, to really driving the sound by aggressively plucking them for emphasis.
An early example is "Doolin Dalton".
His playing is all the more amazing by the fact that he was singing some great high harmonies as the songs went along.