The official funk-thread

**keith** · 02-02-2011, 02:30 PM

Great solo there Soco!! I thought it fit in well!! Mix of rock,jazz funk and blues all in one! What is that that you're playing? ( guitar? )

**Soco** · 02-02-2011, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by keith

Great solo there Soco!! I thought it fit in well!! Mix of rock,jazz funk and blues all in one! What is that that you're playing? ( guitar? )

Hey thanks! I am playing a lot of different types of music and I am trying to mix up things a bit!
I am playing a semi hollow G&L ASAT deluxe on this clip.

**Soco** · 02-03-2011, 12:46 AM

Another clip from the same gig with the Russian rapper Krussia:

**markf** · 02-03-2011, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by docbop

Jamerson is the definition of Funk!!!!

Hearing those lines are just so sweet.
Thank you Funk Brothers your music is a Masters Class in rhythm section playing.

what a fantastic bass line in that tune!!!!

he was at the top. too bad the bass players these days don't understand how to play funk. too busy.

stevie wonder has played some serious funk, also, the bass/drummer team from little feat. and Carol Kay.

**Reg** · 02-03-2011, 02:06 PM

Great band Soco... sounds like too much fun. Beautiful playin... Next time I'm in NY or Boston... hook me up... I always playin jazz... keep posting, Best Reg

**cosmic gumbo** · 02-05-2011, 04:30 PM

Anyone who wears a shirt with my buddy Buckwheat on it is "otay" in my book. Dirty, filthy, Broadway...go get 'em Hiram...

**Reg** · 02-05-2011, 05:33 PM

Wow... I liked his playing a lot more when he toured with Sanborn, that was a little roooocky. Maybe he was too thin, might be a weight thing... great post though, thanks Reg

**Reg** · 03-13-2011, 01:36 PM

Hey... sorry didn't post anything sooner... I played this tune at gig last night... was way cool, too much fun. Tpt player brought ... like Lee Morgans Sidewinder. Called Una Mas by Kenny Dorham... old school but still cool. I'm just got copy so I'm basically reading through... Reg

**Stackabones** · 03-15-2011, 03:31 AM

**23skidoo** · 03-15-2011, 07:54 AM

party music from Venezuela... a lot of fun to see live....

**JazzVocab** · 03-15-2011, 06:58 PM

Great playing Soco!!

You guys need to hang your head in shame......4 pages and no mention yet of..........MANDRILL!!!

Check out the syncopation on this sukka

**Jazzpunk** · 03-26-2011, 08:21 PM

Some more nola funk!

**Jazzpunk** · 04-30-2011, 12:24 AM

Some Friday night funk!

**whosgarethparry** · 04-30-2011, 02:45 PM

got turned on to this little gem the other day......

**whosgarethparry** · 04-30-2011, 03:38 PM

this is another project i play guitar for, no fancy guitarwork, but hope you like it. let me know what you think guys.......

**Reg** · 04-30-2011, 06:52 PM

here's a lousy version of one of my non-jazz tunes, sometimes depending on what players... it can and does get in the funk zone... Reg

**max chill** · 07-01-2011, 06:05 PM

A full eleven tablespoons of boiling Memphis guitar....Cornell Dupree..1:35

**whosgarethparry** · 07-14-2011, 05:31 AM

what a tune!!!!! first time i heard that drum break on the live @filmore album i think i made my mate rewind it 20 times! soooo good.

**Soco** · 07-15-2011, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Richb

YEAH, best thread currently on this forum. Reg, sounds just GREAT. Loose, pocket playing man!!!

Soco, GREAT playing, cool lines - what box you use for od?

Hi, thanks a lot! I was using a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 mosfet overdrive pedal.

**nicklaus** · 09-27-2011, 06:35 PM

SCREAMING HEADLESS TORSOS!

anyone knows of a good funk guitar book?

**Jazzpunk** · 10-13-2011, 08:54 PM

Keepin' the funk thread goin'! Here's some video I shot the other night of my friend's band, Cousin Junebug:

**Ceejay** · 10-21-2011, 12:13 PM

WOW! How did I miss this thread? Well, I love the funk. Old school, gritty, nasty funk. My current faves have to be

The Meters (clearly)
The Dap Kings
Budos Band
The Daktaris
Breakestra
The Organites
The New Mastersounds
Eddie Bo

If you ask me, funk sounds best on a semi or hollowbody. Funk is actually what got me into jazz in the first place

Oh and check out this: It's likely you may sh*t your pants.

**cosmic gumbo** · 10-29-2011, 11:52 PM

**whosgarethparry** · 11-01-2011, 02:22 PM

over played, but still sounds so good........

**Jazzpunk** · 11-01-2011, 08:52 PM

A doc on The New Mastersounds was just released through iTunes today. I'm looking forward to checking it out!

**cosmic gumbo** · 11-02-2011, 11:13 AM

The New Mastersounds are awesome. Here's some modern New Orleans funk.

**Jazzpunk** · 11-02-2011, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo

The New Mastersounds are awesome. Here's some modern New Orleans funk.

Stanton is great. I got to see his trio this past year with Will Bernard and Robert Walters. Killer show!

**littlewing** · 11-19-2011, 12:27 PM

Soulive, definitely bringing something in their music that hasn't been around for quite awhile. There's just something about the sound of that B3.

**cosmic gumbo** · 11-19-2011, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by littlewing

Soulive, definitely bringing something in their music that hasn't been around for quite awhile. There's just something about the sound of that B3.

They are great, but that kind of music has always been around, just gotta look for it.

Nuff Said · 11-21-2011, 05:12 PM

This is the FUNK, I want.

Nuff Said

**Jazzpunk** · 11-22-2011, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo

They are great, but that kind of music has always been around, just gotta look for it.

There is some killer guitar playing on his records. He sure knows how to pick his players!

**Jazzpunk** · 12-14-2011, 06:48 PM

Some holiday funk fo' ya'!

**Jazzpunk** · 01-11-2012, 08:21 PM

**JazzVocab** · 02-17-2012, 04:57 PM

Me playing the head to a Soulive classic!

**Jazzpunk** · 02-17-2012, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Foulds Jazz Guitars

Me playing the head to a Soulive classic!

Nice! I dig those guys a lot. The drummer has a new trio record coming out soon:

**whosgarethparry** · 03-23-2012, 08:58 PM

Check this one out,

'jazz funk?, jazz's deformed cousin.' classic

**cosmic gumbo** · 03-30-2012, 10:43 PM

One lesson to a degree in funk bass. It works on tuba, too.

**cosmic gumbo** · 03-30-2012, 10:49 PM

These guys studied enough to become Doctors of funk. Fuss on the buss, kinda like a mobile funk emergency room.

**Smelodies** · 04-01-2012, 01:13 AM

Here's my little impromptu funk with the boys from 1999.

Alfonsoiner · 04-19-2012, 12:51 AM

Love this. Not a lot of time in my schedule at this time to learn a new style, but after I graduate (next spring) I'll pay attention to this, blues, and playing piano.

I have a DVD Funk Guitar Rhythm I did about half. What would you say is generally a big difference in technique between jazz and funk guitar? It seems to me the chords of funk is much easier, but the rhythms are more complex and more integrated with the rest of the rhythm section.

I have a Strat (84 reissue 68) which may be used to it. jwright123456789 - YouTube

**Jazzpunk** · 06-09-2012, 07:42 PM

**whosgarethparry** · 06-10-2012, 01:17 AM

nice...

**whosgarethparry** · 06-10-2012, 01:17 AM

been diggin these guys alot recently....

**Thoughtfree** · 06-10-2012, 10:22 AM

IMHO, it is key to have:

1) no reverb on your guitar amp

2) a MEDIUM-volume snare backbeat, no louder. Many funky grooves have been ruined by a slamming drummer whacking the two and four like he's chopping down a tree.

**Jazzpunk** · 06-10-2012, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Thoughtfree

IMHO, it is key to have:

1) no reverb on your guitar amp

2) a MEDIUM-volume snare backbeat, no louder. Many funky grooves have been ruined by a slamming drummer whacking the two and four like he's chopping down a tree.

I think some old school reverb can be a cool effect for chord stabs or on slower R&B influenced funk jams.

Finding a real funk drummer is an entire thread topic in itself.