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The SBL Podcast

148 - The Undercover BASS ICON of ROCK: The Chris Chaney Interview

The SBL Podcast

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4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Chris Chaney’s contributions to the bass world often go overlooked – but there’s genius in his bass playing if you know where to find it (take his game-changing bass lines with Jane’s Addiction for instance). Today’s interview is the perfect way to introduce yourself to some of his most mind-blowing rock riffs – and find out exactly what makes them true genius.

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Ian Martin Allison.

0:01.5

I am here with Sharon Reynolds, and we are here with the incredible Chris Cheney.

0:08.0

Now, if you don't know Chris, his resume is absolutely insane.

0:12.5

Let's talk about names like Alanis Morissette, Jane's Addiction, Eddie Vedder, Joe Cocker, Glenn Campbell.

0:19.2

I mean, it just goes like, I'm looking at the list.

0:37.7

It's just like, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Hawkins and the Coat Tail Riders. It's incredible. We're going to be getting in to a bunch of his classic bass lines. We're going to be talking about gear. We're going to be talking about stories. His approach to music, it's going to be amazing. Chris Cheney. Thank you so much for being with us today.

0:43.3

Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here. I've watched some of these. I watched one recently with Michael League and was knocked out. You guys are doing a great job. Thank you so much. Yeah, we love Michael League. And we love you.

0:53.8

Getting prepped for this was so much fun.

0:56.0

Sharon and I were watching all these videos and we were just like, what do we even choose?

1:00.0

There's so much.

1:01.0

But I want to start out, Sharon, let's pull up the Jane's Addiction just because

1:06.0

tune.

1:07.0

Because, dude, you have had all of these different sounds over the years you are sort of a

1:15.3

chameleon in the best possible way of bass tones and lines and sounds and this is like square in

1:23.0

your p-base era i mean i notice you're playing a p-base right now, too. I definitely want to talk about that.

1:30.0

What's interesting that you're bringing this song up is I swear I played this bass on that song.

1:36.5

That was around 2002, maybe 2003. So it's been about 20 years. And I had just got this base at a guitar show in Dallas,

1:45.3

and it's a 1960 P-base, and I plugged it in.

1:48.5

It's like, yep, I'll take it.

1:50.4

Like the royal tone, you know.

1:52.8

Amazing.

1:53.2

So wait, you roll into Guitar Center.

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