Scott Ambush // Spyro Gyra - Player Profile #60

[@silvestreandre]

I watched this guy play live yesterday here in Brazil. Just awesome!

[@musicislife-qc5ix]

Mr. Ambush is such a monster player and consummate professional to boot. Great interview!

[@cribrebo7375]

Scott is one of my all-time favorite Bassists .

[@ultimatefab]

please mister Ambush, write a method book ! we need this !

[@vocals425]

What an awesome beast bass player!

[@haolejohn]

Scott, you jammed with me at the City Room in Frederick Md. Something like 35 years ago. Love seeing you getting up there with one of my favorite bands of my youth. Oh, and he was a great guy then. Super humble and plays what's appropriate even to our psychadelic acoustic space jams.

[@conradfarrar477]

Scott! I saw you play with Spyro Gyra at the RFH in London about..ooh..20 years ago. Was an awesome gig and you were the best bass guitar player I have ever seen live.

[@ultimatefab]

It was very interesting, thank you very much.

[@matthewarrowsmith9022]

Really interesting interview that covered a lot of ground. Fascinating to hear about Scott's approach to building basses and his slap techniques. You guys coped really well with the limitations of a video call. Thanks Craig!

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Thanks Matthew glad you enjoyed it and stuck past all the technical glitches!

[@alfredshorterjr4770]

Great interview!

[@ianbaker2599]

Great interview. Thanks for your effort in putting this together guys. I love Scotts basses. Great player and great luthier.

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Ian Baker So glad you enjoyed it thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MsEnzo1959]

GREAT SCOTT....

[@Melvynhiscock]

Thanks for the mention of my book!

[@massimoghera2828]

One of The best

[@Melvynhiscock]

New edition coming soon! Wanna interview?

[@paulnewman8803]

Another good one Craig. Unable to find Ambush Basses online. Sorry, but whenever I look you up, my internal voice says Craig St. Rain, LOL.

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Haha glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@edennard1]

I do not miss the 7-8 sets 6 nights a week grind. but playing that much will definitely keep your chops sharp.. The Bass player who's name you were referring to is Rashawn Westmorland ( what up fam ) .. Scott I've enjoyed your work every since I saw you early debut with Spyro Gyra at the Sam Robinson Musical Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida way back in the day.. BTW I still have my 82 Aria Pro II .. Now we have to remember when Anthony Jackson was doing those early Al Dimeola and Eye Witness sessions he was still playing his 67 Jazz Bass that he tuned down a 1/2 step to the B.

[@ronfree]

Great interview, Craig. What is the brand name of the dual strap you displayed? Thx!

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Ron Free Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it! Is the Duo Strap by Gruvgear

[@joemiller8482]

Scott please visit me. . . You are my bass hero

[@jiyujizai]

😀💙🌸🌱

[@wombatboter]

It says Sypro Gara in the title...

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

Lowprofile thanks for the heads up!

[@wombatboter]

@@Basslessonsmelbourne Thanks for the great upload, fantastic bass player ..stay safe and greetings from Belgium, keep up the great work

[@stevenadams8645]

What kind of strings you use on your 5 string bass?

[@Basslessonsmelbourne]

HI Steve, probably best sending a message direct to Scott for this answer as this isn't his KZbin channel and I doubt he'll see these comments. Thanks for watching!

[@hellboundrubber4448]

I would go with some Super Slinky Ernie Ball's or some D'addario XLs, you can't go wrong. Get some now. You'll be funkin out!! All night.

[@rustynail355]

Dude keeps butting in and trying to overtalk mr ambush on purpose, seem like .,, which is very annoying. Couldn't really enjoy it

[@hahabass]

Funny that. It's interesting how we all see things differently. For me, Ambush was occasionally too busy trying to finish his thought or playing example while the interviewer was moving to another idea. But then that slightly disorganised feel, especially with Ambush's long pauses and forgetfulness about how certain tunes go, made this a very organic conversation. I enjoyed it. But, as I say, it takes many views to make a world, huh?

[@josephwalton487]

​@@hahabass When you ask someone a question during an interview you give them time to answer. Otherwise don't bother interviewing anyone. End of story.

[@sparrowhawk3216]

first minutes - what a bullshit talk , ha ha