Hey, buddy! Welcome to MY WORLD! Pedals, and, in a different way, left handed bass on a B-3 or the style the guy from the Doors played are GREAT.

On one of my jobs, I played a double-neck with a bass at the bottom and a guitar neck on the top. I backed a singer who played acoustic. When it was time for a solo, I switched to pedal bass and played the solo on the guitar neck.

Most people knew Jimmy Smith (and now, Tony Monaco) for their wonderful walking left handed bass (Google them!). But I heard
Smith play sensitive ballads with beautiful inverted chords and pedal bass lines with sax player James Moody (one of my all-time favorites)...FANTASTIC! Same thing with Monaco. I heard him play a ballad or two using pedals at a club gig at a Summer NAMM a few years ago.

I get to play B-3 for jazz night 2-4 nights a month at a country club where I have kept my B for over 30 years. I don't use the pedals, but do use the traditional "walking bass" hard liners come to see.

Even when I play an arranger, I use a controller on top and a module that lets me add left-handed bass to do the same things you're talking about. I particularly like that set-up for intro's and endings with no drums.

A little practice and I'm sure you'll nail it!


Russ

(PS. thanks for the reply email last week!).