>Half the time I can't even tell what Pino is playing

Pino plays a 60's P bass with old flatwounds and he rolls the tone knob way back and plays through a tube pre-amp. Because of all this, his tone is really dubby and there is little to no definition in the notes. It makes it really hard to tell what he's playing. I know what he's going for in his sound, and it really works in some vibes but not in others.

He played some gigs with Herbie Hancock doing all Headhunters tunes a few years back, and I don't think he worked well with that because of his tone - I couldn't tell what he was playing at all.

The interesting thing is I noticed in the clips from this tour he is playing a jazz bass on some tunes - I don't think I've seen Pino play a jazz before. I wonder if it's because he wants more definition in his notes on some of those tunes.