Michael Manring (born June 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is an electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area (Northern California). In addition to a long tenure in the 1980's as house bassist for Windham Hill Records, Manring has recorded with Spastic Ink, Michael Hedges, Alex Skolnick (in the bands Skol-Patrol and Attention Deficit, also featuring Tim Alexander from Primus), Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse, David Cullen, Alex de Grassi, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians. He headlined his own band, Montreux, throughout the 1980s. He has been a member of Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith's Miles Davis tribute band, since its inception. He remains active, touring the world for performances and clinics. Manring studied and toured (early in his career) with Jaco Pastorius. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - District Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ... Windham Hill Records is a record company, founded in the 1976 by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson. ... Spastic Ink is a technical progressive metal band from the United States. ... Michael Hedges 1953-1997 Michael Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American acoustic guitarist born in Enid, Oklahoma. ... Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and rock guitarist. ... Tim Alexander Tim Herb Alexander Described as one of the most innovative drummers in the drumming community, Alexander is known best for playing in the rock band Primus. ... Primus is a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... Steve Morse Steven J. Morse is a rock guitarist and guitar virtuoso, best known for his position as guitarist in the Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple. ... Alex de Grassi is a Grammy Award-nominated American fingerstyle guitarist. ... William Ackerman is a musician specializing in acoustic-based instrumental music. ... Montreux was the name of a fusion band, specializing in the blend of jazz and bluegrass, with jam elements. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Henry Kaiser, born in Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental guitarist and frequent collaborator with other musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a jazz trumpeter. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (26 May 1926 – 28 September 1991) was one of the most influential musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Manring is a technical virtuoso, using the bass as a solo instrument usually in alternate tunings, with additional possibilities and patterns invoked on the fly with lever-activated de-tuners and bridges, somewhat like a pedal steel guitar. Manring occasionally plays on two (or even three) basses at the same time during live performances. He is known as a humble and gracious live performer with a gift for improvisation with guest musicians. Manring is also a gifted composer of experimental music, mixing technology and fretless bass with the sounds of kitchen implements and cardboard boxes, evidenced on his "Book of Flame" solo album. Pedal steel guitar with two 10-string necks The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. ...

He is known for playing and endorsing Zon basses -- specifically, the Zon Hyperbass, the unusually flexible four-stringed instrument which Manring co-designed with Joseph Zon. Zon Guitars [1] is a manufacturer of professional-level bass guitars founded in 1981 by Joseph Zon. ...

Michael Manring Live at iMusicast

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Partial Discography

Solo

1986 Unusual Weather

1989 Toward The Center Of The Night

1991 Drastic Measures

1994 Thonk

1998 The Book of Flame

2005 Soliloquy

Collaborations

with Montreux

1985 Chiaroscuro

1987 Sign Language

1989 Let Them Say

with Attention Deficit

1998 Attention Deficit

2001 The Idiot King

with Scott McGill and Vic Stevens

2001 Addition By Substraction

2003 Controlled By Radar

2006 What We Do

with Yo Miles!

1998 Yo Miles!

2004 Sky Garden

2005 Upriver

with Larry Kassin & Tom Darter

2001 Scatter

with David Cullen

2001 Equilibré

with Sadhappy

1998 Good Day Bad Dream

2005 Outerspaces

with Alex de Grassi

1982 An Evening with Windham Hill Live

2006 DeMania

with At War With Self

2005 Torn Between Dimensions

Montreux was the name of a fusion band, specializing in the blend of jazz and bluegrass, with jam elements. ... Alex de Grassi is a Grammy Award-nominated American fingerstyle guitarist. ...

External links

• Official Michael Manring website
• Ask Steve Lawson and Michael Manring forum at TalkBass.com
• Solo Bass Night A recurring Bay Area, California solo bass show featuring Michael Manring