He comes from jazz/fusion, but is playing all kinds of stuff. Here is a recent clip, which is more soul/pop, I guess. Pretty awesome phrasing on that fretless:
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Which, of course, means I can now play like him 
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That goes without saying!
And I can play like Federico Malaman, of course. The dexterity and, yes, talent is built into Mayones instruments.
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That’s the general idea of playing signature basses!!
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One day that’ll be me…dream on!
He is a seriously good player. And now I’ve seen a few clips of him I’m sure I’ve seen him before (I’m just lousy with names!).
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I’ve posted some of Hadrien’s playing in this thread.
Here are the two best friends and bona fide bass fiends: Feraud and Malaman playing their respective signature models.
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Listening to some of those I’m trying to figure if he’s tuned B-G or E-C?
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B-G
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OK I thought in some of those videos his high string sounded higher than a G. But I’m probably wrong!
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You hear a high C more on 6-strings, but some players string a fiver E-C - Janek Gwizdala likes that on some of his basses. I tried it for a bit, but the C string is really thin and “cuts” right into your fingertips 
(Also, E-C sets are hard to get; either you buy singles or you buy a 6-string set and not use the B string (which seems like a real waste)).
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OK, back to some jazz (before @MikeC kicks me out 
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The great Jimmy Johnson here on his Alembic 5-string:
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I know. Diana is so sophisticated, and Elvis is so punk, I wonder what their dinner parties are like
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Chet Baker and Elvis Costello jazz. Costello’s father was a jazz trumpet player.
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Joe Dart is great in that clip, and that tuba player is just killing it doubling the bass part. Thanks for sharing.
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My daughter is a jazz singer and she and her high school jazz band were in N.O. couple years ago and got to experience Preservation Hall. They all got to listen to, learn from, and sing with some amazing musicians. She was truly thrilled.
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