The Last Bass Outpost

Whoa, sorry about my part in that.  I've been offline for a bit and didn't notice.

I didn't mean to insult anyone or their musical tastes, so much as poke fun at searching for substance in the work of The Ramones or Motorhead.

... I must say I do find it weird to be accused of acting superior in a place with so many vocally opinionated people, and having been the butt of enough jokes here myself; in this respect Dave's reaction in particular was ironic.  I am baffled at where lines are drawn and where they are not.  Thanks for the fish.

You on drums, bass and vocals? THE JAKE EXPERIENCE IMMERSION !!!

LOL, but bass only on 1 track cuz we wrote it on the spot when doing vocals and the bassist wasn't there due to covid.

Birth Control started out in the early 70ies as sort of Germany's answer to Deep Purple. They soon had a dance floor rock hit with Gamma Ray sung by their drummer (who later became their lead vocalist + added percussionist, he's the "Eric Idle" in the above vid).

I like them a little more already ;P

(OHMNO made me sing half the record we're about to release - grab yer earplugs).

I did a bass demo last December and then forgot about it. Better late than never, I guess.

Running through a bass lick in bypass, on, and +fuzz modes to demonstrate differences between.  Low medium setting on the regular gain (7-8 oclock; like 2-3/10) and higher setting on the fuzz (4-5 oclock so like 7-8) using a lighter touch on the single note bit to keep that cleaner with the fuzz on and then digging in for the chords; really responsive to pick attack. 

Vid recorded with my phone, audio via proper DAW, (Gibson Triumph bass > GGA SatFat > Sunn 1200s > Musicman115RH w Altec speaker > EV RE20 mic > RND 5012 preamp).

I always preferred Tony with a TBird.  This may be the absolute worst lip synch ever on TotP though.

Why not a stereo cable? Because mono jack cables are the global standard. You'd need a splitter to send each signal to the desired amp.

True, but a splitter cable or even better, being more reliable and less damage prone, a mini size pedal box, if one has a pedalboard in the rig already is much more tidy and ergonomic.   TRS to TRS cables are also pretty standard.... I mean so are TRS to dual TS, just not everyone has one - see mixer insert cables which you can buy at any music store - that's the standard for that.  2 cables strain-relief looped through the strap would be annoying ... though at least on a TBird, with all that real estate behind the bridge at the ass end, it might be far enough out of the way, but you're still trailing 2 leads on stage and that can't be without issues - even just the weight, especially if they are somehow channeled together into a single larger cable so as to decrease tangle/trip risk (and the best way to do that - a custom cable, stereo, but dual TS vs single TRS ends, would be no more standard than a splitter, this would also be lighter/thiner).  Using zip ties or an outer channel would be annoying and bulky, and so would having 2 separate cables.

A splitter cable or box would also be dirt cheap - less than the cost of restringing one of those beasts easily.  I've made some for a few folks (though it was to run between pedals, where one had a TRS stereo out, vs a stereo output instrument, but same thing pretty much).

It is a trade off, and nothing is perfect.

8/10 would bang.  Obviously the price is a problem.

Old music isn't killing new music.... just think of who is in charge of major mainstream movies.  Nostalgic old people (now includes Gen Xers).  Old music isn't better (or worse) either.  Pop music is and always was mostly was garbage, but historically there has been more breakthrough/crossover on the charts than there is now.  Instead things have got nichier - kids don't listen to the radio; charts aren't representative of anything but what gets played on the PA at the mall or grocery store.  There's punks and goths and metalheads starting junior high this year - and they're listening to new shit (that you will never know exists).  There is too much musical choice, so only the lowest common denominator pap breaks through to mass appeal.  There's more genres, more bands, and not, proportionally, as much fandom to go around.

What Tom said echoes what Frank Zappa and Steve Albini have said before, and I don't disagree, but the situation is very complex (I am not one of those  "I deserve to make a living from my art" people; with him on that too).  One can't expect the business people to take a hit to their bottom line as things change/evolve; they, as always, pass the costs down the line as much as they can. But the kids know this now (Steve Albini's seminal anti-major label treatise is now, what, almost 3 decades old) - where it used to be majors or bust, we now have a middle class of indie record label, and some of them (and their artists) do well enough, at least in terms of audience/following. Some of them have even managed to sustain that without being bought out by a Major.