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The Bass Zone / Re: Andy Pratt and a killer bassline
« on: May 12, 2016, 10:30:54 AM »ouch! i prefer abe jr. as macca's drummer.
I would have been quite surprised if you had liked it....
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I would have been quite surprised if you had liked it....
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The Bass Zone / Andy Pratt and a killer bassline
« on: May 12, 2016, 09:08:02 AM »Abraham Laboriel on bass , most likely. A great song and a great album too. Very eclectic, don't be fooled by the cover.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: More bad news for AC/DC
« on: May 09, 2016, 01:21:52 PM »
When I heard the news about Axl jumping in I thought it was a bad joke. But he did a great job, especially with those old Bon Scott tracks. Now it seems funny how many people were almost certain about or even wishing for a total failure.
I never understood that Slade/Rudd feud either. Both are good and of course the Williams/Rudd axis of old was a great combo back then. I also don't buy the "not allowed to have any real fun" thing. To play straight eights with a good drummer and a brilliant rhythm guitarist is very fun, especially if you can make it work.
I'm also a bit like Uwe. I used to play alongside my The Police albums, that's how a got my pick playing in shape and that's why I usually play ahead of the beat. Bonham wouldn't have driven me mad 'though.
I never understood that Slade/Rudd feud either. Both are good and of course the Williams/Rudd axis of old was a great combo back then. I also don't buy the "not allowed to have any real fun" thing. To play straight eights with a good drummer and a brilliant rhythm guitarist is very fun, especially if you can make it work.
I'm also a bit like Uwe. I used to play alongside my The Police albums, that's how a got my pick playing in shape and that's why I usually play ahead of the beat. Bonham wouldn't have driven me mad 'though.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Music videos showing the wrong bass?
« on: May 09, 2016, 06:37:53 AM »
But it sounds so different from "Pilgrimage" tracks that have the Ric. His Ric must have been modded for the "argus" session (cap removed or something) and he might have used the bridge pickup only.
Still don't believe it but what can I do. The end section of "Living Proof" just started going on my head.
Still don't believe it but what can I do. The end section of "Living Proof" just started going on my head.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Music videos showing the wrong bass?
« on: May 07, 2016, 03:49:26 AM »
And sometimes the mind tricks us: If you held a poll, everyone would vote that Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash played a TBird on Argus (that is what he is pictured with), but it is in fact a Ric 4001, he didn't even have a TBird when he recorded Argus. Before Argus, he played a Jazz Bass, still his sound on the WA debut and Pilgrimage isn't miles away from Argus. In later years, he would even play a P Bass on recordings, it still sounded Martin Turner. The TB is mainly his live bass.
He already played a Ric on "Pilgrimage", "Vas Dis" for example. It has that archetypal 4001-with-a-cap -sound and when compared to "Argus" I still cannot believe it's not a T-bird. I bet Martin's memory fails on that matter.
The title track sounds like a P-bass to me.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Roger Glover
« on: May 02, 2016, 09:40:43 AM »
Even John Deacon changed to Stingray for "Another One Bites The Dust". Tom Petersson swaps every now and then and not just between a 12-string and a 4.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Roger Glover
« on: May 01, 2016, 10:08:53 AM »
And he did seem to establish a signature sound didn't he?
I love the fact the he took the trouble to use the same or similar axe on stage he used in the studio even 'though he could've used the Ric on everything.
Why is it usually looked upon as 'showing off' when a bass player uses different basses for different song? Geddy doesn't count, he did it on purpose on the last tour to show off his collection and I think most people loved it.
I love the fact the he took the trouble to use the same or similar axe on stage he used in the studio even 'though he could've used the Ric on everything.
Why is it usually looked upon as 'showing off' when a bass player uses different basses for different song? Geddy doesn't count, he did it on purpose on the last tour to show off his collection and I think most people loved it.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Roger Glover
« on: May 01, 2016, 02:09:33 AM »I'm a huge Zep and JPJ fan, but Uwe is right - something about the bass tone on those records... I would call it an afterthought, but I don't know if there was much thought put into it at all. Very nondescript, and never really the same from album to album. Definitely some nice tones here and there, but there wasn't any real consistency, even sometimes from track to track on the same album!
I rather like JPJ's differing tones within the same album. It's a bit like Chris Squire who used different basses and tones "("Going For The One" has a different bass for almost every song, and in case of "Awaken", two).
Jonesy's raunchy '52 Precision throught the Acoustic rig is my fav sounds of his and it's also usually most audible of his bass sounds. Jazz with flats was used more smoothly and I'm not sure how much he used his Alembics in the studio. Definitely on "Ozone Baby" and "Wearing And Tearing" but the bass on other "In Through The Outdoor" -session tracks could be the Jazz.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Post Your Music!
« on: April 28, 2016, 09:45:37 AM »Hair-prog
As opposed to the band that jams across the hall from us: grunge-prog.
Not quite following you but I'm Finnish so...
Anyway, I take it as a compliment.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Post Your Music!
« on: April 28, 2016, 01:51:12 AM »
A guitarist friend wanted to track his own instrumental stuff so that's what we did. The most prog of the tunes I guess:
https://soundcloud.com/user-40848998/back-to-utopia
Not mastered yet. Me on 12-string bass (bass solo played on a non-reverse 'bird) and a bit of a synthesizer.
https://soundcloud.com/user-40848998/back-to-utopia
Not mastered yet. Me on 12-string bass (bass solo played on a non-reverse 'bird) and a bit of a synthesizer.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RIP Prince
« on: April 26, 2016, 03:01:37 AM »I've always been partial to his darker less dancey/casio pop/funky numbers
I also love the cover version by Whale (the Foo Fighters version is bland and Cee Lo shoulda stayed away from it)
Quite a double bassdrum blast he gives at the end. The drum sound is crappy as hell but of course on purpose and it suits the song just perfect.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: RIP Prince
« on: April 24, 2016, 04:39:51 AM »
A shock and a huge loss. I just respected his memory by ordering a bunch of his old 12" singles from the eighties. A thing that I was about to do a long long time ago but managed only now.
He had great B-sides on those and the A-sides weren't album versions either. How about 10 minute live takes of both "I Would Die 4 U" and "Mountains" or a 21 (!) minute version of "America"?
His Warner back catalogue has been in a sorry state for too long (for reasons perhaps Prince only knew?) but I have a sneaking suspicion that Deluxe Editions are on their way, starting with "Purple Rain".
One of my fav Prince tracks is "Head" from "Dirty Mind" album. Great tight funk groove on bass and drums, most likely played by himself.
He had great B-sides on those and the A-sides weren't album versions either. How about 10 minute live takes of both "I Would Die 4 U" and "Mountains" or a 21 (!) minute version of "America"?
His Warner back catalogue has been in a sorry state for too long (for reasons perhaps Prince only knew?) but I have a sneaking suspicion that Deluxe Editions are on their way, starting with "Purple Rain".
One of my fav Prince tracks is "Head" from "Dirty Mind" album. Great tight funk groove on bass and drums, most likely played by himself.
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The Bass Zone / Re: R.I.P. John Gustafson
« on: April 08, 2016, 09:38:57 AM »I really like what he did with Quatermass. They don't seem to get a lot of love, but I see them as a sort of hard rock ELP. I really like their track "Post War, Saturday Echo", which has some cool lead bass breaks in it recorded on what sounds like an 8 string.It has an octave divider, Peter Robinson says so in the Esoteric reissue liner notes.
Love their album cover.
Great album that gets lots of love within the prog circles.
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Gibson Basses / Re: I hesitate to post this. $45 Thunderbird pickups.
« on: April 07, 2016, 10:55:06 PM »
I ordered them without rings, there's an option at their site. Thanks for the potentiometer info, 500 and 250 it is then.
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The Bass Zone / Re: R.I.P. John Gustafson
« on: April 07, 2016, 12:08:43 PM »
Found this tribute from Gordon Giltrap's site:
http://www.giltrap.co.uk/news/f/General_News/4657
Also this warm tribute:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/friends-and-family-pay-last-24138/
http://www.giltrap.co.uk/news/f/General_News/4657
Also this warm tribute:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/friends-and-family-pay-last-24138/