The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: uwe on March 25, 2025, 10:43:02 AMMy favorite two-step bass song ever, courtesy of Randy Meisner:

Not real country of course, except in the more rural parts of Germany where the feathered ones were miscast as "country rock" in the misinformed 70s.

That bass line is way more intricate than that dumbed down two-note bass part in Nick Lowe's live version that Dave posted.

I associate it with the music that I detest the most: Nederlandstalige volksmuziek.

Obtuse songs by dito artists:





Haha, it took me some time to find these examples. Waaaaaaaayyy out of my comfort zone.
Now I gotta wash my ears and eyes with soap.

Has anyone here ordered a matched set of either the modern or vintage style thunderbird pickups from Gibson? When I look at the site it seems like there is only one pickup sku for each type and not separate ones for bridge and neck. What's the deal here?

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Pickup/PUTBMBC2/PUTBMBC2

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Pickup/PUTBRCC2/PUTBRCC2

Could be hanging around because of that spot on the fretboard near the body joint. Looks like some dings in the fretboard and what might be some delamination between the fretboard and neck.

My favorite two-step bass song ever, courtesy of Randy Meisner:


Not real country of course, except in the more rural parts of Germany where the feathered ones were miscast as "country rock" in the misinformed 70s.

Rob is manly like Alan Lancaster then! Asked to do a two-step bass on Marguerita Time by Francis Rossi, he was first aghast, then played it under duress, but only under the condition that he would NOT be required to appear in the promo video


NOR have to mime to it in TV studios, instead Jim Lea of Slade took his place:


Alan wanted Status Quo to sound like this:


Yeah, I can understand his (and Rob's) sentiment, but admittedly Marguerita Time (which I thought horrendous at the time) has grown on me over close to half a century, I must be growing old.


PS: But here they actually got him to do it once at a TV appearance ("It had gone to #3 and he sure didn't mind the royalties!" Rossi sniffed):


You can tell that he was taking the piss doing it, even playing/miming with fingers, something Alan - a committed downstroke only pick man (hence his throbbing sound) - otherwise never did.

I hate what that bass player does on "half a boy...". Turns it into a hoompa two note bass part. While Nicks original certainly wasn't.

It should sell at that price. Surprised it hasn't already.

Happy 76th birthday to Nick Lowe.

My buddy had a Telecaster out with him yesterday, so I was trying out Wilko's right hand technique. It is brutal! All the muting and phrasing comes from the left hand, which is bloody hard work.

Wilko's schtick of being Mr. Canvey Island polymath geezer was quite endearing. Not sure how well it translated outside the UK!