Gibson Triumph soundclips

[Pekka]

I have my friends early seventies Triumph in the house and did some sound samples of different pickup and tone combinations for another friend. Never played or even seen another Triumph, this one is dark brown and sounds like this (all with three tone switch positions, impedance on "HI" and bass & treble controls on ten):

Neck PU:


Both:


Bridge PU:


Out of phase:

[Basvarken]

Excellent!

The Gibson short scale Les Paul Basses are the best sounding basses ever made (IMHO)

On Jules' site there are some sound samples as well

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/1972LesPaulTriumph.php#soundclips

[hieronymous]

Cool! I'm going to use my Hobbit at rehearsal tonight, should have some sound samples.

In the meantime here's a soundclip I made five years ago (?!!) - I think it's both pickups on, probably tone position 2, and low-impedance:

[uwe]

The Gibson short scale Les Paul Basses are the best sounding basses ever made (IMHO)

Well, someone has to make a stand for them.  Commendable, Rob, commendable.

[hieronymous]

Used my Hobbit/Triumph the other night at rehearsal - very pleasantly surprised (shouldn't have been of course - surprised that is) - very full sound. Played with both fingers and pick, usually neck pickup or both, though once I accidentally flipped to just the bridge pickup. Gonna have to practice though if I decide to use it - thought it would be a snap since I've been playing my P-Basses lately, but felt rusty on it. Not necessarily the bass's fault!

Been recording the band - separate mics on the guitar amp, kick drum and in front of the kit, bass direct (played through my GK MB-112 II in the room - pretty much inaudible on the Zoom tracks), and a newly purchased Zoom H2n in the hall for reverb. Bass was going through Fulltone Bass Drive & CAJ tube compressor, then Radial Engineering direct box. During mixing I put the bass through my Alembic F-2B preamp. I'm liking the sound of this bass! Makes it harder to decide once we actually start gigging...

[hieronymous]

Finally got a clip together for soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/high-water

[Basvarken]

Very nice jazzy groovy track!

[hieronymous]

Very nice jazzy groovy track!

Thanks Rob - I'm very excited to have found these guys! We've already spontaneously been coming up with originals. No gigs yet but we're working on it.

Here's another track from the same session - much heavier this time!

https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/noel-and-billy

[Basvarken]

Psychedelic sixties groove.
Get your liquid slides out!

[chromium]

Really liked that second one!!  Sounds more like your influence at play there 

Is the title reference to Noel Redding and Billy Cox?

[hieronymous]

Sounds more like your influence at play there 

Is the title reference to Noel Redding and Billy Cox?

I think you're right that it sounds more like "my" music - it developed out of a spontaneous jam - the drummer kept saying it sounded like Hendrix, the guitar player heard him and we went nuts on it! We probably won't play it that way most of the time - depends on the gig.

There was a time in my life when I was totally into Jimi Hendrix, and I loved Noel Redding - his sound, his busy playing - but later on I came to prefer Billy Cox, especially live like in Band of Gypsies, Isle of Wight, etc. Now I feel like I appreciate both and acknowledge their impact on my playing.

[Granny Gremlin]

The Gibson short scale Les Paul Basses are the best sounding basses ever made (IMHO)

Certainly one of the most versatile .  Every now and then I really want the EB3 or RD on a track, but I can't be taking multiple basses to the gig so the Triumph it is.

That said, I never use the bridge pup.