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The best fun I've had in a band was in one that did '80s covers. I'm just a wee bit envious. Good luck with the project.

Excuse me but I’m guessing a major percentage of basschatters including me are bordering on geriatric. No need to be famous.

sounds cool, let's hope the prefered singer has the chops and attitude. Sax is cool (as Matt Smith's Dr would say)

One for sale right now:

Andertons and Peach are both offering this at a cheaper price than Thomann. Another one to add to the "must try one of these" list! Rob

Down in the Park - Tubeway Army

Hotcovers are the people who make the covers for Barefaced, and I think are probably the best of the bunch.

Wow, beautiful instrument!

Another Australian covers band, The Filthy Animals also have a lot on YouTube and similarly are pretty much note perfect.

Fear of the Dark - Maiden

No spoilers.... But Lars Ulrich and several others turned down the opportunity.

What a great idea.

I must admit, despite being a hairy metal guy who's always played in originals bands, I've considered doing something similar - the 80s were my formative years, and Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, U2, Level 42, Depeche Mode, Queen, Simple Minds, Madness and Gary Numan sat happily in my record collection alongside the likes of Maiden, Motorhead, Rush, Metallica and so on. I've been watching a lot of videos of an Australian professional cover band based out of Adelaide called Hindley Street Country Club - they have a core of four or five members, bringing extra people in depending on the gig (backing vocalists, horns, etc). They do all the 80s hits from both sides of the pond, and they absolutely nail them. One of their singers does an absolutely uncanny Bowie! Their bass player looks like Lurch from the Addams Family and has a nice range of old Yamaha BBs. They absolutely nail the tunes - these aren't run-of-the-mill covers, they're note-for-note accurate, and even accurately reproduce the various keyboard and drum sounds. Something about that attention to detail and the sheer level of musicianship really appeals to me. Best of luck with the band, I hope you get it off the ground!

Hi Phil, Many thanks. See you soon. Mike

Vid is missing from this one Rob. ? Just wondering if there was one to be honest ? Dave

Done. Good luck with your thesis.

Really like that and I do like it when a P bass sounds slightly darker

Macbeth, opera by Verdi. Because nothing says “Scottish tragedy” like storming a castle to the sound of bel canto 😖 It might not be cultural appropriation but it's annoying!

That really is a very unlikely Basschat response there @Jonesy

Sounds ideal as an all in one bass. Just need another one as backup…… But seriously it sounds great, ideal for a covers band and for studio work having both sounds at your fingertips.

Sounds like a fun project, and makes for some encouraging reading after browsing through the Auditions in Hell thread!