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Electricity - OMD

Superb choice, sir. JG's work on that album is utterly glorious.

This guy demonstrates the pitch shift. The sound seems to change a bit but I’m sure you could use EQ to help with that. At about 8mins 10.

As a Mac user I always wonder why others need to have the dock turned on, quite large, taking up valuable screen real-estate at the bottom of the screen. Especially as in Logic you would be able to fit another two tracks on the arrange page without needing to reduce their size (and being able to fit more tracks at a sensible magnification is always a plus IMO), and I doubt whether you dropped out of Logic at any time during the day, and even if you did it's generally easier to switch between open programs using Command-Tab. On my set-up the dock is arranged vertically on the right-hand screen where it is out of the way and not taking up valuable pixels on my main screen. If I'm using a system with a single screen like a laptop the dock is permanently hidden.

I was going through quite a few tunes by Hopeton James last night who passed away just before Christmas, he was big in the 80s and had such a wonderful voice, and I found this song which I’d forgotten about, it’s the moonlight lover riddim which is up there with my favourites, here’s a few to enjoy And the original And my favourite which is Barrington Levy from the Shaolin Temple album, which is one of his best imo, worth a listen if you haven’t already heard it, Flabba on bass on this

Another from Brother Veal, the complete bass part from the tune 'You Don't Know What Love Is' from the 1991 Wynton Marsalis album, 'Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling'. Simple, sophisticated and elegant. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/you-dont-know-what-love-is-wynton-marsalis/

Glad I don’t play four strings anymore or i would buy one my 5 does everything and I can’t justify anything else

Not an easy task… I’d go with Erykah Badu Live album with Hubert Eaves IV on bass.

I buy/listen to albums because I think the songs are good and not for any particular instrument. The only time I have bought albums for a particular instrument was in the late 90s when I bought the entire Led Zeppelin back catalogue so I could make my own set of John Bonham drum samples and loops. As a listening experience I found it unrelentingly dull apart from In Through The Out Door which made me realise why they had signed The Pretty Things to their Swan Song Label because the music Led Zeppelin were producing at the time, sounded to me like a second-rate version of Silk Torpedo and Savage Eye. Once I had grabbed all the audio I needed I sold the CDs. I think I used some the samples on a couple of songs my band was writing at the time. I've probably still got them in folder on a hard drive somewhere.

Jaco didn't need more than 4 strings but then Jaco didn't play technical death metal. Maybe if he'd lived longer and played other styles he'd have used an extended range instrument.

You like what you like, being eclectic makes it interesting.

I saw this on IG and thought it looked very nice too! If you’re looking for a semi acoustic, i saw this on BD and it looks very nice, and a decent price i think compared to similar I’ve seen for sale in the past. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/italia-maranello-cavo-bass-brown-pre-owned/

Hi. Has anyone any experience with the pitch shifter on the GP-5/50? Considering buying the GP-50 as a back up, and I need to tune to D and C☺️

Quadrophenia. IMO Entwistle’s finest (recorded) hour.

This is as close as I get

Yes. Top notch quality, Japanese boutique basses. Thin, fast necks generally. Most are provided with an active preamp, which is killer (DFBP-3). They have two main lines, one more reasonably priced (e.g. CJ-4 or 5) and one with exotic woods etc. Most are lightweight……..around 3.3 to 3.5 kg. They are up there with Moon and Atelier Z by comparison.

All American Alien Boy - Ian Hunter. Jaco handled the bass duties with a wide range of styles. I don’t particularly like Ian Hunter, but this album just hits the spot for me every time I listen to it.