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I remember when A-Ha broke through with the re-release of "Take On Me". Something about the quality of the song writing combined with Morten Harket's singing just elevated them above their peers, and what an iconic video. That vocal climax in "Take On Me", starting with "I'll be gone..." still raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

😂😂😂. Personally I dislike playing through a pa only as I want the sound of my bass to be near me and come from close to where the bass is. When PA is a must I still use my little pjb combo and di out of that. Realist pickup, rarely have feedback issues....then again pub &club not stadium volumes.

It’s great to see the love for these basses throughout this thread. I was in the music shop today, in a glum mood, pouring rain outside, and spotted an 80s Encore P Bass on the wall - Pearl with White pickups. It was the cheapest bass in the shop, and I had only heard that these guitars were firewood. I really liked the vibe of it though so got them to take it down. Well, I was playing for the rest of the afternoon! Absolutely loved it. This one had great action, a nice feeling neck. Hard to really name the tones, as I was plugged into a Blackstar bass combo, which I absolutely despise, but the bass was a joy to play. It even slapped brilliantly for a P-Bass, and there was no way I was not gonna take it home. Now and then you play a guitar which you just know is for you, and this was one of those. I have a Vintera Precision which I like well enough, but I just know Im gonna be picking this bass up all the time at home. It remains to be seen if it can do a gig, as Ive generally found that once a cheap bass is plugged into a cranked up amp, the weaknesses really show up. I don’t care about that though, cos I love it, and I never part with guitars I love - only the ones I bought cos others said they were great or the specs said they were great. A guitar you cant stop picking up IS great imo!

I love that 800rb. Daryl

Insomnia - Faithless

Assuming Sod All = F-ck All There are two solutions, when sod-all = 0 or sod-all = 4 assuming the above. We would need to define f-ck all more accurately here in terms of sod-all to get the right answer. Rob

It's Gonna Be A Long Night - Ween

And so… I tried a different Allen key and it worked will all grub screws on all saddles. That’s good, but it’s also pretty bad 😅 The “tolerance” of the provided key and that of the screws is probably a recipe for shearing those screws on a brand new bass.

Comparison of various Octavers An early Cog T-16 Sonicake Octaver MXR Bass Octaver Deluxe Pearl OC07 Zoom MS60b Bass Octaver Zoom MS60b+ Analog Bass Octaver My thoughts. For those that don’t know the Pearl OC07 is the original Jojo Mayer Nerve octaver. It sounds identical (as these old pedals can) to a Boss OC2. The Sonicake Octaver is an OC2 clone. When I compared it to an OC2 I couldn’t hear the difference and once again here, not trying to destroy the resale of my pedals I can’t hear it either. The Cog is quite unique sounding compared to everything else and has to be felt to be believed. The MXR is the most versatile but the so are both of the Zooms. It has some noise when idling but doesn’t appear to come across in the videos (at least until I add layers and layers of gain) Once you put these in a synth chain most of the differences disappear. I’ll be keeping the Sonicake (because they are so cheap they aren’t worth selling), probably the MXR as I find it the most musical and varied and then both Zooms because the MS60b isn’t worth very much and the MS60b+ is really really impressive. If I was playing a lot of synth focused music, I’d keep the Cog and have it next to a Sonicake or MXR Vintage Bass Octaver and then the MXR BOD if I was doing any blended with clean stuff. Anyway, enjoy

Booze Me Up And Get Me High - Ween

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Holy old thread revival Batman !! I have two of these and they are my pride and joy. The six string is a solid Shedua body with figuring from something several leagues higher. The fretless is arguably nicer. I'll never part with them.

Yeah, it's the sounding off that made me listen a bit closer. IIR this came out after the Commitments movie, which prompted a lot of covers bands at the time to start playing Motown songs. I agree, I think he played it wrong and no one has picked up on this before. Now im aware of it I think it's ok to play this, even though in isolation it doesn't seem right. I think this version is probably the version a lot of pub bands do compared to the original.

Hey all, been eyeing these up. Schecter C4 standard. But can't really find anything online about these models exactly. Weird how there's no videos on youtube or social media really. Or have I just not found them? Anyways. Just wondering what people have these and thought of them?

Whiskey In My Whiskey — The Felice Brothers

I've never heard this cover of the Otis Redding classic before but you are indeed hearing a G# not an A as you suspected and weirdly enough it sounds "off" to me. Much prefer the A. As has been mentioned it could be that this version has strayed from the original somewhat. IF the piece is in b minor then the G# is outside the key and explains why it sounds off to my ear.

Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond

Is that more or less than 5/10 of f-ck all? Asking for an engineer friend.

Shout out to Mark at speakergrills.co.uk, two grills arrived very quickly and at a reasonable price (£110 for the pair, with all the trimmings like boxing and powder coating). The quality is good, as is the fit. I'm in no doubt they will protect the speakers very well. Will take these for a gig in a week. I'm sure they'll be great.

It'd be interesting to compare how Johnny Colt plays it compared to Duck Dunn on Otis Redding's original version. Maybe( probably) Johnny isn't playing a faithful rendition.