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Echoes - Pink Floyd

'Boosty's DNA included'

I'm going to have to respectfully agree to disagree on this. To me the description when I looked up the programme seemed quite clear on what to expect which is why I decided to watch it, the description when I looked out up was as follows: Three bassists deconstruct the basslines that defined their careers, beginning with Joy Division and New Order founder member Peter Hook

With my kids in their 30s it's a long, long time since I could enjoy Xmas, but I've discovered one thing that really works for me ... a decent Xmas Market.

Thanks. Yes, available on CD or vinyl, rough trade have it, of Jumbo or Crash in Leeds.

But it would have then at least done what it said on the tin. Based on information gathered on this thread I won't be watching any of it. Never even heard of Peter Hook before.

"This bass retains the original strings that were on it when the consignor received it in 1977." 😳

Maybe it was badly labeled then - I would watch a program called greatest basslines, but probably not something about peter hook. Still, put the series on record so I can skim over that.

Heard It All Before - Mudvayne

Same Old Song - The Four Tops

Strings are so important, it’s pretty obvious really, but you play the strings not the bass. The strings are the interface you interact with, so it’s so important to have strings that feel and sound right. Personally I love well worn in strings, maybe a year or two, but when they really die off I don’t like that dull tone. Equally I don’t like brand new zingy strings either, definitely somewhere in the middle, but it’s very subjective, horses for courses.

That's a cool bit of history. If only on putting it on to play transformed you into a funk monster.

Dress rehearsal for tonight's gig. 90s and 00s indie classics. It was at Tweeters near Leatherhead. Big room full PA. Proper drum kit which the drummer always sounds better on, we use an electric one at our usual private place. In my never ending quest to find the one amp solution, I recently bought a TC Electronics BH800 bass amp. If I was to write a review of the BH800, I'd say it doesn't sound as good as other class D amps (my TecAmp Puma for example) until you start using the tone prints for the basic sound. Unfortunately there are only 2 tone prints, and I've loaded them with the 2 different dirt/fuzz effects I need for this band. Fortunately, one of the guitarists is lending me his Orange isobaric 4x10 bass cab, which sounds great. It's 8ohm and the BH800 (allegedly) kicks out 400w at 8ohm which is enough. We ploughed through the set and tidied up the 2 new songs we've added. TLDR it was great fun, and very good for my mental health.

Hooky is my favourite bass player ever so I loved it, would have been bored to tears if it was a greatest basslines show

Still in and an unexpected redundancy has made my completion even easier!