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Carry Me Away - Rick Springfield

I like both, the poptastic remix really “eighties” the song.

It's as HeadlessBassist says a top twenty short scale. Kay never made a version like this, and it's not teisco, like people say it is because it bumps the value. Teisco closed in 1968, this was made after that time.

fly me to the moon - frank sinatra

I was in a band like this once, for about 5 years. It was one of the best band experiences for me because we were good, the venues booked us (we had several residencies) and it made playing so much fun. 100% agree.

I guessed it would have. For most of the venues we play, there still wouldn't be enough room on stage but that's more to do with us being a big band with a full drumkit. A robust stand to lift the projector up might work, but any vibration would be magnified by the stand and projection distance. When we were looking into it, I started playing about with what to project. Obviously it depends on the band/genre/taste but a couple of things I tried were a powerpoint presentation of random coloured shapes on each slide with a slow fade transition applied and the video feedback from a webcam pointing at the computer screen while recording. None of these would have been synchronised, though.

Agree with both points there.

Ash just bought my Sterling Stingray roasted neck. Super quick payment and decision taking, altogether an absolute breeze - would 10000% recommend. Ander.

There is/could be an argument that the sound you are creating is 'your' sound and it is what you want the audience to hear, they have no say in how it should be... good or bad. I suppose it's a bit like your Helix generated tone that is sculpted by you, to your exacting spec. The audience don't get to choose how that sounds, indeed you are reliant on the FOH for the final tone and I've seen many PA set ups that are a dog's dinner (hired in pub/club); we've all read that subs need to be placed 'x' distance apart or located next/on top of each other... yet I see more 15" mid/tops mounted on poles above 15" subs 20 feet apart. However, we digress back to another BC favourite! LOL

Walk Me to the Bridge - Manic Street Preachers

I had a few Pete Skjold basses including a Whaleback like the model shown above and these are excellent basses, not AI generated. The anchoring system was something he tried years ago, but did continue... He is inspired by JP Basses like our own @skelf and even bought the rights to Jean-Philippe Ferreira (the guy behind JP Basses) to continue his work under the Denoncourt series, when JP decided to stop making basses. You can write Pete an email: he always answers.

Yours might be this one: https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/159/26/1960s-Japanese-bass-guitar-probably-by-Teisco-refinished-red-body-with-many-imperfections-some-corrosion-to-hardware-particularly-on-the-edges-of-the-pickups-electrics-in-working-order-condition-fair

I think we should have a rule/guideline where we don’t post people’s names in the subject of the thread without some context. Yet again, I looked at this and thought, "oh jeez, bless her but at least she had a good innins." I used to exchange emails with her years ago, I even got a reply on Christmas Day once. Bruce Foxton was the last one to not be dead when I opened that thread..

But that only works if your rig is a stage prop or just for personal monitoring (with the FoH supplied via the PA). However, if you rely on your rig to project your bass sound into the whole venue, then what sounds awesome when you are stood next to it may well sound entirely different out in the audience and not necessarily in a good way due to the different dispersal characteristics and the drivers and the cabs they are contained in.