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Seems a slightly odd choice but whatever works... I've heard that some of the Finnish metal bands would use some ridiculous techniques with guitar tones. One was recording a guitar track with a tea-towel wrapped around the strumming hand. They would typically record as many different ways they could think of and mix and match to achieve the ultimate desired result.

And another vote for the TCE Spark Booster. I find its very transparent so doesnt change the tone too much, just adds a bit more depth.

Those old Carol Kaye lines were usually doubled with a Fender Bass VI and plectrum so I can see doing it with an acoustic giving a little chorus feel and more attack that only an acoustic instrument can give. Now you'll need a piezo equipped bass to do it live!

Chopped In Half - Obituary

I know the thread is about the more creative/ interesting Bass lines of decades gone by, but other stuff stands out to me as well... After just listening to all those tunes on the above list over on YouTube, apart from three of those tunes, the rest all have string arrangements (very good charts that are obviously arranged by experienced arrangers). Of the three that don't, one has excellent Brass arranging and two have very good, creative, vocal harmony arranging. So, to me, all the above, and including the very fine musicianship involved, elevates those tunes above 'dross'. It may well be music that you don't like, but to my ears, not dross. Just my musical opinion(s), of course.

Hi all, Just wanted to share my new (used) Dingwall Combustion that I got a couple of weeks ago from Bass Bros (great service btw). It’s my first 5 string bass (after decades refusing to get one!) and couldn’t be happier. Great to play, easier to get used to (multi-scale) that you’d think and hoping to rehearse or gig with it sometime soon. Let me know if any questions. e05e6bea-adca-4279-899e-4e4993d10c1c.mov

Double tracking is pretty standard but I've never heard of double tracking using an acoustic behind a distorted electric bass.

Joe Strimmer

Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams

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37 Stitches - Drowning Pool

As anyone who owns one of these amps knows, they sound great, have all the gubbins you need on them, are loud BUT so is the fan. It's a bit like having your own aircon unit soundwise. When you're playing it's not an issue, I wouldn't sell it just because of the fan noier but, we'll you know.🙂 Has anyone sourced a quiter replacement fan? From what I've researched it's tricky if not impossible.

Just a bit of an update, and a huge thank you to everyone who commented or reacted. With just one gig in the diary and with a regular venue switching to an agent, we have called time on the band. The singer started off a little defensive (as you would expect) but did see that it was right in the end. He admitted that some gigs completely wipe him out and he has good and bad days more generally. We all wish that it was not so, but to carry on (in front of 'strange' crowds) would expose him to criticism (and possibly even ridicule) and that would be far worse. We will bow out on 7th October. More importantly, we are parting as chums. Thanks again for the support people have given. This is a remarkable place - and this is demonstrated so often here.

As the title says, we now have a PA subsection of the Amps and Cabs section, can we have a separate For Sale Area too?

My brother likes his Italian food and he says it was a different class, especially compared to the previous works outing they had at one of Jamie Oliver's establishments, where they overpaid for small portions of very mediocre food and most folks stopped off for chips on the way home because they were still hungry.