Sonic_Groove

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight -- The Jam [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwYYN_f60g"]Link to YouTube[/url] B Edited to add link

[quote name='Buzz' post='707691' date='Jan 10 2010, 02:20 PM']Cor blimey, talk about a rubbish website. Granted it is functional in terms of design, but if you've got no content for the love of god don't include the hyperlinks (or suggestions of hyperlinks) that go to blank pages, especially not when you're just starting up a company. Front page, mission statement and maybe a news feed. That's it.[/quote] To be fair the page I linked to is entered by the back door -- This is the official page [url="http://www.dnaamps.com/splashpage/"]http://www.dnaamps.com/[/url] Edit to say WOT bet me to it

Good News For anyone who loved the original (Pre US Music) Eden equipment [url="http://www.dnaamps.com/home/"]http://www.dnaamps.com/home/[/url] B Edit to say site not up & running yet (says 13 Jan)

Mark King is left handed but plays right handed (The only {playing} thing I've got in common with him LOL) [url="http://status-graphite.com/status/stock/2008/mark/0956.jpg"]http://status-graphite.com/status/stock/2008/mark/0956.jpg[/url] [url="http://status-graphite.com/status/stock/2008/mark/0960.jpg"]http://status-graphite.com/status/stock/2008/mark/0960.jpg[/url] B

Carol Kaye has always talked out of her a**s!

[quote name='chris_b' post='693030' date='Dec 24 2009, 03:39 PM']minimal shrieking by Ms Khan and great finger style...[/quote] If it was that great she would be shrieking more!! LOL B

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='683250' date='Dec 13 2009, 07:11 PM']You think that sounds good you should hear this. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d14buBLOtfg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d14buBLOtfg[/url][/quote] LOL got to agree!!! B

"I believe in Farther christmas" -- Greg Lake --- Musical inspiration by Prokofiev & Sinfeild's lyrics are as poignant today as they ever were. Lennon's "merry xmas (war is over)" does the job also. Brendan

Just watched it on iplayer I thought it was great --- Now gassing for a 12 string (1 course) bass!! Brendan

Has anyone tried or got the line 6 JM4? it seems to have some good features & extras and it has recently come down to the price of the Boss & Digitech --- Not sure of the quality & sound though. Brendan

It is a great book. I am one of those who have lost the cassettes over the years. So I will probably get the new version when the misses isn't looking Brendan

[quote name='ianrunci' post='655072' date='Nov 15 2009, 11:18 AM'][color="#000000"][size=2]any strings over 15 quid, a complete con * Ampeg bass gear (three tone settings rock, rock and sh*te) * gay basses like jaydee, status wal ect * most high end bass cabs, you can have one built just as good for less than half the price * Six string basses, for god sake get a guitar * plectrum bass playing, clunk click clunk * Rickenbackers, the worst sounding basses ever invented [/size][/color][/quote] I have a couple of six string stati, my life partner is a Jaydee (see what I did there!), I love Rickenbackers & really enjoy (when appropriate) playing with a pick. I don't suppose we will be going on a date! But can you just help me lift my Bergantino into the car? B

[quote name='Rich' post='641060' date='Oct 30 2009, 01:22 PM']I come from the age of vinyl, like the author of that article -- when you went into town on Saturday afternoon with your few quid and scoured the record shops, coming home with 2,3, maybe 4 carefully selected albums. You put on an album, you listened to the whole thing, all the way through, carefully. Listened again. And again, if it really grabbed you. And again, if it was an instant classic. Back then I think I probably knew every lyric to every song on every album I owned, because music was very definitely finite and so we listened more carefully. Perhaps we even treasured it more?[/quote] +1 to that -- And you got a 12" piece of art to go with it... ... and the girl behind the counter at RE-cords in Burton-on-Trent was gorgeous... Yeah I'm old too! Brendan

[quote name='jmsjabb' post='637301' date='Oct 26 2009, 08:31 PM']I have just bought an Ashdown ABM C100 300 Evo combo and was told it can be used with headphones, but I can't see how. Can anyone confirm this please, or is it possible to get a device to plug into the tuner / line out?[/quote] This probably doesn't help much but.. The line out on my (non Ashdown) combo is labelled Headphone/Line out it is controlled by the volume control & there is a switch to turn the speaker off. My main amp is an Ashdown (MK500) and I monitor this on headphones by DIing into my porta-studio. If your line-out will not drive headphones I guess you still need to get a headphone amp or porta-studio. Brendan

[quote name='51m0n' post='638823' date='Oct 28 2009, 09:53 AM']It is on spotify though [url="http://open.spotify.com/track/4MmaH0gfufdTwY8Lx2jF3b"]http://open.spotify.com/track/4MmaH0gfufdTwY8Lx2jF3b[/url] And wonderful it is too![/quote] £9.99 a month they have got to be kidding!! Spend 79p on iTunes B

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='632168' date='Oct 21 2009, 10:29 AM']I agree, I loved his more melodic stuff, in fact I'm inclined to download an album now to listen to while I get some Uni work done today. My ex ended up with the vinyl, many moons ago. So what should it be? Running in the Family? In pursuit of Accidents? You could influence my decision here guys [/quote] The self titled Level 42 album (that spurred this thread) is a must for any music collection (even for those that "don't like Level 42"!) cool bass, throbbing Moog it's like Return to Forever with songs! Brendan

I agree with all of the above (and I won't tell you how we used to power up domestic equipment that didn't have a lead!!!) apart from the get it replaced bit. I would decommission the unit (it is not as if it's an old AC30 or Marshall). If it's been standing in a cupboard you don't need it and H&H weren't "cool" even when the Floyd used them at Pompeii ! Bin it save yourself the grief! B

Thanks Pete for rediscovering this gem. I have coped my 79p & downloaded it from iTunes. The bass line has got to be a synth there is an extended chord & glissando near the end that must be keyboard. As someone said earlier Stevie Wonder was using synths in early 1970 here is a youtube clip of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuaSzFf7yq0"]Stevie & TONTO (Clicky)[/url] --- Hippies gone Funky!!! Now I got to get me one of them!!! Brendan

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='627248' date='Oct 15 2009, 07:29 PM']I've always thought the bass part sounds too precise to be played by a human.[/quote] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smason/142075706/sizes/l/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/smason/142075706/sizes/l/[/url]

[quote name='Stingray5' post='626815' date='Oct 15 2009, 12:05 PM']Haha, beat me to it, but +1 to the above. In one of the bands I was in, back in the 70's, our keyboard player had one of the staple combination set-ups of the time: a Wurlitzer electric piano (later a Fender Rhodes) plus a Hohner D6 Clavinet. (I loved that sound). He then added one of the (then) new Korg synths. Can't remember the model but it was only monophonic. Not bad for solo's anyway. He 'upgraded' to a Moog.[/quote] Them were the day hey? Looking at your avatar I guess you like me also love the sound of the Melotron? I would love to work in a band with someone with one of those, but would hate to help them carry it!! B

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='626637' date='Oct 15 2009, 07:31 AM']I've always wondered how this amazing bass sound was achieved. Is it a synth? Surely they weren't using bass synths on record then...or am I wrong? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubd2uUPT5ww"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubd2uUPT5ww[/url][/quote] Most of the sounds were generated with one of these [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavinet"]Clavinet[/url] Probably the bass line is tic/tak of Clav & real bass? (I can't hear it properly at moment I am on laptop speakers). Brendan