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[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1498818846' post='3327248']
I think the 'loudness wars' have a lot to answer for here...
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, it's the trend of using sometimes excessive audio compression to make a record as loud as possible - but removing much of the dynamic range. Apparently most folk automatically equate louder with better.
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++++1 No matter how good the dig recording there is never the dynamic range and seperation that there is with studio tape to vinyl....it all sounds like crystal clear mush to me.

[quote name='gs_triumph' timestamp='1498758486' post='3326892']
A good quality vinyl LP played on a good quality turntable through a decent amp and speakers will sound superior to a compressed digital format. You can tell the difference but the playback device makes a massive difference.

Is it enough to justify the price and convenience issues? Depends on the beholder and the situation.

I don't see the point in 4k screens when we have HD but I have a mate who goes loopy about them.

Each to their own.
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Aren't you forgetting sumthing?...todays original recording will still be crappy compressed digital, or are studios now going over to four inch tape and Fostex to keep the whole thing "authentic", I doubt it somehow.
I listen to some of my stuff from the 70's and late 60's and just know it's highly doubtful its ever going to be replicated...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40445192

Hope so...

Young players now are too far from the blues. The electric guitars heyday was playing blues style rock etc...all t[size=4]his current fast down strumming makes me cringe. Yes the guitar is doomed.[/size]

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1498420980' post='3324510']
There's something utterly joyous about watching older performers/bands, who must know their golden age is over, going out and not only winning over that massive crowd but absolutely slaying it.

Best Glasto set I've watched this year.
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Yep it's called talent .

Very nice....great to see Chrissie Hynde and good sound apart from the kick drum...ouch.

Oddly enough I cant remember the last time I saw a 70's Orange 120 head for sale...cant be that rare surely?

Pm'd

[quote name='Rowley Birkin QC' timestamp='1497380091' post='3317732']
A drummer that couldn't keep time and couldn't come out if fills at the right time!
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Dealing with this problem at the moment. Trouble is the guy is such a nice bloke with a wicked dry wit ...very funny, good to be around etc..BUT!...and Ive never seen this before.
He holds his sticks with his index fingers placed rigidly on the top of the sticks which means his wrists are stiff and the groove is suffering. Maybe I'll stay , maybe I'll go or maybe at my age I should stop worrying bout these things and just enjoy what we got. The upside is the keys is a cathedral organist. He's an amazing musician who can play and sound like anything at a drop of a hat.

Anyone see what bass rig he's playing?

Its the same at nearly every outdoor show I've worked at over the last few years (Im a photographer for my sins!). Can anyone explain the deal with those bloody great subs below the front of the stage....reckon I've yet to hear a nice balance anywhere in any field that I've stood in, and Ive seen some experienced session bassists playing who all end up sounding like boom and mud......hopeless.

Your in a confined room with no bodies to soak up the volume plus surely the idea is to interact and sort things out etc so 60 watts is plenty if the guitars do the right thing and max the pre's and lower their master vol's.
Also this idea that you have to keep up with the "loud" drummer is a bit amateurish imo. Our drummer simply plays a bit quieter in rehearsal and he still sounds crisp and on the money.
Your ears will thank you for it in 30 yrs time.

How about this then? Local (mature) band I'm doing a couple of outdoor events with this summer have a funny little habit of changing keys on the fly depending on how the singers voice is...eh?

I cant understand it and even they dont seem to realise what they are up to...its very funny has me in stitches but they cant see why I'm laughing..has to be the weirdest thing I think I've ever done. Huge fun though.

Shoulda Loved Ya..Narada Michael Walden....and to think of it theres loads from the early 80's. How bout Dance To The Beat...brill line, cheesy disco sillyness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1H7P8XJZqE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--gpcJlARA

1975, Boz Burrell Bad Company....that sweet muted fretless thing he did...lovely. Now I like nothing more than to play along to a Gladys Knight Philly soul collection..bass heaven.

My heavy old 71 P was a dog so damn sick it could barely stay on its stand anymore. Over the board it sounded pretty lush but the open E string was so dead as to be inaudible, tried strings, neck bolts, bone nuts, bridges everything to bring it alive and figured that either the neck wood or body wood were causing some sort of cancellation...weird

[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1495642652' post='3305563']
Honestly, JJ's actual P-basses are some of the very few star instruments I have any interest in.

I mean, the bass that was played on THIS... c'mon!

(And if anybody here's never seen this, it's well worth nine minutes of your life, especially with headphones on).

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iDj1D2OimM"]http://www.youtube....h?v=2iDj1D2OimM[/url]
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Is that a Fender Showman rig JJ is using that clip?..the cabs used a pair of JBL K140's....nice from what I can remember.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1495873931' post='3307170']
scooped sound is lovely when playing on your own but live with the rest of the band it's a no no, I've got a Trace GP12 and I turn all the sliders down below 100Hz, and don't use the TE shape button, what you hear and what the crowd hears are 2 different things, generally you need to think you're not 'bassy' enough but you probably are especially if there's a bit of a crowd in, I've found that bass is particularly affected by bodies in the room
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+++++++++1 in fact when your sounding thin and sh*tty on stage the audience are getting full, rich and round tone heaven in the mush pit.

If it could be proven beyond doubt that he recorded 'Darling Dear, 'Bernadette' etc etc on it then it could be argued that historically it's a pretty cool instrument but without the proof.....

love it but too much delay for me..

I have a set of Fender 45-105 round wound nickel strings which I bought last week off Ebay for £16.00 but which I now realise are simply not for me at all. Im gonna go back to my trusty 6 yr old chrome flats.....mmm

Would prefer to swap for a set of flat wound strings but am quite happy to sell if anyone wants them.

They are all conservatively cut to length for a P bass so plenty of turns left for the tuner posts.

Cheers

Just started doing some outdoor summer deps for an easy local covers band after a lay off of 20 years!. Mixed feelings bout the whole thing really. Tunes are a mix of the usual pub rock classics and pop stuff but I vowed years ago never to do any more pub band gigs....EVER!.

Thing is its bloody good fun and my playing has got better over the years so it does feel pretty enjoyable, The important thing for me is that I dont take it to seriously but if they start to do the pubs Im out.

[quote name='Bbiigg Kev' timestamp='1494236307' post='3294132']
Its called talent me thinks !!!
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Yep, and boy did he write some fantastic lazy groove tunes.

The Three Degrees...Philly soul compilation.
In a word WOW!!....those three women in my mind are totally underrated. Love that Philadelphia sound.

Seeing as were getting nostalgic and slushy..listen carefully to anything Bee Gees wise...monster studio playing on it all.