Velarian

I must get along to a gig with the current line-up. I missed them at the Piece Hall in Halifax last year. A friend went and said it was excellent. Many top artists really rate it as a venue. If they play there again I’ll definitely go.

Raven tour? I saw them on that tour in Leeds. It was amazing and I went on to see them many, many times subsequently. I’ve not seen them more recently however, since they became ‘The Strangler’. 😉

Plenty of mojo going on with this ‘63 Precision.

Does this help? I've run the ending of the track through Logic Pro's stem splitter to isolate the bass (it's not perfect and it hasn't managed to separate the bass guitar from the synth bass - however as it's in unison I think this serves it's purpose). Peaches Ending.wav

I thought I’d ask Chat GTP this question and it said it was having a bit of trouble getting the answer. It did however suggest listening to the part in question and: - 1. Slow down the playback (many music players support this). 2. Muddle through on your bass or keyboard, testing different notes to find the right match. 😂😂😂 So, just like we’ve always done things in the time-honoured tradition of transcribing tracks.

Matt has just helped me out with some parts for a broken machine head. I’d speculatively posted in the wanted section looking for a little screw, which he just happened to have. However, he also mentioned he’d had one where the screw had sheared off and when I checked mine, the threaded part of the screw was indeed sheared off and embedded in the capstan post, which he also happened to have. He sent exactly what I needed and this has saved me a whole load of trouble in the process. What a legend he is and a shining example of the generous spirit that is the Basschat community.

I have the older model and never experienced any issues. Just shooting from the hip here, but have you tried any different headphones? I’m just wondering if Nu-x is using more power driving the headphones; maybe an impedance issue? I’ve no idea what I’m talking about so please ignore me if I’m completely off target. 😉

Insurrection day?

This is very sad news indeed. I remember the terrible time she had with the fire and how this community stepped in with help and support. Her commitment to nursing and also her technical abilities were notable. She was the same age as me so that really hits home. May she rest in peace. 🕊️

Interesting, thanks. I’ll have a proper read later. This could probably be a subject for its own thread so I won’t derail it any further.

Good point. Actually, thinking about it the YouTube version with its own processing on top of the BBC’s own emasculation of broadcast sound and probably a poor video copy to boot has a huge impact. I’ve often thought that the BBC tames rock music down too much. A good example of this is the theme tune to Have I Got News for You; no balls at all.

I did a quick A/B comparison between both versions and the phrasing and tone seemed to be the same to me. However, the YouTube version compared to a lossless version totally lacked both range and dynamics. Maybe YouTube’s processing rips the guts out of everything which may account for any perceived difference?

Except that’s not a live recording, as evidenced by Jet stood up at the back not putting much effort into the drums. I’m pretty sure that’s the album recording. It’s still awesome though.

That’s a great selection of Stranglers classics there. Well done for learning them so quickly.

I’ve been really pleased with the quality of the body which was from Northwest Guitars. The price is still the same as it was over three years ago. https://northwestguitars.co.uk/collections/precision-bass/products/precision-bass-compatible-guitar-body-3-colour-sunburst

This looks like a reasonable alternative: - https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/the-stranglers-tabs-a5147?inst=bass

Damn! That’s a shame. It looks like the whole site is down rather than just that specific URL.

Following Peter's posts above (@WabiSabi), I went ahead and ordered one of his P-Base control plates, which arrived this morning. Peter was extremely responsive and helpful and there were no difficulties with any of that Brexit nonsense that might be associated with ordering stuff from the EU. It's a really nice quality part and it provides the finishing touch to my earlier bitsa project. 🙂

I have to declare a tier 1 fail. I'd always envisaged that when I failed, it would be for a significant and worthy cause e.g. a vintage p-bass. However, it's ended up being for an entirely frivolous and low-level reason. When I put together my bitsa p-bass over 3 years ago, I ended up with a hand-fashioned acrylic control plate as a temporary solution because I couldn't source a steel/chrome one. I always said I'd address that later if and when the right part came available. Well last week, a chap in the Netherlands posted on another thread saying he was making them and I couldn't let the opportunity pass. So, I bought one and it arrived this morning. I'm happy that I've managed to go well over 2 1/2 years without any significant purchases, so I've proved to myself that I'm reasonably GAS resistant. I'm sure I'll be back on the wagon next year and I'm hoping I win the lottery this year so I can get a vintage p-bass during this outage. 😉

I came across this video of Danny Sapko covering a few bass players’ amp settings. JJ is the third one in at around 24s. These are the amp settings he used: -

Gotta love this line: “It is a type of guitar specifically designed for playing bass notes in music.”. Ya don’t say! 😂

Or maybe the sound techs don’t realise that the ‘old tone’ is what a bass could sound like and think that dull/boomy bass is how they all should sound?

Yes, yes, but we don’t really care about all that. What did you get?

Nailed it! Are you able to share how you did that?

This is very true. I've seen the Stranglers live many times and woolly bass was almost invariably the case. Smaller venues definitely fair better than larger ones.