Velarian

I think you’re right about the sound being gone. In fact I don’t think it lasted much beyond the first three albums. I’ve seen them live many times and on many occasions the bass sounded like a muddy mess. Whether that’s to do with JJ’s rig or poor FOH understanding of how it should sound, I don’t know.

Not mine unfortunately. 😕

I love the bass solo on that track.

I should point out that it was his Fender Precision his early sound was known for. The Yamaha BB2000 in that picture wasn’t particularly representative of his bass tone on the early albums but featured on later ones. And just in case anyone missed it on the BB Mega Thread, here’s the actual neck from the bass in the picture: -

The Strangers

Probably “Sometimes” by the Stranglers. I’m hoping to verify this soon because apparently our drummer has a cassette recording of our first gig, albeit very poor quality. If he can find it I’ll take a digital copy of it.

The sound was pretty consistent throughout so this would be my guess.

If he did that at my house he’d get a bucket of water over him!

What make is your chorus? Perhaps the same manufacturer’s flanger will be suitable for bass and will match the aesthetic?

Nu-X mighty plug? £60 from Amazon or Thomann. https://www.nuxefx.com/mighty-plug.html It plugs into your bass output jack and requires a short wired connection to headphones but that’s it. It has built in effects and also allows a phone or tablet to connect by Bluetooth for audio to play along with. There’s no latency issue because Bluetooth only handles the external audio source to the device and your bass is a wired connection from the device. The default presets are not particularly useful for bass but it’s extremely configurable and can be easily tweaked using the mobile app.

Presumably photographing it in front of an expensive looking SSL console is designed to enhance its apparent high value?

If that’s Ellen Alaverdyan I believe she plays a short scale model and they weigh around 3.5kgs from what I’ve seen

Awesome! My mind is truly boggled. 🤯

You can call me Al - Bakithi Kumalo for Paul Simon. Sledgehammer - Tony Levin for Peter Gabriel.

Peaches - JJ Burnel

Wherever I Lay My Hat - Pino Palladino

I'm amazed that it's still there! A proper old-school half pipe that is (no flat bottom). Anyway, on with the bass stuff.... as you were.

If anyone has an Amazon Prime subscription the digital version the September edition of Sound on Sound is available as a free download. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B9ZGWCN5/

I bought a set of new strings from Andy. Very quick to respond and he got them sent out straight away. Efficient transaction and he’s easy to deal with. Cheers.

The Duck and Drake is a real old spit and sawdust type pub. Well it used to be when I lived in Leeds around thirty years ago. We spent every Sunday evening there watching a band that had a residency. It was a fantastic atmosphere.

I was in Leeds last night. Started off in Whitelocks, The oldest pub in Leeds, est. 1715. Worth a visit, but it’s too small to host bands. I Drank far more than was sensible though and spent today regretting it.

I sincerely hope the law catches up with him first. A nice custodial sentence ought to keep out of harms way.

As this is clearly now a trade scam surely Trading Standards, who dealt with his previous scam that resulted in a conviction, should be informed and no doubt they would be interested in taking him on?

This sounds like something I must have known back in the day but have now completely forgotten! 😳