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Hands down some pot bellied Euro guy in a dads cardigan 10-15yrs ago on YT. In a studio with a rack of 60's P's and laying it down like crazy..Minimal notes,, minimal movement but incredible feel and groove. Anyone remember? Least impressed with Scotts Bass Lessons...same ole pentatonic thing everytime. As I've always said if you can't play on the One, in four and make em dance then forget it.

Nice story gents. Spent a lot of time in the West End bk in the early 80's making a lot of groovy noise, Empire Ballroom was always fun. Anyway. I'm on a compilation album and appeared on a TV arts show back in 84. Both long lost to obscurity...haha.

Steelye Span in Basingstoke last yr. Just superb tho I was awfully distracted by bass player constantly fiddling with his jazz bass knobs!

Overdubbed or not u can bet ur nelliie he could play it and sing it live. May have overdubbed it to give it a bit more presence. Grt, tune takes me right back to that long hot summer of 76.

Nope. My CV70 sounds grt, even in the shower🤣

The clear silicone cones off ebay are very good indeed and can be cut to fit.. EA20? or something. U can get them anywhere.

Interesting but its on the cusp at that price. Headstocks been shaved, decal obviously wrong. Orig paint?, cant be sure. Too many red flags for that money.

Thick board gunk on a P with flats? Lucky you. Leave it on and you'll play like Jamerson who said the chicken fat helped create those super Motown grooves.

Yes what a line up. It was good last nite. Gord Giltrap on 4 then later The Band docu with Robbie Robertson...fascinating

I love Motown but from 60 thru 70 it didn't really change a huge amount. For me it's the 70's. From 70 thru 80 the linear changes in writing, playing, sound developement and especially in the studio were immense. It started with Bowie, Prog and The Carpenters who all set their very different templates for everything we have today.

Did a few holiday seasons with a guy back in the 80's and he used a tweed`'15 watt' session combo. Beautiful tone and loud as heck. Whether the new ones are like those originals I've no idea but a solid make nevertheless.

Had a similiar but not identical situation a while back. Trouble with these mini festivals is there run by semi-pros who aren't good under pressure...How many bands?...Fast turnaround? I played a P bass with dead flats into my ole Ampeg rig...so, lovely gnarly mid focused punchy tone in stage. However the play back recorded live in the ground with pro mics, I sounded like an Alembic with fresh rounds, clangy and tinny as heck .... and, it was a substantial setup...kinda like the smaller Glasto size stage and big pa. In other words the sound guy under pressure had not a clue.

Be it for me to rain on ur parade but what really matters is, if ur unsupported (with a sound dude its a whole different potato), its what it sounds like towards the back end of the room. I tend to find lean mean thin and shitty on stage thickens up a treat at the bar.

Blimey. She was just there...all through my life, this huge original artist. First Bowie now Tina...

Its not until you have ear probs that the idea of squirting anything direct plus the ambient noise on the stage if one should fall out, is enough to make you shudder. I'd actually like to know what the injury rate is from them now they've been around a while.....Prolonged use of headphones for eg can cause major ear probs in the long run cause its way too easy to crank the volume which feels extremely soft and spacious but which is actually still high volume.

That intro to Love Song...the absolute biz. Saw them live the week the single was released and it sounded exactly the same ...And The captain wearing nothing but shaving foam....haha. Amazing band.

Very tasty musician indeed. Never a huge Brand X fan but I do remember hearing Phil Collins Cannot Believe It's True for the first time, and the smoothness and sublety of the bass part really struck me....

Funny sat here now at 63 yrs old. I can remember the exact moment I heard HMWYRS for the first time 44yrs ago...A lifetime ago and that bass line floored me then and it stills floors me now. I'm actually amazed that someone somewhere hasn't sampled the first two bars of that bassline into a dance groove or something...Legendary.

Well, as someone whos played it on and off for nigh on 40 years my view is finger strength and technique is the key to getting those 16ths smooth, action less so. Oddly, as I age Im playing it better ...yet ole Norm was just a kid when he recorded it. Talent in spades. Him or course not me.🙄

Buy what u like but spending more money was never a substitute for cold hard practise. S'funny cause Ive spent less over the years and those lovely savings is what makes me play better...weird.

Been battling this for years with bass which carries like a whale call. Way I see it is...Place yourself in your neighbours shoes living next to someone for eg learning a loud instrument with all the squeaks, fluffs and downright pain coming though the walls...enough to drive u nuts. It is encumbent on the person making noise to manage the problem and be reasonable but a blanket catch all is totally wrong. My neighbour said recently with some attitude he could hear me practising my cello. I'm in a detached room with blankets all around and a mute on the bridge....ffs! His room is 15 feet away! Seems compromise on all sides is the way forward and this grey suited twerp from LBC needs to be invited upstairs for a chat.

My CV70 P has the nearest I've ever found outside of the original. Almost baseball bat thickness...near B width.