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    The Cure Bass Player

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

    Slightly off topic, but Lol Tolhurst’s autobiography is a good read.

    Sad in parts of course.

    yeah i read it, he has made amends but judging by his levinhurst offerings he should have just stayed on drums, it would have definitely been the healthier option.

    The Cure Bass Player

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    Posted

    28 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

    I was surprised to read that awaiting release are both a Cure album and a Robert Smith solo album. I had had no idea that Robert Smith had ever self-identified as a collaborative musician, and had assumed that everything that ever appeared on a Cure release was pretty much what he wanted. Working on those two things at the same time sounds potentially messy, and, lo, a mess.

    I’m surprised also, let’s face it Robert smith is the cure, if you listen to any of the demos and the top which was bass played by Robert and stuff with the glove or the walk and the banshees it becomes fairly clear where the magic is, Gallup is a solid bass player but I was never blown away technically by anything he has done even though he has been a big influence on me. Can’t help thinking Robert was always the puppet master.

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    The Cure Bass Player

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    Posted

    52 minutes ago, gt4ever said:

    Hopefully they’ll kiss and make up before the get out touring their next album.

    well he did leave for a while in the 80s, but for him this was a pretty cushy number, I'm honestly a little surprised he would quit now.

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    Iron Maiden

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    5 minutes ago, Urban Bassman said:

    Just a look in an old photo album and here's a couple of pics from '78 taken at Alan Gordons...we didn't use the amp equipped room very often...this would have been after the Iron Maiden event.

     

    Wish I still had that 70s P through...mind you it was about as heavy as boat a anchor! Note the HH gear!

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    yeah thats the place lol...grim would be an understatement. 

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    Iron Maiden

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Musicman666

    2 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

    @Reggaebass and myself were only talking about the rehearsal studios in Leytonstone a couple of hours ago, it has to be the same place...we used it circa 78- 79..  full of old HH amps ( which is what started us going on about it in the first place !)

     

    yes i think it was hh, maybe to be replaced later on by carslboro stingrays. Maiden had to be using their own gear, marshalls i would imagine. The place was located under a railway arch. I used to be so impressed the way the hh would light up in the dark.

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    status s2 headless neck widths??

    in Bass Guitars

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    8 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

    Email and ask them. They can do a lot.

     

    just be aware that if it can’t be done with a neck shape they already make and you really really want it… you’ll be paying for new moulds and tooling too…

    yes i was wondering about the moulds, it almost seems like their mould might have a vairiable width adjustment, but yes i will email them on this, just trying to work out what might suit me best before i do so.

    status s2 headless neck widths??

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Musicman666

    i cant seem to see anything on their website specifically about this but are there three different neck widths for the 4 5 and 6 string options? i was wondering in particular if they might do something like five strings closer together on a four string neck?

     

    New Phil Jones nano combo… smallest one yet.

    in Amps and Cabs

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    13 hours ago, Al Krow said:

    Ah ok. But a Zoom B1-4 plus those small creatives (T20s) comes to around £125 new. So you pays your money...

     

    Having said that I wouldn't want to be gigging a PJB nano combo with 4" speakers, so we are talking purely about home use here.

    Home use for sure, just practising on the sofa type stuff.

    New Phil Jones nano combo… smallest one yet.

    in Amps and Cabs

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    5 hours ago, Al Krow said:

    I'd say no better than half decent headphones. Decently adequate for home practice, but it's not going to blow you away.

     

    Limitation is always going to be the quality of your speakers with this sort of set up. You'll maybe already have an idea of how good Creative portable speakers and / or a Megaboom are for musical output - that's what you'll be getting with this mini rig set up.

    Thing is that the pjb stuff no matter how small handles the lowB, well at least I assume it’s the case with this latest offering, certainly the double four can do it.

    Clear B string

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Musicman666

    I was very impressed with the low b on my headless graphite status 2 using their own strings. The note is very defined, more so than the low e on some other basses. At this scale length I doubt you would get much better.

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