Boodang

Unless they were in the Zombies!

I haven't read too much about that period but it certainly doesn't sound a very coordinated album. Mind you it sounds like JBs drinking was always an issue. I remember reading a story about journalists on tour with the band and they were told that sometimes JB might get violent when drunk but it was just something they had to put up with! No excuse for that behaviour no matter how talented and famous you are... although unfortunately it was his undoing in the end.

Oh, just noticed/ read that JT has been given Bass Players lifetime achievement award... they also mentioned the 'over 100 million' albums sold, so maybe that's a factor?!

There's an interesting interview with John Taylor in bass player this month... hasn't convinced me he's the best bass player in the world for '21. Still, makes for interesting lighthearted debate though!

If you don't care and don't care to explain why you don't care maybe you should not care sufficiently to just keep it to yourself!

I have never enjoyed rounds. They never cut through in a mix and I don't feel they add much to your tone. Flats 4 life!

Lists like this are quite fun if only for introducing me to Dirty Loops and highlighting Lee Rocker's trip across America in an airstream. I'm biased here, but for me there's never enough mention of upright jazz players. My shout would go to Nick Blacka from Gogo Penguin for their approach to micro-compositional playing.

JPJ & JB have always been a huge influence on my playing and Zep played so infrequently in the UK it was an exciting weekend. I was too young to catch them in 75 at Earl's Court so wasn't going to miss them at knebworth. My friend didn't come as he didn't like outdoor gigs and was going to wait until they played a venue.. a big mistake. I remember the new album hadn't been released in time for the gig. Anybody here a fan of 'in through the out door'? There does seem to be a lot of dodgy guitar work on it, especially the intro to hot dog, which if I remember correctly was terrible played live. Seemed a bit of a scrappy album, were led zep on their way down by then? Certainly Robert Plant seems to have plenty more music in him but not so much Page, other than dodgy sound tracks to dodgy death wish movies, seems to be in an endless loop of remixes.

It's one reason I've always liked playing in a trio as it brings the bass to the fore. An analogy told to me by a sound engineer always stuck with me; if you only had one spotlight for the stage, at whom would you point it? Of course, the egotist singer!

Yeah, relative pitch something you can work on, perfect pitch not something I'd want to be lumbered with!

It's never occurred to me to keep a bass if it genuinely needs shims. At that point it's one step beyond.

Well, not quite the same but at least it's on dvd now

The knebworth gig is available on DVD now. Apparently the original recording was affected by an audio bleed which modulated the video. Digital technology has sorted this out so you can enjoy it in all it's glory.

Doesn't do 4th & 5ths, but a cog T65 does an octave down, octave up, plus some overdrive.

They were still good! I remember Led Zep played for about 3 hours.

PS. Chase & Dave support Led Zep! They were good though.

Anybody remember these gigs? Just found my old program.

Found some old bass player (us) clippings.... anybody remember this ad?! Getting perfect pitch wasn't as hard as achieving the facial expressions necessary I thought!

Yep, I run a TC Flashback2 into a HoF2 and that gives me plenty of options. They've both got slots for toneprint presets as well with some great ones to choose from.

Also, and this is not for every song, you could use the Gwizdala trick of using an echo, rather than a reverb. He has a preset on the Helix stomp which is also on the TC flashback2, where you get 3 short repeats. Use it subtly and it adds loads but isn't ott like some. I got a tc flashback2 s/h quite cheap and there's a Gwizdala toneprint for this... surprisingly useful.

As others have said here, don't scoop your sound and keep some healthy mids in there. Pedal wise, I've got an old sansamp which is great for adding a bit of that Ampeg style tone. Also I use an analogue octaver when I want to fill out in a trio. Not so much to fill in for the lack of a rhythm guitar but more to just thicken the sound. I just kick it in when needed in a song and keep the octave sound very low so it's subtle enough to not be a jump in tone. Also, too much and gets a bit artificial sounding. Also the reason for analogue rather than digital octaver is that it has a more organic and less synthy tone... imho.

If string budget it tight, a compelling argument for that Jameson tone... put a set of flats on and never, ever change them!

Fair point!

In fact, to simplify the issue, if you turn the comp control full ccw (so in theory it has no effect) and put the eq controls at 12 o'clock (again in theory the eq should have no affect) then switch between bypass and on, the tone of bass changes. In theory there should be no difference but the pedal seems to have an inherent in-built tonal quality which is not neutral.

With so much choice these days, and as strings are an essential ingredient in your tone and playability, why settle for less than amazing?!