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The ultimate gismo? The latest development in P-bass technology?
wateroftyne replied to KiOgon's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1321184317' post='1436119'] The problem of what to do with all those little bent bits of scrap metal they have lying around on the factory floor at Fender I guess. [/quote] Bridges, you mean? -
The ultimate gismo? The latest development in P-bass technology?
wateroftyne replied to KiOgon's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1321183785' post='1436109'] Apparently it's a retainer for the A string. Do try & keep up. [/quote] I get that.. but what problem does it fix? -
The ultimate gismo? The latest development in P-bass technology?
wateroftyne replied to KiOgon's topic in General Discussion
Can someone tell me what it is and what it fixes, please? -
The ultimate gismo? The latest development in P-bass technology?
wateroftyne replied to KiOgon's topic in General Discussion
I have no idea what this is about. What is this fatal flaw that I haven't noticed in 25 years of totin' a P at gigs? -
Fender PJ USA Precision **Luverly** - But On sold - Ta!!
wateroftyne replied to dodgnofski's topic in Basses For Sale
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[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1321028102' post='1434592'] How much artistic licence is allowed/expected with a gig like this? I find it immensely encouraging yet strange that given the technology available the they actually employed real live musicians for a track like this. [/quote] Generally I can play anything I like as long as it fits the track. They're always fairly relaxed sessions and we all trust each other. I know what you mean re: your other point, but there's always quite a lot going on with 'real' musicians up here. I don't know whether it's stubbornness or what... ha ha. It's a good scene and a nice set-up.
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[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1321016319' post='1434375'] Apart from a (probably/hopefully wrong) feeling that the singer sounds like he couldn't possibly have written that lyric, that is an excellent quality recording and mix, really great performances and a nice song! The bass sounds really nice, warm and rich, perfectly suited to the song. That actually sounds like a band. Very impressive mate! [/quote] You're spot on - it's actually a Jimmy Nail lyric. He's qualified to write it. It's a great studio - the best in Newcastle IMO. Really happy with the bass tone. DI'd via one of those magic plug-ins.
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[quote name='charic' timestamp='1321014355' post='1434345'] Sounds good lovely tone on the bass on there [/quote] [quote name='algmusic' timestamp='1321014275' post='1434343'] Nice playing mate... I can't stand them, but your playing is really good.. who else was on the session? assuming you saw them [/quote] Cheers, folks! The drummer and guitarist are regular buddies of mine who have been in the biz for years. I love playing with this drummer - he's awesome. We lock in really well. Mrs. WoT played accordion.
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Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='steverickwood' timestamp='1320936391' post='1433419'] I don't know about autotune on show of Hands DVD [/quote] Marathon - I had it on in the background, while I was doing something else, and I thought... WTF is that? It jumps right out. No idea why - there was never anything that bothered me on the VHS.... Incidentally, Marathon on the TM Blu Ray is awesome. Strange watching him play it on a Jazz. It's just so... Wal. -
Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1320916448' post='1432989'] not being a studio tech expert but...does anybody else get the same impression as me that the fluctuations in the voice (especially the SOR clip) sound like auto-tune struggling to track correctly ? [/quote] Hmm.. I think that's just how he sounds. Mind you, they've used it before - The Show Of Hands DVD is autotuned to hell in some parts. -
Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='steverickwood' timestamp='1320911221' post='1432943'] I just got the dvd - The performance is vibrant and as for sound, well, everyones a sound guy these days aren't they? Like everyone at a football match knows 'what the manager needs to do'.. [/quote] Dunno if that was aimed at me, but my comments were based on the CD. I'll have the Blu-Ray and day now, and I'd expect (hope) the mix to be a lot better, as they generally are. Going back to the CD - I'll revise my opinion slightly based on listening to quite a bit of it in the car on the way to work this morning. Not very scientific, but... Anyway, IMO... Ged's bass tone is the best recorded tone he's had in years. The Camera Eye sounds great. Less fizz, more growl. I was never a fan on Alex's big fat Gibson tone, but the guitar on the CD is much more defined than it has been recently. So, apart from the horrible reverb they've used, my main beef is with the compression. Because of that, I'll probably only listen to it a handful of times before i get bored of it. Like I say, hopefully the Blu-Ray will redeem it... -
Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1320890103' post='1432913'] Presto was the last album I truly love. Thought most of Roll the Bones and Counterparts was dull, although I still love Cut to The Chase. Test for Echo makes me cringe now, but I did like a lot of it when it came out. After that they lost me really. Although I buy all their albums out of some sort of duty. [/quote] I feel pretty much the same way, although I think RtB and Counterparts are OK. Their weakness since then, IMO, is that they've stopped writing [i]songs.[/i] Now it's just a lumpy collection of riffs cobbled together in ProTools, with Geddy shoehorning in a melody almost as an afterthought. Some of the phrasing sounds so forced. Also, what happened to the classic instrumental breaks? Y'know - Freewill, Camera Eye, Marathon, etc. etc. etc? And why doesn't Geddy write great bass parts anymore? And why are Alex's solos so contrived? But, like Silddx... it's Rush, so I'll buy their records anyway. -
Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
Nothing technical, it's just to my ears it sounds flat and lacks dynamics. But then, so do so many releases these days. -
Best Live album by favourite Band or Bassist?
wateroftyne replied to Bo0tsy's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1320844948' post='1432150'] Paul Simon in Central Park ( Graceland era ) [/quote] Good call.. love this tune from that gig: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZegjDaDsu9Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZegjDaDsu9Y[/url] -
Lovely! I didn't think I'd ever see one older than mine (Feb '71), but I've been beaten by a couple of months! Incidentally, we share a neck-pocket stamp... Incidentally, I put a Raven Labs PBR-1 active pre in mine. It's nice, but I'm not sure I need it. Happy mwaaahing!
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Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1320800316' post='1431723'] Hmm, I'll see if I can find some samples. I have to say, I saw them on the Snakes and Arrows tour and the sound was fantastic, at the same venue on the Time Machine tour the bass was a little mushier and it sounded a little bit boomy. Still a great show though, I really enjoyed it. Realistically though, we'll never see Rush playing small venues with masterfully scultped sound again. [/quote] Were you at Newcastle on the TM tour? Where I was, it was so boomy as to be almost unlistenable. I mentioned this to friends who were there who said the spund was spot-on where they were. I must have been in the middlle of a standing wave or something. -
Rush - Time Machine Tour Blu Ray / DVD / CD
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1320780824' post='1431388'] I'm a huge fan, but I won't be bothering with this. I simply don't have the time to wade through four or five hours of DVD which is probably very, very similar to the last one and the one before that. I've watched the R30 DVD once, in installments and that came out six or seven years ago! [/quote] I kinda see your point, but... two words. Camera. Eye. [quote name='Green Alsatian' timestamp='1320780807' post='1431386'] Oh bugger - I was looking forward to that too. They were fantastic when I saw 'em in Manchester earlier in the year. Perhaps I'll play it on a CD player in an empty adjacent room and pretend I'm standing outside the stadium, listening in. [/quote] Don't bother with the 'adjacent room' bit. It'll sound like that if you listen in the same room. -
Best Live album by favourite Band or Bassist?
wateroftyne replied to Bo0tsy's topic in General Discussion
Lindisfarne's 'Magic in the Air'. Rod Clements' unmistakeable fretless Precision tone. Great player, and a huge influence on me. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upb_kVfy9PA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upb_kVfy9PA[/url] -
OK.. the Blu Ray hasn't arrived yet, but I've had a listen to the CD. My God, it's terrible. Rush live CDs have never sounded great, but this is one of the worst. It sounds like a bootleg. Compressed, lifeless, echoey... why do they do this? Are they going deaf? Don't they care? If you're thinking of buying it, don't. Record the DVD / Blu Ray soundtrack on an old cassette player from an adjacent room instead. It'll sound better and save yourself a few quid. Rant over. (By the way, the first person to say something along the lines of 'It's Rush. of course it sounds terrible. They [i]are[/i] terrible!' wins the wooden spoon of unoriginality.)
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Signature Excalibre Bass - anyone owned one?
wateroftyne replied to steverickwood's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1320744508' post='1430655'] There were a lot of 'Made in China' Bodies, Necks & basses which appeared to be off the same production line as SX & Jim Deacons being sold as New-old-stock Canadian 'Signature' products a while ago by an ebay seller who span a yarn about clearing out a factory or some such nonsense. Some kind of scammery appeared to be going on. [/quote] ^^^ This - there's a thread on TB about it that you might want to read before committing to anything... -
If one breaks and has to be repaired, you have a spare.
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I'm struggling to think why a studio wouldn't have DI boxes. After all, it's their job to record a musician's instrument, not their DI box.