Cosmo Valdemar

Everybody Hurts - REM

Wah-Wah - George Harrison 

WHIPPET - Devo

Going Mobile - The Who

Song of a Baker - Small Faces

Over And Over - Space Opera

If you specifically want the Stranglers sound get yourself a Tech 21 English Muffy - it's a two channel version of the original Leeds pedal, both designed to emulate a Hiwatt stack.

I've used the Leeds as my main preamp for years and with a Precision it gets very close to the Stranglers sound. 

In my experience a dedicated overdrive or distortion pedal is always going to be too much - you need something designed to replicate a pushed amp. Run it in the effects return of your amp to bypass the preamp stage.

Best of all, Thomann have these Tech 21 pedals on clearance for £133! 

He's probably using more top and drive than you'd want for JJ but it gives you an idea. 

Bay Of Pigs - Machine Head 

34 minutes ago, visog said:

And what an awful flappy tone it was... A mystery as Wal's can sound absolutely great, and Geddy can sound great, c.f. Moving Pictures bass tones on Rick and Fender but Ged + Wal + 80s production = flap! 

Don't forget the ultra-light Rotosound Funkmaster strings!

11 hours ago, Brett Noe said:

In the 80s, he switched to the 72 Fender Jazz for recording, but still used other basses live. 

That's a little misleading - Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals are all a mix of Rickenbacker and Jazz, Grace is Steinberger. 

Power Windows was originally to be recorded with the Steinberger but Geddy switched when he heard the producer's Wal.

Good Morning Good Morning - Beatles

Harry Rag - Kinks

What's My Name - Ringo

Loaded - Pulkas

39 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Never got that phrase as I never knew what it was I was supposed to know

"If you're reading this then you already know how good these things are."

Looks like a lovely shop, a nicely away from the nightmare of the town centre! It's not too far from me, I'll pop along at some point.

No Sex - Limp Bizkit

Slowly Growing Deaf - Mr Bungle

5 hours ago, StickyDBRmf said:

Van der Graaf Generator  - Vital. It's a live album. To call the bass sound huge would be an understatement.

To describe the bass as "distortion ripping from the depths of Hell" would be an understatement. 

Gimme The Prize - Queen

15 minutes ago, Sean said:

Jack Bruce's NS-2 

 

https://www.digimart.net/cat03/shop5033/DS09888998/

 

Jack owned this. PJ Rubal has given it the thumbs up. 

The switches are killswitch and phase switch. I'd love a factory fitted killswitch. 

Walnut wings, Badass bridge. 

Sadly, JB moved on to Warwick after this. 

To save you doing the conversion, it's £35k. 

 

 

Nothing sad about JB finding a bass that suited him better.

News Of The World - The Jam

Magdalena - A Perfect Circle

Telephone Line - ELO

Apples and Oranges - The Pink Floyd