Rich

@toneknob, is this your band? 

Bloody hell. This is stunning.

https://fb.watch/pEGsneG2Qd/

I saw a touring Italian Rush trib called 'La Villa Strangiato' last year, they were excellent right up until the guitarist's rig completely went on the fritz. These guys are just as good in every way. If they come to my neck of the woods, I'd definitely go check them out. Hopefully by then the vocalist won't need to crib the lyrics off a tablet. That bass tone is absolutely spot on.

As an aside, my first band at school was called 'Emotional Feedback'. We weren't a Rush trib, we just liked the name. I suspect this bunch are rather better than we were.

13 minutes ago, JPJ said:

unfortunately life got in the way 

Oh god, it keeps doing that.  Hope you manage to get back to it at some point.

1 hour ago, martthebass said:

to me Rio will always be an Aria SB1000....

To me also.

People who have inspired or made an impact on me over the years...

Horace Panter

Mark King

Tony Butler

John Taylor

Nick Beggs

Geddy

Jaco

Jamerson

Pino

Marcus Miller

Jonas Hellborg

John Giblin

Mo Foster

Michael Manring

4 hours ago, Mudpup said:

Excellent thread!

 

Here's mine...

 

Queensryche Empire - Jet City Woman, Della Brown, Another Rainy Night

 

Dan Reed Network - Forgot to Make her Mine, Taming the Wild Nights, I'm so Sorry

Oh good choice, sir. What a superb album. Bass tones to die for.

My band's Farcebook page is being inundated with things like this... 

The scammers get a temporary guest account from FB (Guest 4756 in this case); the temp account lasts for 24 hours, then disappears. If you click on the link, they gain access to control your FB account. Not much you can do about it as the guest account, now with access to your account, has gone.

It's happening to loads of bands that we know, apparently it has been relentless this whole weekend. There are some absolute wucking fankers out there.

Having read this, I've realised that my signature is/was possibly a bijou bit on the, errm shall we say substantial side, so I've truncated it a bit. 

Song of Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson 

Oh blige, those string angles are making me itch. I bet it gets through a lot of G strings. 

On 13/01/2024 at 09:56, hisham farouq said:

 I wanted the amp on its own which the buyer wont sell separately. 

 

And the reason for that is that he knows he'd have the devil's own job selling that cab. People generally just aren't buying huge heavy cabs any more, not like they used to. 

In terms of your actual query, yes, maHOOsive overkill. You can get perfectly good recorded results using amp and cab modelling. 

I would far, far rather do three properly than 10 in a slapdash fashion. Obvs a lot depends on what the songs are, how familiar with them you all are, etc.

I'm in a fledgling prog project, we've agreed to work on 3 songs with the first rehearsal two weeks from today, one of the songs is ten minutes long. 

Gimme Some Money - Spinal Tap 

1 hour ago, Risk101 said:

So this was today’s set up, as I still have the pins in my left hand where I severely damaged my thumb. Actually quite fun to try and convert bass fills that are second nature on the bass into something similar on the Moog!!

Get thee to a prog band!

We all have favourite albums and favourites tracks from them. But what is your favourite sequence of 3 songs from an album? Not just your favourite 3 from an album, but 3 consecutive songs. 

Mine are Manhattan Project -> Marathon -> Territories, from Rush's 'Power Windows'. They're great songs anyway, but the three together are just a stunning combination. 

Over to you, BC Massive. 

I meant, why is it turned facing the audience.

The only basses of mine that have anything approaching names are Jayray (because that's what it is... a 'Ray with a fretless Jaydee neck) and Skabass (because, errm, that's what it is... a 2-tone themed thing). All the others have names like 'the Spector' and 'the Shuke' and 'the Wal'. 

I Quit - Bros

£65 inc. postage. Bank transfer or PayPal goods/services.

Alternatively, pop round and pick them up for cash. I'm told I make good tea.

EMG 35HZ Passive 4 String Bass Pickup pair. Taken from a Spector Q4.

EMG say:

"Part of EMG's HZ Extended Series line, the 35HZ, with its modern appearance is actually a product of 30+ years of design experience This passive model features a dual-coil design for low noise and plenty of output. Using EMG's "CS" design (Ceramic and Steel), the resulting tone is much warmer as a result of the higher inductance of the steel, and thus has a smoother attack and a flatter high end. All of the HZ bass models feature solid bar magnets that cover the entire width of the strings so any string layout can be used. This model uses an extended housing that is 3.5 inches (89mm), perfect for four string spacing’s. From classic rock to heavy metal this pickup performs."

Working perfectly and in very good physical condition with no obtrusive marks. Plenty of length in the cables, cores ready for stripping and tinning. Wiring instructions can be found at the product webpage: https://www.emgpickups.com/35hz.html

They can be coil-tapped, very effectively. Adds a different colour to the ol' tonal palette.

Pickup fixing screws included, but no other hardware.

7 hours ago, AndrewU said:

Middle: BOSS Line Selector LS-2 (turned facing the audience)
 

7 hours ago, AndrewU said:

OK, I would be intrigued to know why.

A few posts have been hidden pending admin investigation. Nothing has been deleted.

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

As usual, other peoples' preferences are being dismissed.

Or in other words, there's a difference of opinion. 

On 03/01/2024 at 10:30, Angel said:

 

For me the Sugarbabes are a relatively small amount of talent driven forward by excellent production standards and marketing. 

On 03/01/2024 at 13:53, petebassist said:

They bumble along with nearly 3 million monthly listeners and a couple of songs exceeding 140 million streams. 

Popularity ≠ talent.