Mykesbass

1 hour ago, lowdown said:

 

 

Interesting choice. One of my favourites was from two years later:

The one that the guitar plugged into must have been the Vocal Harmony - I know it wouldn't have been a £600 model!!

Looks like the Mic Mechanic (groan) may be what you need.

TC Helicon is a cracking piece of kit. It works stand alone as a vocal effect, but can also add harmonies which it will work out if you plug a guitar into it. Worked with two very good singers who use them to very good effect.

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

At first....start showing some respect on me, couse you know nothing about My health problems and what $hit i have gone throught, for 20 years, to start controlling my health as a normal human deserves. And there is nothing wrong with quotes i wrote before, just your bad imagination.

Respect needs to be earned, and frankly you haven't done that on this thread.

3 hours ago, nilorius said:

How about - just don't quote my contributions, if you don't like them so much, and you will be fine.

No, how about you show some empathy in your posts on a topic revolving around health issues on a public forum?

11 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Dahh....they who ''will dance on the floor in the round'' will earn cash !!!

Your first contribution to this thread was a bit odd. This second one is insensitive, and bordering on the offensive. How about you come back when you have a positive contribution to make?

And Dan Armstrong I think. Didn't Hayman/Shergold have something along these lines?

How about adding sliding pickups to the chaos of this build?!

7 hours ago, DTB said:

So if you were seeking a bassist would you have one that played competently and was easy going but walked very slowly with a stick and needed help with gear?

Replace bassist with musician, and yes. I have worked with a guitarist with a disability and had band mates (including me) needing help when recovering from surgery. Being in a band IMHO is all about being a team player. Good luck in your quest @DTB

Don't know anything about your specific health issues, but do take a look at @Happy Jack's post on posture. I used to suffer with lower back pain, but Pilates has put paid to this.

If you do sit down (which is absolutely acceptable in my book) then see if you can set yourself up in such a way that it works visually with the drummer.

Only drawback with Cort is their resale value if you don't like/get bored with it. 

6 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Oh ... and  a Frijid Pink style House ofvthe Rusing Sun.

I'm disappointed - should always be this one 😯

Probably not the right section to post in, but the one I thought I'd have most chance getting advice!

Has anyone had metal knobs turned, and if so, could you put me in touch with the person/company that can do this please? Actually looking for a clutch for a telescopic lamp, but is the most difficult thing I've ever Googled! Thought a turned bass knob would be much the same technique. 

Thanks,

Mike

41 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

I meant along the lines of "how good do you think we are?", which I cringed internally at when Mrs Zero asked it of one engineer/producer (I'll stop saying "cum", it evidently evinces a strange reaction in those without the benefit of a grounding in Latin).

Yes, with you on the first bit, and even this oik dragged up in South London knew the meaning of the second bit. Some people just can't resist a bit of Frankie Howerd style humour 🤨

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

Back to studio etiquette, and I would say that asking the engineer-cum-producer ( @cheddatom - how do you refer to yourself?) to give an opinion of your band is bad form. If the opinion is offered, fair enough (after all, they're not going to say you're shit so if they give an opinion, it's going to be good).

I would have thought asking their opinions on the musical style would be wrong, but asking on technical issues (how to create the sound you are after in the studio for example) would be very sensible. 

As already advised, for speaker cables go to @Chienmortbb He has taken over from another Basschatter and makes cables from the highest quality components at very reasonable prices. Many brand names rely on snake oil to justify their high prices. These ones rely on reputation on here. I know which I trust more!

13 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

In the days before electronic tuners the practice would be for the rest of the musicians to tune to whatever instrument was the hardest to retune. Normally the the studio piano.

 

However many recordings would have their speed (and pitch) altered in order to get a better feel, usually being sped up, so it is very common for the final released version to somewhere between a quarter and a semitone off standard pitch.

Dave Robinson at Stiff was notorious for speeding up recordings. I think it was Tracey Ullman who was interviewed saying that even miming her track on TOTP was exhausting!

3 hours ago, Cliff Edge said:

Sorry, but I play and sing that in a duo and lean on the Amy Winehouse version as it’s a foot tapper.   The original is too slow.
Proud Mary and Have You Ever Seen The Rain very much like the CCR versions. 

There's another notable version of Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

Oh, and sorry to be the pedant, but that would be Mark Robson's version of Valerie. Amy's own version was possibly even slower than the original.

29 minutes ago, Paul S said:

 

So 'ere's a song for yer'... Hush.  Written by Joe South and and recorded by Billy Joe Royal in 1967, yet almost universally described as a Deep Purple song.  Then there is the popular Kula Shaker version.  And the slower, heavier Gotthard version.  Plus myriad second tier covers by the likes of the Partridge Family, Love Affair, Milli Vanilli - etc.  Which one would you call the 'Wrong' or 'Right' one?

 

 

Many examples like this, particularly when the original version is a bit obscure - Tainted Love mentioned earlier, which apart from Northern Soul afficionados was pretty much unknown before Soft Cell, I Will Always Love You was pretty much unknown as a Dolly Parton hit (at least here in the UK) before Whitney. So I would say Deep Purple is 'right' and Kula Shaker 'wrong', and the others don't count. But that's purely MY objective opinion.

17 minutes ago, tobiewharton said:

Jeez - it's about preference 🙄

 

It is indeed - just that I often find my preference to be at odds with public opinion!

Let's hope the rest of your post doesn't come to fruition...

1 hour ago, Graham56 said:

Does any covers band do the original version of Proud Mary after Tina took possession of it?

Funnily enough, that was one that broke the mould - we did do the Creedence version.

7 hours ago, lowdown said:

It seems the track in question was recorded at 'Hitsville USA' in 1970. That's before Motown moved it's headquarters over to LA in 1972.

So the Bassist could be Bob Babbitt or Jamerson?

 

Just checked Babbitt's discography on his own website. He didn't claim it (although he did record with her in 70 and 71).

11 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

You're right and your band mates are just so, so wrong! 

Anyone else find themselves on the wrong side of popular opinion when it comes to original versions vs cover versions? Three examples for me that I've had to play:

Ain't no Love in the Heart of the City - brought the Bobby Bland version to a band, everyone else wanted to do the White snake version.

Too Hard to Handle - can't find anyone else who wants to play it in the Otis Redding style.

Knocking on Heaven's Door - we played mainly Dylan covers, and the drummer insisted on ramping it up like the awful GnR version. 

12 hours ago, jezzaboy said:

14 year old topic! Is this a record? 

10 hours ago, Mickyk said:

Slow posting event day .

Kudos to @Rob Cook Williams for using the search function 😎