bassbiscuits Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I've just discovered how much i hate the sound of overdriven/distorted bass. I'm learning a Bowie song which needs a fuzzy bass tone, but after a few minutes looking online at various pedal reviews/demos, the grating sound of people flailing away on overdriven bass absolutely did my head in. Cliff Burton? Fair enough - he sounded cool. But its not a sound I want to listen to for any length of time, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Bagpipes - surely the instrument of the devil. Sounds like a bag of angry cats. Dreadful out of tune wailing noise and ridiculously loud when played indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 5 hours ago, wateroftyne said: This one's for you, bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Just wondrin' if Whistling Jack Smith ever gigged, just him and his lips? There could be a revival of this sort of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Just wondrin' if Whistling Jack Smith ever gigged, just him and his lips? There could be a revival of this sort of thing Y'know the most depressing thing? It's not actually him on the track. He made his name miming along to someone else's whistling. What a tragic existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 13:32, lowdown said: Indeed, along with Jimmy Smith's Bass pedal playing (his pedal playing smokes a lot of Bass players for note choice). Also Chester Thompson (Tower Of Power), his groove playing on Hammond is terrific. (not to mention, another Bass pedal monster). I recently stumble across the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, some pretty funky bass pedal work from the main main, love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I can't cope with opera singers, specifically high pitched female ones. Like nails on a blackboard amplified to 140dB. And while we're at it, strummed acoustic guitar. In that round-the-camp-fire leavin'-on-a-jet-plane kumby-ah sort of way. Wetter than Le Pétomane after a Bangalore Phall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I can’t abide that horrible affected ‘cute’ voice used by many singers, quite often at open mics and on supermarket and mobile phone ads. It sounds like they’ve swallowed a duck call. Just sing in your own voice, man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 31 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: Y'know the most depressing thing? It's not actually him on the track. He made his name miming along to someone else's whistling. What a tragic existence. Yes read a bit about him,. The bloke in the clip is an actor miming while the whistling was done by one Noel Walker who was a record producer at Decca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 One of my favourites: slide guitar / pedal steel guitar One my least favourites: slide guitar / pedal steel guitar No, I haven't contradicted itself - it's all down to context, and how it's being used. Throughout the Blues, ranging from the acoustic fingerpickers in the Delta, via electric pioneers like Elmo' James through to modern exponents like Derek Trucks and Erja Lyytinnen, I love slide guitar in the context of Blues. Ditto pedal steel, not only a rarer gem on some Blues recordings, but also found adding layers of atmosphere to Dark Side of the Moon. But somehow - and I can't quite put my finger on what they do differently - take that shimmering slide playing to a Country ballad, and it sets my teeth on edge. Something about the way they seem determined to make it "whine" in between the singer's vocal phrases, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, EliasMooseblaster said: One of my favourites: slide guitar / pedal steel guitar One my least favourites: slide guitar / pedal steel guitar No, I haven't contradicted itself - it's all down to context, and how it's being used. Throughout the Blues, ranging from the acoustic fingerpickers in the Delta, via electric pioneers like Elmo' James through to modern exponents like Derek Trucks and Erja Lyytinnen, I love slide guitar in the context of Blues. Ditto pedal steel, not only a rarer gem on some Blues recordings, but also found adding layers of atmosphere to Dark Side of the Moon. But somehow - and I can't quite put my finger on what they do differently - take that shimmering slide playing to a Country ballad, and it sets my teeth on edge. Something about the way they seem determined to make it "whine" in between the singer's vocal phrases, I think. Is it not specifically the woozy pedal steel you have an aversion to? Dave G.'s more a lap steel guy. I like pedal steel, but it can quickly fall into cliche. When it's played well, it's a beautiful thing. Edited January 3, 2018 by wateroftyne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: I can't cope with opera singers, specifically high pitched female ones. Like nails on a blackboard amplified to 140dB. And while we're at it, strummed acoustic guitar. In that round-the-camp-fire leavin'-on-a-jet-plane kumby-ah sort of way. Wetter than Le Pétomane after a Bangalore Phall! Aye, the appeal of opera on recordings totally passes me by though I sort of get the appeal of live performance. And strummed chords on an acoustic drives me nuts, me being a fingerstyle player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/2/2018 at 15:50, Trueno said: Accordion... got to be the devil's own instrument. Yep...I agree as a general rule...BUT...I have heard it used in a jazz context and liked it. My own favourite music sound is a double bass and acoustic piano played in unison. Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Ah, man - I love the accordion. It's such a joyous thing!* *And Mrs. WoT plays it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/2/2018 at 15:26, bertbass said: I wasn't a great fan of banjos until I heard this,... The Eagles, Journey of the Sorcerer reworked. That haunted me for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I love saxophones and honky tonk piano / Hammond / B3 sounds. Having played several years on the Americana circuit I quite like banjos, dobros, mandolins etc but am less keen on the accordion. And yodelling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, wateroftyne said: Is it not specifically the woozy pedal steel you have an aversion to? Dave G.'s more a lap steel guy. I like pedal steel, but it can quickly fall into cliche. When it's played well, it's a beautiful thing. I love pedal steel done properly too. We have a steelie in our band who’s a great player, using some effects to make it really sound individual. He’s also a sh*t hot guitarist as well. As mentioned previously, the old country ‘whining’ style put a lot of people off I think, but it has been used in many other genres too - as well as Gilmour, check out Stevie Wonder’s ‘Ain’t gonna stand for it’ for example. Don't know if anyone on here plays / has tried to play one, but they are ridiculously hard to play well. Using both hands, one foot on the volume pedal, one foot for all the pedals, and then knee levers as well. Oh yeah, no frets too. Respect the steelies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said: The Eagles, Journey of the Sorcerer reworked. That haunted me for a long time. Journey of the Sorcerer is ingrained in my DNA. Cosmic American Music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Over-loud kick drum. There's a venue local to me where the sound man ruins pretty much every act because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: Journey of the Sorcerer is ingrained in my DNA. Cosmic American Music. Great stuff. Also like a bit of B-bender guitar, enabling steel guitar effects to be played on a standard Telecaster etc. Bernie Leadon was a master of this, as on 'Peaceful easy feeling'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBP Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 The 'Recorder'.... is there really anything worse? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, JBP said: The 'Recorder'.... is there really anything worse? Listen to this (two minutes in, but there's plenty of good bass during that time) and then say that! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) +1 ^^ Saw them many times, back then. Harvey (Richard, I seem to dimly remember..?) was a recognised top-notch player of recorder and penny whistle, a real virtuoso. The drummer's 'gimmick' with bells on his jester's cap for cymbal hits was comic, but only just, though. Edited January 3, 2018 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I think Richard Harvey went on to write scores for film and television, He was certainly a virtuoso player of an underrated instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Two names: Robert Randolph and the Family Band Buddy Emmonds. Will change your mind about pedal steel guitarists. Especially if you get Emmonds doing cowboy jazz. I would like to say I jammed with him but a friend(who introduced me to Buddy) and I basically sat in a room with him, holding our instruments with our jaws dropped. Stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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