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I once e-mailed Mark at BD on this topic. Whilst I'm indifferent about the playing in the demos, I found that the 3 Leaf audio interface they used for a while tended to make everything sound samey. Even 'character' basses like a Rick or Alembic. They all sounded mid-rangey, with a pronounced presence. Not unpleasant as such but stripping each bass of its inherent character is absolutely what you don't want in a sample video - which I think these are, more than reviews as such.

Sorry, posted a picture of Hansford and his true temperament Warwick earlier but didn't realise the vid was still available. He talks about it here:

Your post suggested she was being disingenuous describing herself a 'New York bassist'.

From the picture of HL's bass, there a big adjustment going on on the 24fret of the 'E' that doesn't seem to be replicated earlier in other part of the board? Hansford Rowe did try 'true temperament' a few years ago where the other instruments have to match it. Quite a different fretshape on the board. Some synths have a true temperament setting if you want to give it a go. Trouble is, because the ear adjusts to the equal temperament system, the 'true' sounds out of tune. Which hints that because it's truer in terms of replicating the overtone series, it doesn't necessarily result in better music.

So living and working in New York, she's supposed to say she's a Tel Aviv based bass player? Right ok - so you can only work where you're from originally?

John Wetton's tone - bass and voice is great on this record. Starless is legend...

Bloody hell - not cutting our newbie any slack here.... or his Missus if they listen to this spicy enchilada in the car... As well as your harmelodics above, I'd add Yes' Fragile to the sound mix and I think Drama's a good suggestion already made. Rush-wise I'd go Moving Pictures for their best balance of songs, bass tone and musicianship. And if Mr Tacuma doesn't open up your sound palette (if you can find it), I'd go with Jaco Pastorius' self-titled album with his inscrutable mug-shot on the cover.

It's the law... Might have to drop into Bass Direct and give an X a go... Perhaps it's just me but the tone of the bass changes the tactility of the bass - think how back solo'ing your pick-up and adding some mid-conjours up 16th note fingerstyle, etc. Would love to hear/feel what his pedal is like...

I'm with Lee Van Cleef... also who is your average 16 year old newb, probably a higher proportion of woman than when we learnt, going to associated with? The lady in question who presents a pithy 'let's get to it' tutorial or a Basschatter male pedant who just make opinions, not helpful videos.

Henry 'King Thumb' Thomas had a nice one... I think it's a neck-though like the one to which Mcnach refers. Remember Rockschool? I'd be cautious of paying too much for the romantic notion of some hidden gem. They were good in the day but entry-level basses have come so far in recent years that unless you have terminal nostalgia, you'd be better with a modern cheapie...

I think 'Dickey-Boy' knew exactly what he was doing with the album title judging by his picture. Touch of the Pat Mustard's about him.

Burns or Baldwin Neither!

Oh dear... rather puzzled by this shameless money-grab. Not normally Geddy's style. I quite fancy getting hold of the entry-level book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geddy-Lees-Beautiful-Book-Bass-ebook/dp/B07GDMJH3K/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538761240&sr=1-1&keywords=geddy+lee+bass £20 Kindle - bit pointless £50 hardcover - I'm in! Hope he doesn't rag on the Rick as he's tended too. I loved his late '70s/early '80s bass sound.

+1 for me too! Some people just pick up the instrument and blast pretty much from day one without the self-imposed mental burden of having to learn the instrument 'properly' before being able to play music. Mark King was another like SZ... just picked it up and went for it...

With the distortion in the high-band and compression in the low/unaffected tone.. sounds like a very tactile feel to the sound and probably has to be played to be appreciated... Anyone had a go yet? What did you think?

Bit of an odd one but Mike Oldfield can contribute here:

Cakewalk is a fully-featured digital audio workstation (DAW) available free to download from Bandlab: https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk It will do what you want and a whole lot more...

Really! Why? I don't own one myself but I got close a couple of years ago. Went for the Two Notes in a bake off with the Vintage. That said, I think they're very musical distortion pedals...

Isn't that the AO Ultra? https://www.darkglass.com/creations/alpha-omega-ultra/

* shouted in a 'Play Your Cards Right' style, "Higher!" *

New one on me... Seems DG are going multi-band onto what was the BK... YT demo is pretty brutal... in good way. Come on now DG, time for that multi-effects board now?

Wow! That's some collection... could do with a Rumour in there too!

It's ironic that paying for a service means you're more likely to commit to doing it. We could all write an hour practice schedule of technique, reading, transcription and improvisation to do every day for six months, and we would all be materially better bassists and musicians... but we wont. We'll moan about it on Basschat instead... mocked by our own procrastination... I disgust me.

Oh come on! BGM wasn't that bad!

Been covered elsewhere on the Forum but it's a sign of the times... 30 years ago when it launched, you could take a train to Wapping and go to the Bass Centre's department store for bass... And probably bump into a 'name' whilst you were in there. All of that has gone, Mark Kind is not a regular fixture on Top of the Pops. Likewise the Internet has all the information you used to get in BP for free and its better - without the advertorial bias that mired the magazine for years. No whiff of Fender negativity in those pages! Also, it hasn't even been a good read for years...