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I've heard (of...) two of 'em, the 'Bikini' one and 'Unchained Melody'..! Half of the artists are new to me, too.

Out of curiosity, I listened to the original track (yes, I dimly remember having heard it somewhere before, decades ago...), and thought absolutely nothing of the 'bass' synth sound. The lower register of a Casio or any other keys would do the job, as far as I could judge. OK, maybe not a Stylophone, but it's nowt 'special'. Still, if boats are floated with stuff like that...

Good evening, BK, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Another name that deserves spot-lighting, in a different vein, is Danny Thompson, on upright bass, here with another Great : John Martyn ...

Not cited enough, and has a very wide range of styles, but I'd put Jack Casady high on any list of Top Bassists. Here, live, with Jefferson Airplane...

Try here..? PG8X, by Martin Lüders ...

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As should the misuse of hyphens.

Pushing the boundaries, then, are we..? A bloomin' artist then, are we..? ...

1990..? Not that bad; there was ... ... and this ... More 'modern', maybe, this..? ...

As a Mod, may I join in here and say that there is, in fact, very little posted that needs our attention. Your (collective...) self-discipline and restraint make what is often a difficult and thankless task an interesting and productive pleasure (I Mod other Forums, so I can compare a bit...). There is an Admin side, keeping Spammers and Trolls in check, but in the main the standard of Member posts is high (I'm ignoring apostrophe errors, naturally..!). Keep it up, folks, and have a Collegial Hug from the Mod Team.

Good afternoon, PB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, Bootroo, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Here's Our Youngest trying out our newly-acquired Samick, offered on permanent loan by our singer, freshly cleaned up, revised, set up and fitted with a brand new set of Fender Flat-wounds, as an experiment. First impressions..? Very much positive; this little bass is light, has a lot of tonal variance, and a nice 'burp'. Well pleased. Strap-locks..? Oh yes, it was the first opportunity to fit them to a bass, and are equally highly satisfactory. They go on with a bit of a struggle (we're not used to 'em; all our gear has Dunlops...), and ingenuity required to get 'em off again when we realise that the strap need adjusting (D'oh..!). It's quite a 'secondary' bass, but it won't be falling to the floor, fitted with these mean beggars..! Good Stuff; pleased all round.

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Ha..! And I've just recommended the exact opposite..!

BV's add a lot to a song for very little effort, in my view. It doesn't need the same detail as the lead singer (but not a 'rubbish' sound, naturally..!). As with many things, 'Less Is More'. If in doubt, leave it out. Depends on the venue, but the tiniest spot of short delay does wonders, and having something like a sponge 'pop-sock' over the capsule can help keep the mouth just that little bit further from the capsule. So many folks seem to want to swallow the mic, whereby a little distance has much more musicality. You'll not be looking for volume (these are BV's, remember..? 'B' for 'Backing'..?), so no need to get up to feedback levels. Enough to be heard is plenty enough. Hope this helps. I almost forgot... Make sure you have a decent monitor, with appropriate levels set for yourself and the lead singer. Getting that to sound right for you both is at least half the battle.

Get some tips and/or help from @Happy Jack, maybe..?

I upgraded to A5, but have gone back to using only A3, as the 'new' stuff in A5 doesn't recognise the extras I'd bought for A3 any more, and my A4 brought me nothing special. If you are only interested in the free stuff, there's probably no problem, but I'm not going to buy again the amps and Fx I'd already bought (and was satisfied with...) for A3. I'm not best pleased with their backward compatibility, nor the 'half-truths' whereby they 'gift' part of a package, but you have to buy more to use it. IK Multimedia..? I'm out.

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Good evening, Andrew , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.