joeystrange

This is one I have (second hand) experience with. My wife is fairly short (5’ 4” ish) and plays a Precision. She really likes Jazzes but can’t get on with them because the body is so big. Another good one... You can get away with murder on the bass. Though I think this one may be a bit true.

Tony Franklin’s basses are unlined with side dots. Probably for that reason.

Good god I hope not.

There was a guy who played in Wednesday 13’s original band. He played mostly with a pick but would alternate, seemingly randomly, between using the pick and plucking with the middle and ring fingers whilst still holding the puck between index and thumb. Certainly an unusual technique.

I’m neither equipped or clever enough to do it myself!

I’ve always been a fan of relic’d guitars, as long as they’re done well, though I’ve never done one myself as I’d likely make it look terrible! I am in the process of getting a bass made for me but haven’t yet decided on the finish. It will be nitro but I’m not sure whether to go for any wear or let it happen naturally.

The bass sound on Song 2 was by far the best thing to come out of Britpop. In my opinion, of course.

We have one festival at the beginning of October that hasn’t been cancelled (yet) but everything else has been either cancelled or moved to next year. I have a friend in the Czech Republic, though, who’s band are playing their first post-lockdown shows at the end of June.

I have a Dee Dee Ramone Precision. I didn’t do anything drastic with it but I have removed the tone pot and fitted different pups. I kept the original parts in case I ever want to sell it, which is unlikely. But that’s the only reason I can see for not making irreversible changes. But it’s yours now so you can do what you want.

I don’t remember this place, Academy of Sound was the only chain I remember when I started playing in the early 2000s. But I do have an observation to make. Looking at those pics the amps (and the haircuts!) look very dated and of their time. However the guitars haven’t changed at all. Those pics could have been taken in any music shop today. I’ve never considered it before but I guess guitar styles just never change. I wonder why the same manufacturers feel the need to make their amps look more modern every so often.

I used to work at a record label. One of the releases whilst I was there had completely different running orders on the CD and vinyl (same songs, completely different order) because the band insisted on one order and the label insisted on another. There was also an album that, when it got repressed on CD, somehow had 2 seconds of a different song from a different band in the middle of one of the tracks. I think some of those exist in the wild.

Is it cut from the true cross?! I just bought a bass for $2000 and I thought that was a lot!

This needs to go in the Most Ridiculous Bass thread!

It doesn’t sound like him. His playing is very distinctive. Plus some friends who worked with Daniel Rey tell me that he played all of the guitar on the albums that he produced. As Johnny saw himself as a businessman rather than a musician it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he found someone who could play the guitar so he didn’t have to.

I’ve heard that too. And yes, how much of Dee Dee’s book/memories actually happened as he said is debatable. I have no idea of Johnny played on this record or not. He certainly didn’t play on the later albums.

I don’t believe that’s Dee Dee playing bass. According to him they all fell out (with each other and Phil Spector) and flew back to New York without actually recording anything. Joey is apparently the only Ramone that played on that album.

I just watched this after I saw Krist Novoselic tweeting about how good it was. Loved it!

He stopped playing Fenders later in his career as he was unimpressed with their decline in quality in the ‘80s. As others have said, I believe this is a G&L.

Our next show is now a festival at the beginning of August. I won’t be at all surprised if that gets cancelled. Next one after that is the beginning of September, same again with that one. In fact, I won’t be surprised if all of our shows for the rest of the year get cancelled. When we do get back to gigging I expect attendances to be down for a while as I can see a lot of people still not being comfortable with large gatherings.

Same.

I agree, the tone on Celebrity Skin is immense! However I never paid it any attention until I saw Captain Marvel at the cinema. Hearing that song through the cinema surround sound during the end credits was something else! I’ve loved this tone since I first saw this video years ago. JMJ using a Yamaha BB424 and Aguilar rig (I think).

My dad was in a band and I’d always loved music. At 14 I decided I wanted to pick up an instrument. I wanted to play drums but my dad said I just wanted to do it to hide behind the drum kit (I was a shy kid) so to prove him wrong I decided I would play bass instead. Why bass? All of the guitarists I knew were pricks and I didn’t want to be a prick. So my dad borrowed (and later bought) a bass from the guitarist in his band and borrowed an old Peavey guitar amp from his apprentice. Here I am almost 20 years on.

And another!

Yep. Should have been in Bilston with pink torpedo Sparrer.