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    Positive band splits

    in General Discussion

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    27 minutes ago, TeresaFR said:

    Vince Clarke leaving Depeche Mode, which gradually led to DM becoming increasingly dark and against all likelihood transforming into a stadium band. Vince managed to carve out brief but very respectable chart success with Yazoo and another hit with the Associates (with Feargal Sharkey) before forming the duo that would be where he'd spend the majority of his musical career - Erasure. How long would DM have gotten and how long could they have lasted with Vince? I feel probably not as huge as they got and to actually still be a going concern (even if rather diminished from their peak) is highly unlikely.

    Nothing but respect for Vince Clarke - the quiet genius with the Midas touch.

    His remix 12" of Wrote For Luck by the Happy Mondays is the best thing they ever released imho and still gets a regular airing in my house to this day.  👌

    Agree regarding DM btw 👍

     

    He helped create some great bands and artists along the way didn't he? Always stepping aside when his babies could do it on their own then onto the next project before they blew up too big. 

    It takes a rare kind of self confidence to choose creativity over cash, always looking forward.

    Although I expect he did alright with Erasure eventually. 

    I wish I knew more about him to honest. I wonder if he's still at it?

     

     

    Songs you absolutely hate

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    2 hours ago, casapete said:

    I was fortunate enough to see the composer of ‘Wichita Lineman’, Jimmy Webb, perform the song

    last year at The Stables in Milton Keynes. Just him playing grand piano - absolutely wonderful.

    I probably would have enjoyed that too!

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    The Yamaha BB mega-thread

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by miles'tone

    I picked up a BB earlier this year and I really love it. It's a  BB604 made in 2003. I had to sell my beloved 1965 P bass and needed to fill the void but wanted to try something different that wasn't a Fender (to avoid disappointment having reached "peak Fender" with my old #1).

    I wanted to find a bass that could cop a decent approximation of Flea's Blood Sugar Sex Majik recorded Wal sound and happened to see these mentioned on Talkbass. After hearing the sound sample I immediately googled for a BB604 and 5 minutes later (with never even knowing of their existence 10mins before that) I bought the only one for sale online in the UK from Bass Bros! (shout out to Will of Bass Bros 👌)

    It's been a revelation as it's fabulous to play in every way and the Nathan East spec preamp with it's sweepable mids filter and switch is a work of genius imho.

    I honestly don't miss that old Fender now. Not bad for a £375 bass (which I know is on the steeper side of what these can go for.) I'll be looking for a  five string BB605 when the funds are there.

     

    Edit: found the TB thread, post #26.

    The dude was right.

    https://www.talkbass.com/threads/most-wal-like-sound-from-jazz-pj-or-ray.1519809/page-2

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    Songs you absolutely hate

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    6 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

    The little bass Vl solo in that is great... 

    True, and I totally recognise that it's a better song than I will ever write. I just can't stand the sound of it. Maybe I was traumatised as a child while it was playing and don't remember or something.

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    Songs you absolutely hate

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    Posted · Edited by miles'tone

    1 hour ago, casapete said:

    One of my favourite ever songs. Good job we’re all different though eh? 🙂

    Oh absolutely! I mean it's not like any of this is by choice after all. Some songs work for us and some just turn us off with no rhyme or reason. 

    I do have a soft spot for Ferry Cross The Mersey though too 🙂

    I also really like Reef and Amy Winehouse, unlike others here 😄🤷

    Jazz Bass with DiMarzio J pups

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by miles'tone

    I had some a long time ago. 

    I wired the neck pickup in series to get as close to a P as possible, wired the bridge pickup in parallel for a humfree J. 

    Looked like a Jazz but sounded like a P/J pretty much. Sounded awesome through an old valve Ampeg rig.

    I lowered the neck pickup down a bit further than a regular J pickup that, because they're so powerful, you have even more tones to play with by experimenting with their height. Easy to find your own personal sweet spot though.

    Highly recommended and everyone should give them a go at least once imho...

    A good idea that I never tried would be to get push/pull pots on both volumes for series/parallel on each volume pot. 

    A 0.022k cap works best if my memory is correct. 

    Hit up basschatter Ki0gon for a ready to go wiring loom in said configuration to make life easy!

     

    Hope this helps. 

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    Fretless frustration arrrghh!

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    44 minutes ago, YouMa said:

    I have recently tried to make an impact on myself with fretless, it's lined. I have a massive love hate relationship with this thing. My normal lying around for noodling fretted bass has gone back in his case for the last 2 months and just now feels bizarre and club like when I pick it up. Whenever I play the fretless it either sounds like tuneless mud or sometimes I get flashes of brilliance and go to bed buzzing. One thing I have noticed is I am a very busy player on my fretted bass but the fretless has really slowed me down. I try to play like karn rather than Jaco. Did anybody else find this? Also any tips on making the transition? I did not realise what a totally different instrument it is. Sometimes I turn the drum machine off and just listen to the beauty of the wood against the strings. I have no problem getting the Mwah though as I use a lot of vibrato on guitar anyway.

    Yes, and Frank speaks wise words. The fretless tone is mesmerising and to me It's easier to express/entertain yourself with far less work, rather than fishing around for extra notes on a fretted to keep it interesting. 

    Depends on the situation of course but generally this.

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