BassTractor

It's not the artist I proposed as a possibility, but it may of course still be the OP's artist.

I'm fairly certain it isn't Steve Morse - both because of style and because I played all his records to death. I remember that at the time of Satriani's "Surfing With the Alien", an album was released by a lesser guitar god in roughly the same vein as the footage in the OP, so if there's a list somewhere, and one checks albums from 1986 to 1988, then maybe this can be narrowed down considerably. Can't be of more help, sorry.

Makes perfect sense.

As the others have indicated, a synth is NOT an instrument that can emulate all other instruments. The Bass Station is a simple synth, and it can do the typical bass synth sounds we know from pop hits, and it can do some more. For chords and piano/organ/keyboard, my guess is that if you want hardware, your best bet is the instrument called keyboard (which is NOT the same as a MIDI keyboard) like for example the Yamaha PSR series, or a sound module like for example a second hand Yamaha MU128. In case of the latter, in order to play it you'll need a sequencer in your computer or phone, or a MIDI keyboard to play it yourself. Me, I'd avoid anything that is an analogue synth to get piano sounds - not even a 15,000 quid Moog modular synth - for many many reasons. A relatively cheap Korg keyboard I once played had fairly good piano samples, and that to me seems like a way better approach. Just ask if you wanna know more.

Of course it should, strictly speaking. In fact, I even tried sister site GuitarChat.co.uk initially. However, I then noticed there's little posting going on there as yet, and I thought that for a quick answer, Other Instruments may be too far outside many people's everyday awareness, and that General Discussion was the place to go, also seeing that a guitar is owned by many a bass player, and seeing that in the past, we've been tolerant of posts like these being in the wrong section, strictly speaking. The description for General Discussion also seems indicative of a tolerant attitude. YMMV. Thanko mucho, peeps, for the proposed brands and models! @Frank Blank's CGX122 seems like a perfect example of what I'd like to direct my nephew towards. My faith in the 122 series is better today than yesterday after some reading and after this recommendation. @Pseudonym's Alhambra is the brand I knew I had in the back of my head but couldn't remember, and they didn't come up in my search either, but I think this might be perfect, as I had decided to send my nephew to 4Sound's physical shops in Oslo anyway. @songofthewind's Ricardo Sanchis seems like the type of dark horse I was thinking of. Sounds very interesting. Since they're not readily available in physical shops here, I think we'd better give it a miss under the circumstances. Thanks anyway! It's stored on my HHDD. 😀 BTW, I didn't mention it in the OP, but I'm a fan of Spanish-built guitars of the Camps brand. In fact, I bought a then 300 quid thin Camps that I honestly think is better than my Yamaha CG172 which cost £500 at the time. I'm trying to direct my nephew also towards Camps. They have a line of 4 thin guitars (NAC-1 to NAC-4) that are only 70mm, and that have a lovely sound nevertheless. So, with Alhambra, Camps, Cordoba and Yamaha on the list, I'm very confident my nephew will get a great guitar without shelling out for the CG192. Thanks again!

It's about a guitar for my nephew, who has played before but should be regarded as a beginner. He says budget is roughly three to five hundred quid - - or really below that as seen with a UK perspective, as guitars are more expensive here in Norway. Readily available to test here are the Yamahas CG122 and CG192 nothing inbetween. The 192 is a given, but slightly above budget. I'm a bit sceptical of the 122, but maybe without ground. We can't get Alvarez here, but some C-Series Cordoba are available online. My nephew is probably unable to test and send back, so I'd need to know that they're good compared to Yamaha. Any dark horse I should know about? Oh, preamp or cutaway not demanded, but not a negative either. Thanks! Bert

I hope you did assume that that was exactly why I used it as an example, and yes: top 10 dullest. Nice observation, and a system I will borrow from you if I may. 🙂 Just think of that theme: 5- 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 or similar and variations. Insufferable. Now I think of it, it starts out well enough, and in that capacity even fits the thread a little bit: the opening with the two little streams seems promising... ...but the thread of course was about songs in our own realm, in which case nearly every goddemn synthpop song on the planet fits: it starts out with a nice enough synth intro, and then when they start singing... ...where's the bass guitar? 😡 😁

Wait til you hear "The Moldau" by Smetana. 😉

IMHO one of the most glorious pop songs ever. Why was it only released as a press kit video? Also, why was "Can We Still Be Friends" not a UK hit (I love the Robert Palmer version, but that's the year after, so doesn't explain).

Jethro Tull: "Locomotive Breath" off Aqualung. If one can believe Wikipedia (I'm still a bit doubtful), it saw mild success (#59 or #62 on Billboard) in the USA when it was released the second time, in '76 of all possible years, but saw no success in the UK. Wot?

I love baroque names! "Go Fugue Yourself", to name a terrible, terrible oldie once again ...which reminds me of those tacky album titles on cheapo labels in the 60s and 70s - in which both fugues and saxophones ("Please Have Sax With Me" and "Saxy Sax - No Headache") often made their appearance.

Irish music played slowly and intensely, and with many details. That said, this five minute version is too short. The album's ten minute version has more musical stuff happening. Melikes. BTW, the album's called "The Livelong Day" and was released last month.

To be fair though, they're not really Led Zep tunes. 🙂

You may add 1 to your count of times you were terribly wrong. Now, the song's insufferable shït of course after a fabulous intro, but I do know someone who vehemently agrees with you. 😁

Surprise! Our superpower! That or: Amongst our weaponry... ...are such elements as fear, surprise... I'll get my coat...

No, I wasn't. 😁 I just expressed surprise - out of my Dutch background. Same with Golden Earring: one hit abroad, and dozens in Holland, like for example "Se flies on strange wings" from '71.

Hm. If I were in a predicament like that, I'd simply call my band "From Genesis to Revelation". Another job well done.

Huh? "Joybringer" and "Davy's on the Road Again" and other singles never were hits?

FFS! Fiery Firefly Squad!

- "Is he a No.1 too?"

People's willingness to share knowledge, as exemplified by @ead's explaining that if you mix yellow with green, you get orange! 😉

There you touched on my mentioned element of sadness: One might think some people act for their own sense of enjoyment and achievement - whilst actually misunderstanding their posts and motivations. I see (very few!) sad examples of this, where people unjustly hold a grudge against certain others for years after having totally misunderstood. It saddens me, but is not defining for my overall enjoyment of BC.

1) You should be sleeping right now. 😉 2) Yup, and I have one person on ignore for that reason, and previously had one person on ignore coz he only was here to try and sell his products (I think he's gone). To me, BC is not the perfect forum, with perfect people, but simply far better than should be expected, and, to me, the best. If that sounds too rosy, I have had moments of great sadness also on here. But in balance...

I feel it's relaxing to realise that 50% of people are below average. It makes me expect less, and I get frustrated less. Yes, people in a role with some authority maybe should know better, but they don't. Only real example off the top of my head was Krzysztof Penderecki telling me over a cup of coffee: "I am more musical than you are". He really should've known better. 😐 🤣

Maybe you're joking, but that very aspect always stands out to me on here: virtually no need to use it. Been on fora for keyboard players (from synth to pipe organ), guitarists and drummers, and those fora were invariably insufferable without heavy use of the ignore button. Not so here. Born as a keyboardist, I do think the bassist thing has something to do with it, but probably also the Britishness thing. Not that bassists and Brits are "better", but to me there is something with their style when disagreeing - something we call "roundness" in Norway. Dunno if that translates well, but guess you get it.