JJTee

He was great live too:

What's The Frequency Kenneth? has a very nice bassline. A great melodic line...perfect for those a few months into their bass playing.

Very nice!

Horses for courses

Most of them I can get through, but Stockholm Syndrome, played fingerstyle, is beyond me. Just that little bit too quick - suppose I should knuckle-down and practice it.

I have a pdf of a spot-on transcription for Slade...

For my money, Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody is hard to beat. A great stomping bassline from Jim Lea! (If anyone wants a copy of a spot-on transcription, PM me - I have it from an old magazine) Closely followed by the bass line to Wham's Last Christmas - I assume played by Deon Estus? Just a nice, nice bass line.

Disco 2000 - Pulp

Ooh, found a bit more of Bernie playing live on his P-bass...shame there's no close-ups of his "chucking" technique...

It was just an excuse to post a very rare live clip of Chic playing in the 70's to be honest. But this is the clincher for me anyway...

Used to have loads of pedals, but now down to just four: 3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator - 6 Adrenalinn II - 1 Aguilar Agro - 1 Aguilar Octamizer - 1 Akai Unibass - 2 AMT Slap Bass -1 Ashdown Chorus - 1 Ashdown Drive Plus - 2 Asdown dual band compressor - 2 Ashdown sub octave plus - 1 Barge Concepts VFB-2 - 2 Behringer BDI21 - 3 Behringer chorus - 1 Boomstick Bottom Feeder - 1 Boss BF-3 - 1 Boss CE-2 - 3 Boss CEB3 - 1 Boss CS-3 - 1 Boss DD-20 - 3 Boss DS-1 - 2 Boss LS-2 - 8 Boss ME-50B - 1 Boss ME-8B - 1 Boss MT-2 - 1 Boss OC-2 - 10 Boss OC-3 - 1 Boss ODB-3 - 6 Boss PH-1r - 1 Boss PS-3 - 1 Boss PW-10 - 1 Boss SD-1 - 1 Boss SL-20 -2 Boss SYB 3 - 2 Boss TU2 - 11 Boss TU3 - 1 Boss TU-12H - 2 Boss chorus ensemble CE-5 - 2 Bugbrand Bugcrusher - 1 Catalinbread SFT (clone) - 2 Catalinbread Teaser Stallion - 1 Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer - 1 Danelectro French Toast - 2 [b]Demeter Opto Comp - 2[/b] Devi Ever Hyperion - 1 Devi Ever Cherry Pop - 1 Devi Ever SodaMeiser - 1 Digitech Bad Monkey - 2 Digitech Bass Synth Wah - 1 Digitech Whammy - 5 DOD FX-25 B - 1 Dunlop Bass Cry Baby - 3 DHA VT2 - 3 EBS Octabass - 3 EBS Multicomp - 4 EBS Dynaverb - 1 EBS Unichorus - 1 EHX Memory Man with Hazarai - 1 EHX Bass Balls - 1 EHX Bass Big Muff - 3 EHX Bass Metaphors - 2 EHX Bass Micro Synth - 4 EHX Big Muff Pi (Black Russian) - 3 EHX Big Muff Pi (Green Russian) - 1 EHX HOG - 1 EHX Octave Multiplexer - 1 EHX POG2 - 1 EHX Small Clone - 1 EHX Small Stone Nano - 2 EHX Small Stone (Black Russian) - 1 EHX Qtron - 1 EHX Qtron+ - 3 Exar PigNose - 1 Ernie Ball VP-Jr - 1 Fishman Platinum Pro EQ -1 FuzzHugger ABsynth - 1 Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet - 1 Guyatone MD-3 delay - 1 Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter - 1 HBE Psilocybe -1 Ibanez PD7 Phat-Hed Bass Overdrive - 2 Ibanez SB 7 - 1 Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon - 1 Korg DT-10 - 1 Korg Pitchblack - 4 Line 6 M9 - 2 Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live - 1 Line 6 DL4 - 3 Line6 FM4 - 1 Maestro Brassmaster (clone) -1 MarkBass Compressore - 1 MarkBass Super Synth - 1 Marshall Guv'nor (MK1) - 1 Marshall Jackhammer - 2 Marshall Echohead - 1 Marshall Regenerator - 1 Maxon CP9+ - 1 Mellowtone Clean Chan Dirty Chan - 1 Mojo Hand Cream Pie - 1 Moog MF-101 - 3 Moog MF-102 - 1 Moog MF-105b - 1 Moog MF-107 - 2 Moog MP-201 - 1 Mr Zinky Master Blaster - 1 MXR Bass Octave Deluxe - 1 [b]MXR Blowtorch - 4[/b] MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz -1 [b]MXR M-80 DI+ - 6[/b] MXR M-143 Limiter MXR Super Comp - 1 [b]Peterson StroboStomp 1 - 1[/b] ProCo Tubro Rat - 2 Radial Bassbone - 1 Radial bishot io - 1 Rocktron Cyborg Reverb - 1 Sansamp Bddi - 7 SansAmp Para-driver - 1 Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz - 1 SFX Micro Fuzz - 1 SFX S&M - 1 Subdecay Noise Box - 1 TC Electronics PolyTune - 2 TC Electronics Nova Modulator - 1 Tech 21 VT Bass - 3 Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe - 3 Toadworks Mr Squishy - 1 Way huge swollen pickle - 1 Xotic X-Blender - 1 Yamaha OD-10 - 1 Z.Vex Box of Rock - 1 (clone) Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - 5 (clone) Z.Vex Mastotron - 1 Z.Vex Wah Probe - 1

C'est Chic.

Be playing along to this track...am now wondering whether Bernard was using his "chucking" techniqiue (the one use in Dance, Dance, Dance, and Everbody Dance - where he used his index finger as a pick) during this song - particularly during the octave 16th notes, and the outro...2:50 onwards. Thoughts? Cool song anyway...whatever technique.

6th Form Folk Evening, probably late 1992.... Enter Sandman on a Aria Pro II Spirit, though a Carlsbro B-150w 15" combo.

Great stuff - this is really useful. I'm definitely (one day) after a Stingray with that old-school Bernard Edwards sound (rather than a more modern zingy tone - I have a Fleabass for that). Sounds like the classic is the one! Cheers!

Having seen The Prodigy on the Fat of The Land tour, 1997/98 in Brighton, I can vouch for the level of bass their old PA system could generate. Without a doubt, the heaviest, deepest, most powerful bass I have ever heard occurred when Smack My Bitch Up kicked in. I could feel the front of my eyeballs vibrating - rather unnerving...

1) Bernard Edwards 2) Rutger Gunnarsson 3) Pino Palladino 4) Flea 5) Chris Wolstenhome Probably.

Here's a vid of Chris's current gear.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSsE-skFkv4&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSsE-skFkv4...feature=related[/url]

Mine arrived this morning. I'm about to move into a flat and want to isolate the speaker from the floor to minimise the amount of bass transmitted into the floor below. First impressions: bloody brilliant. Really tightens things up and allows mids and top frequencies to stand out a little more. Very impressive. I 'm thinking of getting two of the big ones to form a platform for my little Roland HD-1 drumkit and me to sit on - I'm worried the sound of the foot pedals will go straight through the floor - I think this could be just the ticket.

Just ordered this: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Maiden-Anthology-Recorded-Versions/dp/1423420454/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1282832144&sr=8-2"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Maiden-Anthol...2144&sr=8-2[/url]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='933080' date='Aug 22 2010, 09:06 PM']...I've had a TC Comp Nova, [b]Demeter [u]Copulator[/u][/b] and owned 2 Multicomps - they all did the job beautifully...[/quote] Now that sounds an interesting pedal...!!!

I bought my first Maiden album (well, a compilation - Somewhere Back in Time) this week at the age of 34! Bloody good it is too - can't stop playing it.

I have a transcription for it somewhere. Will try and remember to scan it. It's played on a fretless stingray btw, but sounds pretty good on a fretted with healthy dose of mid-range growl.

Some insight into the ABBA sound