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  1. JJTee
    Good call
  2. JJTee
    It’s those octave turnaround fills that always have me struggling. Very nimble fingers to get that octave note and return to the root as tightly as Bernard. And so consistent - super tight all the way through, with (according to Nile) it all done in one take with no punch-ins.
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    And all to think that this song is the result of being refused entry to Studio 64, a couple of bottles of champagne and a sweary jam at Nile’s apartment. Oh, and a couple of very gifted musicians...
  4. JJTee
    One thing slightly puzzling me is that in a Bass Player article about the song, Nile Rodgers said Bernard plugged straight into the desk to record it (with the band playing live, together). Yet on this I can hear what sounds like a bleed of the track from some headphones. Any ideas?
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    Glorious. Seriously tight. Can hear the flatwound strings clearly during the bridge - that glassy harmonic edge.
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    Good Times - Chic (Bernard Edwards)
  7. JJTee
    Glorious. Love that fill at the 5 minute mark.
  8. JJTee
    Flawless
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    Ok, here’s my stab at a GB v US team. GB more high energy, workmanlike; US, a bit more flare perhaps? 4-4-2: Alex James Burnel Wolstenhome Jones Lemmy Deacon Foxton Macca King Palladino Enthwistle V Collins Jaco Clarke Jamerson Prestia Flea East Edwards Burton Graham Dirnt
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    I’m going to put together a UK v US team at some point. All based on bass playing ability, rather than any athletic or football ability, obviously!
  11. JJTee
    Fantastic device
  12. JJTee
    Claypool - the Le Tissier of the team!
  13. JJTee
    Yeah, Macca on my the left. Or manager/coach!
  14. JJTee
    How about a pair of energetic wingers in JJ Burnel and Bruce Foxton?
  15. JJTee
    Right back for Steve.
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    Inspired by one of my favourite Python sketches, I was thinking about what a bass players football team might look like. What formation? Who’s goalkeeper? Who’d be centre back? Someone solid and reliable like Cliff Williams. A holding midfielder of James Jamerson, paired with Bernard Edwards? Maverick Pino Palladino in the cultured midfield maestro role. Flea on one wing, box to box? But who’s going to stick it in the onion bag?
  17. JJTee
    The thing with NH Carnival is the context. Utterly skull crushing, organ rearranging levels of bass 5 metres from someone’s living room window!
  18. JJTee
    Slayer - Decade of Aggression. Utterly fabulous.
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    Following on from the 'Gigs you've left' thread, I thought we could share our experiences of the loudest gigs we've endured (or left). My contenders are: Megadeth, circa 1991, Rust in Peace tour, Hammersmith Odeon. Absolutely deafening; ringing ears for at least 3 days. Way, way too loud - but I was 16 and didn't know any better, so we stayed irrespective. Just unpleasant, so much high end. Prodigy, 1997, Brighton Centre, Fat of the Land tour. When the bass dropped in at the start of Smack my B*tch up, I could literally feel my eyeballs vibrating and was genuinely concerned. It was just a physical, pounding wall of bass. Me and my mates just stared at each other in disbelief! Notting Hill Carnval. Not a gig asuch, but if you want serious bass, then standing next to some of the floats with kilowatts of amps and loaded with subs is an experience to behold. I also remember squeezing through a crowd at the focussed epicentre of three huge stacks of speakers, that was the Aba Shanti dub/roots sound system. An all-enveloping world of bass that has only been matched by the Prodigy. Anyone else got any notable experiences, good or bad?
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    Oasis, Finsbury Park 2002. Horrible, horrible atmosphere, simmering with aggression. Saw a few fights break out, people utterly wasted, a friend noted a few of the notorious Chelsea Headhunter firm in the vicinity. Topped off by the hideous oaf Liam Gallagher’s droning, and his unpleasant aggressive posturing. Binned it about halfway through. Charlatans were good though, who supported!
  21. JJTee
    Very impressive!
  22. JJTee
    Out of curiosity, how did you come by this? It’s clearly the genuine article (rather than a cover), as I can hear the very slight mistakes that are audible on the full track. Would love to hear the isolated bass from Le Freak and Everybody Dance too.
  23. JJTee
    Always wondered where this tune was from, which I remember hearing as a 5 yr old...
  24. JJTee
    These are great. Quality piece of kit. The Eq frequency points are perfection, and it’s a really good tool for practice via headphones. Loads of headroom.
  25. JJTee
    Best of both worlds here:
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