kevin40

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='314112' date='Oct 24 2008, 08:12 PM']Just bung some (loads) reverb on everything, process it through a load of studio gear and there you have it. Instant 80's vibe. Even better without real sounding drums. I love playing Rio and to echo a previous post. If i could play (and look) even 1/4 of what John T can do i would be very happy. My first "real" Bass was an Aria pro. Not the SB1000 but it looked like it. Oh, and a white jacket with sleeves rolled right up. Big fan of that era myself.[/quote] Me too, love that era, personally music was never quite the same after 85. I blame stock aitkin and waterman for the decline. My fave band for the past 26 years is Duran and it was obviously John Taylor who got me playing bass in my teens. I can remember virtually mastering rio and thinking to mysel that I could play anything if I can play rio (how wrong was I!!). People talk about Rio alot on this forum but if you want to try and learn an interesting Duran bass line have a listen to "Shadows on your side" from the seven and the ragged tiger LP, there is a rumour that John Taylor can't remember how to play it now? I have an Aria Pro II SB1000 like the one JT had in the early 80's (same colour etc), love to know the history of it and if its worth anything? Other bands whose bass I love from that era include ABC, Culture Club, Japan, Paul Young and earlier than that anything by Bernard Edwards who I think had amazing rhythm. keep up the posts, brings back happy memories of when I was a teen.

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='117237' date='Jan 9 2008, 06:56 PM']Dion Esteus (possibly not correct spelling) with Wham, even though they weren't new romantic they were the same era. The guy out of ABC? Were ABC new romantic? The guy out of Talk Talk played some alright stuff as well.[/quote] Have a listen to ABC the deluxe version of the lexicon of love which has a lot of live stuff thrown in.