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And let's be realistic, you can't have two Andy's in the band!

In fairness is outro solo was pretty good but I didn't like what he did on the first half of the track. Thought the other guys did much better at blending with the bass. Though I'm looking forward to @Dad3353's mix - I am wondering if mixed alongside Mike it might somehow just work.

A bunch of Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson tracks. Colin Edward's is giving me Wal gas and Nick Beggs tone on Luminol is fantastic too for this style of music.

Actually! @AndyTravis Have you tried mixing Andy's track with Mike's like you did with Maurizo ?

And she can do it whilst playing the harp..

Lala Hathaway's performance with Snarky (Michael league on bass) often does the rounds - it's the infamous one with the her singing the two notes at the same time towards the end. I had to google the correct term for it and found this video. I can't sing one note in key let alone two at the same time.

Just like Frusciante and Klinghoffer 😁

Wow, that mix sounded awesome.

^^^ this Or Susan with Tim Lefebvre laying down the groove Oh and Tracy Chapman though I couldn't name a bassist.

I just had another listen (those funky bass grooves have me hooked)... I reckon you are on to something with getting them both. I really like what Mike did in the second half of the track but he's very much sitting back in the mix and supporting. Maurizio however was very present with his solo's and layering. They could complement each other nicely. @Dad3353can you share that mix of the two together? My only thing with Maurizio's take is he's obviously taken a lot of inspiration from the Chili's. The first part of the track had me thinking of One Hot Minute and the 2nd Stadium Arcadium.

Hi Mods! Can I change my username please? I've started frequenting Guitarchat too since I'm also learning some Acoustic guitar I'd like a less bass specific username. If that's OK please PM me for details. Thanks

It's Frusciante vs Klinghoffer. Just listened to both recordings back to back and they are both great IMO. I'm looking forward to hearing how Mike does at his audition

How's the tension of the Pure Blues? I have 2 Sandberg V's , a VS4 with a vintage toned pickup and a VT4 with the stock Delano's The VS4 has the LTF's that I want to replace. Maybe I'll give the Pure Blues a go.

Revisiting an older thread. I've had a little break from bass playing during lock down but have come back to it over the past few weeks, mainly using my J bass with rounds. Picked up my P Bass last night which I'd restrung with LaBella Low Tension flats and didn't like it at all. So I'm probably going back to Roundcored roundwounds. I've previously used Sunbeams and liked them but I've not tried Pure Blues at all. Does anyone have experience with either of these and can summarise the differences?

It's great- I've been learning both the acoustic and bass parts. The other song i put forward was Luminol (well the first 4.5 mins of it) - I'm really into the bass lines though I can't decide on pick or fingers Drummers choice was Lune by Periphery which keeps the guitarist happy due to excessive use of delay effect

You could buy my Sunburst / Tort VS4 from the market place to keep you going and then sell it on when yours arrives, or keep it as a backup 😀

Loads of great suggestions - thanks guys. We settled on a couple of Steve Wilson and Porcupine Tree songs to have a play with which I guessed strayed into prog somewhat but not too far. Though the drummer and I are in dispute about what time signature Trains is actually in (for the main riff the Acoustic guitars play) - any thoughts?

Sorry to hear this Stu - very sad news (on a few levels). Fingers crossed things do improve in the near future and you can get your spot back.

Covers band cliche with a funk twist (FWIW I enjoyed it)...

I was doing really well - since this post I've sold 1x bass and 2x guitars and have a another bass currently for sale on this forum. I did buy a new acoustic which was part of the plan as I'll now move on my beat up old SP6. However, when you have the proceeds from aforementioned sales burning a hole in the virtual pocket the GAS strikes hard. Not helped when you find @gareth is selling a lovely looking YoB P Bass in my colours not more than 45 minutes away from my house ....