PaulWarning

There does seem to be more to it than his drumming, just wonder why they didn't use "the musical differences", or "Zak's moving on to other projects" excuse, of course back in the day a young Roger Daltrey would have just thumped him

those were my thoughts as well,he's been with them for years and now Mr Daltrey has decided he's not their cup of tea, very strange

https://www.goldradio.com/news/music/the-who-zak-starkey-fired-why/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJss61leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHqRA1Wpq53mnBU0-fGaGFyJKZF-jRtlyTqoG-jL-UUVBfjqeSczuZek3675a_aem_8t9vj7cvM8wjssT9OhvDVA according to this story Roger Daltry instigated it because all he could hear was boob boom boom, seeing as they use in ears surely it's the sound man they should be getting rid of

had any luck with these settings? sounded bloody awful when I tried it, way too much distortion

must have been faulty or a really inefficient cab, I got a 150 watt GP12 loads of volume and we've got a really really loud drummer edit, my Trace lost all it's volume, needed new output transistors

you really have got to be some kind of nut job to point a gun at the Police in the USA, if the reports are accurate of course

that is about what I've got my B1on set at which I don't think is a million miles away, most people do add too much treble when trying to get his sound

not good news for the BBC at all, bit of a contradiction, TV audience falling but commercial radio rising, I'd have thought Gen Z would be using Spotify etc, but then, what do I know?

never happy when I see an artist using backing tracks, I just think why stop at drums/keyboards/bass or whatever, why not have the whole thing as a backing track? but hey, that's just me ymmv

I never realised there was no bass on WITJ, foundthis clip where Phil is playing rhythm, presumably they only had on guitarist at the time also found this which is one of those vids where you think "Wish I'd been there"

didn't TOTP's make the artist do a recording of the song earlier to mime too? I know the stories about some managers swapped that tape for the actual studio recorded one, maybe the Stranglers didn't

fair point, mobile mics won't pick up the very low frequencies so may filter out the 'gut churning rumble', but the footage I've posted from Gilfest looks to be professionally recorded so presumably came from the mixing desk, which I suppose means it could have been mixed this way afterwards

could be but not when you're standing next to the sound desk

I find it strange, you would think The Stranglers would have their own soundman, yet when I've seen them the bass is nowhere near that high in the mix, and it should be

I think I've finally found a early live version, just audio, starts just before the 39 minute mark, It doesn't sound a lot different from his modern sound as in the last post

and this is interesting, JJ's modern bass sound

no it isn't but this is, or maybe not on reflection, shouldn't alway believe what's on youtube

Mmm, not sure about that, but the Ramones did a lot of covers, mostly good, some not so good this is one of the best ones IMO

the only thing that will make a significant difference is the type of strings, type of pick up and the position of the pick up, ymmv

I picked up a pair of Fender V2's designed to go together 2 x 8 and a 1 x 10 off ebay, nano drivers so only 13 kg each and sound good, can't see me changing them

I'll be very interested in hearing Rod Stewart, last few times I've seen him on TV he's avoided doing his most popular songs, presumably because he can't sing them anymore

tbf that pie chart could also apply to drummers. The band did an acoustic gig on Sunday where I play guitar, no very well I might add, and a woman came up gave me a hug and kissed me on the neck, trouble was we were half way through a song and I made a right pig's ear of the rest of it. Never happens when I play bass, perhaps as well really 😂

tbh I don't think that sounds much like JJ's tone, too much treble, a big boost around the 1 -2k Hz gets you nearer, the nearest I can get is using the Zoom B1on sansamp clone for distortion and various EQ

I can't believe he couldn't get closer to his original bass sound if he wanted too, I can't get his original sound but I can get closer than he does these days, just listened to a live version of Hanging Around from the 'Feel It Live' album, my favourite bass sound on any record from Norvegicus, and it's a travesty

as I mentioned earlier, they've got their own sound guy, so to a large extent they get the sound they want, I know different venues have their own characteristics but a decent sound man should be able to cope. I once went to a festival about 15 years ago and the sound was awful all weekend, all thump thump bass drum, the Ruts came on and their sound was spot on, Segs Jennings' bass sounded awesome, I even messaged him about it and he confirmed they had their own sound guy