PaulWarning

new avatar, left handed pick playing bass player called Paul, who gives a thumbs up sign, sadly, that's where all resemblance ends

I'm of a completely different opinion, think his songwriting is nothing to shout about, with a few exceptions, there's an awful lot of very twee stuff in there, some of his lyrics are very lazy, "My love don't give me presents but I know she's no peasant" really sets my teeth on edge, but his bass playing is sublime, difficult to play does not make a good bass line. Wouldn't do for us all to have the same opinion though would it? this forum would be very boring indeed

which is why they were never the same when Alan Lancaster left

My tongue was a bit in my cheek, Cliff has released some half decent tracks amongst all the dross, but for me Move It is his best

I've heard the Arrow on occasions and enjoyed it but it's not available on DAB in my area

know what you mean, all the songs in the world, even within a certain genre, and they keep playing the same ones. I've all but given up with the radio since I got a different car that blue tooth's to my phone that has all my music on it, keep it on shuffle, job done

not sure it is, widely regarded as the best (up to that time anyway) British made Rock n Roll record, and could be argued, the last good record Cliff made 😊

I'm sure Pete would be delighted to hear that

rather than start yet another Beatles thread thought I'd post in this one, anyone see the documentary on BBC4 the other week "Made on Merseyside"? I found it quite interesting, obviously done without official Beatles backing, no Lennon and Macca tracks played, but was really nice to see Pete Best in a good place and eventually getting his financial rewards, worth a look for any Beatles fans

old thread I know, but @Lozz196 mentioned Ash in the 3 piece thread and it reminded me about Girl From Mars, only 4 notes in the song but continually in a different order, does my head in.

Green Day do have now, but they didn't for a good number of years, may have even been up to American Idiot, Basket Case always goes down well

I came across this info a while ago which I found interesting Pre-Shape 1:+6dB at 50Hz and 2kHz, -6dB at 400Hz. Pre-Shape 2: +5dB at 100Hz, +3dB at 3kHz and -5dB at 650Hz.

the presets are very seductive, they sound great when playing on your own, but if you mean the sound can get lost in a band situation I think you're right, I use a bit of overdrive (Sansamp clone) so the compressor doesn't seem to do anything

if you expand it to 3 piece plus a non instrument playing singer, which is the same thing, there's a lot more

this^ I play in a 3 piece + singer and I need to sort of replace the rhythm guitar as well as add bass, I have my TE GP12 30 and 40 Hz sliders all the way down and adjust the 50Hz depending on the room (never above flat though), so I can fill the sound out especially on guitar solo's

yes, but without the pre shapes

I suspect it's because it sounds good to have mids cut whilst playing alone, but it just gets lost in the mix when playing in a band

I always thought a snowflake was someone who easily gets upset by something, sometimes on behalf of someone else who wouldn't be upset about it

if you're using any sort of overdrive/ distortion then that compresses the signal as does valve amps, so like me you'll notice bugger all difference

I've learnt over the years that diplomacy is one the best assets when in a band, you obviously think there might be a problem by the title of the thread, it's too easy for other bass players to come on here and say you're better of out of it they're a bunch of tw*ts, playing Judges Advocate here, perhaps you are playing too slow, most live songs are faster than the originals, nothing worse than a ploddy covers band, and if the band practises too loud get some earplugs (most of them cut out a lot of the guitars high frequencies), a loud amp and stand in front of it. I sometimes think us bassists on here are too quick to think everybody else is out of step, I've never met a band member yet that hasn't got a moan about someone else in the band, me included

this looks overpriced, or am I missing something? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-32-Medium-Scale-Precision-Bass-Left-Handed-Lefty/333127418512?hash=item4d8ff10290:g:BRUAAOSwRiFclRcJ&frcectupt=true

must admit, I'm a bit of a show off, jump around a bit and even fall on the floor at one point, we are in the entertainment business after all, and I write some of the songs and do backing vocals, bit of and average bass player though

I'm a lefty and used to wear my watch on my left hand, till I scratched a Stingray with the metal strap , I changed to wearing on my right hand (fretting hand) after a while of taking it off altogether, which didn't make any difference to my playing I really can't see it being an issue unless it's the weight of a diamond encrusted Rolex

I've got a pair of these Fender V2 cabs, very happy with them, true Neo speakers (unlike the V3's) very transportable 11 -12 Kg each, I get the tone I want, out of them. I use a Trace Elliot head with them

For me his bass playing is sublime, different, bit sublime, some bassists will always think anybody who plays with a pick is rubbish because it's all in the fingers, some still think you've got to sync with the bass drum, and some slag him off because he's successful Apart from one or two efforts I don't particularly rate him as a songwriter since the Beatles split and even in the Beatles, IMO, his songs, generally weren't as good as Lennon's who also wrote some right stinkers after the Beatles, that's what happens when you surround yourself with yes men and take drugs. I remember an interview with him after the debacle that was "Give my regards to Broad St", he admitted it wasn't very good but couldn't understand why nobody told him, err because you pay their wages Paul