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Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
Sorry to hear that mate, hope he gets back to playing. I've only ever had that thing with one drummer, and I listen to the recordings occasionally and they're the ones on which my bass playing - and arguably the whole band - sounds best. It can be make or break for a band -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
I think you'll find that if he plays it faster than the original then he speeds it up -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
Hang on, a drummer who speeds up, that's not something I've come across -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
That I'd like to see mate -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
Having just listened, to my ear that recorded track sounds like plectrum with the exception of some of the chorus -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
Waiting........ -
Rio Isolated Bass Track - is it John Taylor?
Beedster replied to spectoremg's topic in General Discussion
Crisps: check. Beer: check. Comfy chair: check -
Today I found out what 808 basses sound like
Beedster replied to Happy Jack's topic in General Discussion
808 was a state of mind in the 80s -
Hi all, I've had loads of PMs about these last night and this morning and I have to work today so can't get back until this afternoon/evening. Precision is definitely sold and paid for (thanks Walshy) fretless Jazz is sold pending the usual, and the fretted Jazz is still available although there are a lot of people interested. I know it sounds a bit of a chore, but I will get back to people in the order they PMd, please accept my apologies, and please don't get angry with me if it takes me some time
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Love it
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It's been both sad and therapeutic to sell these bitsas, they're all lovely instruments that I put together slowly and after much trial and error (probably more error than trial if truth be told) over a few years. So, sentiment says keep them, but for a very long time I've realised that all I need is a decent P/J with frets and the same without, and having had the former for a fait while now, t looks like I've finally got the latter courtesy of the below (and oddly the neck from this bass belongs to the body of my fretless P/J). Thanks for all the positive comments and enquiries folks, much appreciated. Chris
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Singing technique and stuff about how you sing
Beedster replied to police squad's topic in General Discussion
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I have no doubt that it's handmade ...
Beedster replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
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I have so many pieces of old instruments lying around Stew, bridges, bodies, pickguards, PUPs, I really should sell them as I want to start playing and recording basses again as opposed to finding bits of wood and metal that work really well together only to sell them all and start again Re that body above, I bought a set of heavyweight brass hardware from Walshy (I think) - bridge, pickguard and thumbrest - polished them to a shine and put them on that body and they looked amazing, but it weighed in at about 7lbs without PUPs, circuit or neck Having said that, I like building really heavy basses, putting on a set of La Bella Deep Talkers, taking the action to about 12mm at the 12th, and taking it to rehearsal, because both our singer and guitarist fancy themselves as bassists, and trying to nail Sympathy for the Devil on such a bass whilst I'm taking a toilet break tends to dissuade them. As has been said many time, there's four of us in the band and three of them are better bassists than me, I have to get my wins where I can
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Thanks for the above guys. I get that EC was both an innovator and a technician, but I never felt there was much soul in his playing, and I used to play a lot of old 60's blues and Cream covers so spent a lot of time listening (happy to be steered towards anything in the 70s I might have missed). I guess the contrast I'm making is with NY who is no technician, and quite possibly not an innovator, but who for me gets a hell of a lot of emotion out of his instrument, or at least, whatever he does on the instrument brings a lot of emotion to the song/recording overall. A good example being the intro to Alabama (which has always struck me as typical NY but is perhaps one of the session guys), that's got an edginess and even awkwardness that is really hard to replicate (and in my old band, we tried, how we tried). But for me, that line takes me somewhere that I suspect isn't too far form where NY was when he wrote the song, there's a powerful synergy of the emotion in the guitar playing with those in the lyrics