Beedster

Live and studio, two different worlds 👍 Defo FL or FL-alike in the studio, very un-Clayton either way

The Troubles on Songs of Innocence sounds very fretless to me?

......and if it is genuine, I imagine it will resurface at a significantly higher price in the near future 👍

That's the truth 👍

Well, they did, as per the two in the Geddy Lee book 👍 But yes, it's a mystery bass, I'd didn;t take too close a look at it just assumed it was modified to a greater or lesser degree 👍

Either I'm going mad or they revised the listing, but when I first saw it I'm sure it was listed at 1980. It being 1970, mint, and apparently rare, means it's probably not the latter and has been modified/refinished. Either that or a buyer got very lucky 👍

Ha ha, no not on your setlist But just in case.....

I hope whoever paid £5K did their homework, my gut instinct when I saw the price tag was 'I'd need a lot of provenance before paying that'. Might be a one-off in early FCS model, might be one of a very short factory run, but in either of those cases I'd expect a price tag significantly uphill of £5k, after all plenty of mint condition but otherwise standard instrument from that era get quite close to that figure as it is.

Love to 👍 I have further good news, I just heard some fretless (surprised me as well), that's gotta be another two basses?

That makes sense, thanks. Rattle & Hum feels very American at times also 👍

Inspired by this thread, I'm listening to U2 today, and have to say what a damn fine listen it is, especially if you're a fan of solid power bass playing. It might just be the random playing order, but I'd never noticed before just how Americana they sounded mid-late 80s? Great gig though @police squad, I'm going to try to get to the Kent leg 👍

There's a little part of me that still gets angry about it 😡

No, you’ll need six, flats and rounds for each of the above 👍

Mesa Subway, California pedigree, light as a feather 👍

It's gonna be a while mate, it's quite a set list to learn 👍

...although @Linus27 clearly does 👍

You clearly do not understand what Basschat is about 🤔

A lot of people dislike bono and write off the band for their association. U2 are without doubt one of the all time greats, their longevity and back catalogue are extraordinary. Listening to Boy and War seems like another lifetime they're so long ago, but both still powerful albums

Interesting and not wrong, but competition/diss tracks are part and parcel of hop-hop culture, and at times are really creative and entertaining (probably not in the most recent example of this case). I guess the reason I posted this is that I wonder what sort of precedent a legal decision might set for retrospective legal action by artists regarding previous examples recorded at a time at which artists generally saw 'dissing' as part and parcel of the recording game and simply shrugged it off or recorded a repost (Young and Skynyrd being great examples)?

Can’t disagree with any of that Nik 👍

I suspect if we look at the lyrics of a lot of songs, undercurrents re bandmates or rival bands will appear 👍

Now you have the gig this is a no-brainer https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176614163712?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FOG9Z1W2SD2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY