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Skybone

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  1. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
  2. First and Last and Always - Sisters of Mercy
  3. Hard Road - Black Sabbath
  4. I had an MB4 from new in the sparkle black finish, bought it in '93 IIRC, the first new bass I'd ever bought. Good to look at, good to play, shame it only sounded OK. It was significantly lighter than the Westone Thunder 1A I had, so it became the main bass. The guitarist in the band I was in at the time also had a Washburn Mercury guitar (bought from the same shop). Haven't seen any of the 90's Washburns in a long time. Must admit, I much preferred their 80's basses.
  5. Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
  6. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
  7. Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
  8. Got to second the respect for Paul Gray, superbly tasteful player. Phil from Subhumans & Jasper from Citizen Fish Grant from Rudimentary Peni
  9. Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
  10. Einstein A Go-Go - Landscape
  11. Get Up and Go - The Go-Go's
  12. This Is Not An Exercise - Voivod
  13. You really can't go wrong with an Ashdown 300w MAG head (or combo). Puts out something like 200w @ 8 Ohms, 300w @ 4 Ohms. Should be able to pick one up relatively inexpensively second hand too. I have the 2x10 combo, and that's plenty loud enough for band use. Just checked the Ashdown site, the EvoIII puts out 220w @ 8 Ohms, 330w @ 8 Ohms.
  14. Always had a big soft spot for the SB Special II, owned a black one from '84 in the late 80's, 'til I stupidly part-exed it for an Encore Strat in the early 90's (shut up, I know! ). Always regretted that. I did however end up getting an '82 Westone Thunder 1A not long after. Managed to find another one around 2006, but life hadn't been too kind to it. It was still a nice bass, but nowhere near as nice as my original one. Bizarrely, that one was an '84 model as well. In all my research around the time, I could never find any info on the SB Special II, only the RSB Deluxe. From what I can gather, they were only made in 1984, as I've never seen one from any other year. No doubt, @Fionn's and @FlatEric's ones will be from other years. 🙄
  15. Excellent find @Maude, some great looking creations there.
  16. Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Nik Kershaw
  17. Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
  18. Kill the King - Rainbow
  19. I do the same on the HD500x, set up two paths, one clean, one dirty, and blend them back together. Just wondered whether they'd figured out that it's a useful thing to have if you're using these devices for bass. Though the parallel paths are easy to set up.
  20. I know there's the B7K model on the Helix, what other bass-specific OD/Dist/Fuzz models are in there? By bass-specific, I mean do they have a "Mix" / "Blend" function?
  21. Golden Years - David Bowie
  22. Never noticed any mid-scoop on any of my passive basses. I think a lot has to do with the pickups and the electronics involved. YMMV
  23. After Forever - Black Sabbath
  24. Black Sabbath - Reunion Electro Hippies - Live
  25. Sleepwalk - Ultravox
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