prowla Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I don't read any newspapers. I do pick up the Evening Standard to do the puzzles on the train home, but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 1 hour ago, prowla said: I don't read any newspapers. Ditto. In forty-five years on this planet my newspaper buying tally has yet to reach double figures. I've never seen the point, if the news is going to affect me then I'll find out about it soon enough. I did read the linked article about Mr. Deacon when first posted but have forgotten most it's contents now. His life choice seems fair enough to me, I won't bother him and I doubt he'll bother me so we'll get along just grand. Now where's that cup of tea gone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadillabama Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 On 27/10/2018 at 11:21, SH73 said: So simple but such a great bass line John Deacon is a legend I just made a tape copy of this tune. It sounds like a passive Fender with flatwounds to me. Did he use a Stingray much ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 10 hours ago, grenadillabama said: I just made a tape copy of this tune. It sounds like a passive Fender with flatwounds to me. Did he use a Stingray much ? Not sure, best Google it. But agreed, it sounds like p bass with dead flats played with plectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, SH73 said: Not sure, best Google it. But agreed, it sounds like p bass with dead flats played with plectrum. definitely a pick, I've never used flats but it could just have some of the treble rolled off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVee Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) There is a lot of finger noise on the track that tells me that they are not Flatwounds, even with the tone knob dimed. Edited November 5, 2018 by RedVee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadillabama Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 5 hours ago, RedVee said: There is a lot of finger noise on the track that tells me that they are not Flatwounds, even with the tne tone knob dimed. Doesn't it sound the way they used to plug straight into the mixing board with no e.q. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVee Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It does sound like a Flatwound maybe they are newish, mine are 6 years old and that is what I am probably going off. I cannot remember if they had finger noise from new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Def sounds like flats to me, a great simple but effective bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Sounds like played-in rounds with a pick. Just my 2p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 I believe JD's strings were changed every 3 gigs. I remember reading it somewhere (according to Pete Hince, the tech) but have no idea where now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I left this thread a week or so ago, thinking that we had all agreed that JD should be left alone by the gutter press, and was a little surprised to find that there was still yet more to say on the subject. Imagine my surprise that it's gone a little off topic... So to the heart of the thread... I used to regularly go to a town centre Wetherspoons, about 20 years ago, with my then girlfriend, for a pint and lunch after a hard morning's following her around the shops. Perfectly fine at that time of day - beer and food were cheap and cheerful, but you probably wouldn't want to go there on a Friday or Saturday night. Studiously avoided them for the following decade, dismissed as soulless caverns full of chavs. Then a CAMRA devotee started including them in his birthday pub crawls. One thing they do well is keep their beer properly - check out how many appear in the Good Beer Guide. And over the last few years they have added craft beer to their selection, and have kept the prices very low. So if you know nothing else about the local pubs, you can almost certainly get a very reasonably priced pint of good, well kept beer in the local Spoons. Rarely my first choice of where to go, but always a good default There's still a fair amount of chav-infested town centre pubs, but you're always going to get that where the model is stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap, and it's more to do with being a town centre pub than anything else. One of my locals publicises the fact that it keeps the price of a pint quite high specifically in order to deter that sort of punter. Actually, I far more object to the places often being full of families with screaming kids. But there are plenty that aren't like that and in my experience of even the town centre ones, they're typically so vast that you can usually find a quiet corner where you will be left alone by the crowd (perhaps that's just my off-putting persona). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 I was so expecting you to conclude with ' and there in the corner was none other than, John Deacon'. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Didn't John use rotosound 77 flats? I bought a set for my p bass and it fairly nails the sound (just not the skill!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 To begin with, yes. I reckon he changed around the time of The Game LP. The bass on Crazy Little Thing is definitely the strings where the windings started after the bridge saddle. I would guess he moved onto Swing bass after then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Steve Browning said: I was so expecting you to conclude with ' and there in the corner was none other than, John Deacon'. sadly not...or was he and I'm choosing not to comment on his private life However, Brian May was/is a resident of a village close to where I grew up and was to be seen on occasion I cannot comment on his choice of beer or newspaper Edited November 7, 2018 by Monkey Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Steve Browning said: I was so expecting you to conclude with ' and there in the corner was none other than, John Deacon'. ...on his 10th pint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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