Guess the bass you hear before you see it

[KingPrawn]

I heard this on the radio yesterday and guessed it was a Wal bass. Not just the sound but also the year as they were so influential at that time. It is a great bass line. Bit harder these days to guess the bass as the options and quality preamps and pickups is so varied. Made me think, is it really the pickups I’m predicting ( Jazz, P, MM) than the actual make of instrument?

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by KingPrawn

[fleabag]

No idea, but i think Adam Ant's bassist Leigh Gorman played bass on  Go Wild

If ya know what basses he played back then, might give an idea

Edited August 19, 2020 by fleabag

[TheGreek]

Agree with @fleabag, it wasn't a secret what bass he played....

[fleabag]

He played a Wal 

 

[stewblack]

On 19/08/2020 at 18:58, KingPrawn said:

heard this on the radio yesterday and guessed it was a Wal bass

I could not do this! Seriously - I'm impressed. You obviously have a good ear, or just really like Wal basses! 

[ahpook]

25 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I could not do this! Seriously - I'm impressed. You obviously have a good ear, or just really like Wal basses! 

Yep, me too.

In as much as I was aware of it,  think I'd assumed it was a guitar playing the more audible high end stuff.

Edited August 21, 2020 by ahpook

[ahpook]

Actually, I don't even know who it is playing the bass in that clip...care to enlighten me ?

[stewblack]

1 hour ago, ahpook said:

Actually, I don't even know who it is playing the bass in that clip...care to enlighten me ?

🤷🏻‍♂️ 

[KingPrawn]

Not a clue

[fleabag]

Leigh Gorman ?

[Paul S]

Did he ever play a Wal? 

 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

That little riff in the chorus sounds very Geddy like in construct and sound which might take me to Wal eventually.

[MB1]

Malcolm McLaren ?

could be Zorba the Greek playing a triffid???

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 minute ago, MB1 said:

Malcolm McLaren ?

could be Zorba the Greek playing a triffid???

Have you forgotten to take your medication again? 😂

[MB1]

Still trying to figure out where this Effervescent Elephant is ? Sid   said it’d be here at 12?

[MB1]

Is it a Fender Precision by any chance?

 

 

[MB1]

I do seem to remember this being on tv?

didnt the guy make a complete pink torpedo out of himself on the first bass? which he mistook for an ironing board? Or something??? As Madness might have quoted......Your an Embarrassment !

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by MB1

[Bilbo]

I am a member of a Wal owners Facebook group. Some of the clips on there are 'kin dreadful. I am not sure what a Wal sounds like. I don't sound like Percy Jones, he don't sound like Geddy Lee and so on. I am not convinced that a brand of bass can be guessed beyond the idea that a brand is popular at some point or in some genre. Then it's chance.

 

Scott Devine has a load of P and J basses that are not Fenders and all sound like Fenders. It's all educated guess work at best. 

[ubit]

On 19/08/2020 at 18:58, KingPrawn said:

I heard this on the radio yesterday and guessed it was a Wal bass. Not just the sound but also the year as they were so influential at that time. It is a great bass line. Bit harder these days to guess the bass as the options and quality preamps and pickups is so varied. Made me think, is it really the pickups I’m predicting ( Jazz, P, MM) than the actual make of instrument?

 

Great bass line but questionable shorts. He must have borrowed Annabelles!

[4000]

Annabella’s, you mean. 😉

They're one of my favourite bands, and Leigh “Leroy” Gorman one of my favourite players and main influences. 

Oh, and Leigh’s sound always sounds like a Wal to me. It’s perfectly possible to make a Wal sound less like a Wal, but there is definitely a “Wal” tone, that you’ll struggle to get out of anything else. I’ve had two BTW. Listen to Flea on Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
 

Edited August 22, 2020 by 4000