Recent content by jmccabe

One thing I should've pointed out is that, in the schematics pdf, the bottom one is for the 300w power module. The normal Stingray Bass amp uses the 150w power module. There was, as far as I can remember, a Stingray Bass Pro, which was 300w, but I'm relatively sure that had a different pre-amp...

LOL. I got one for Christmas, might've been 78, or 79, and it was £83. I've still got it, but I stripped the frets off the neck, wired a switch in to swap the pickup wiring from series to parallel, and have stripped and repainted it twice; once white, and the second time to transparent red. I...

Thanks for that. I have a cabinet that's front-mounted but that has a metal grill held on with screws you can easily get to, so the TKO one confused me :) Cheers.

Glad you enjoyed it; I love that album. One thing that's often been criticised is the sound of the drums though; they seem a bit over-processed. I'd never really thought much about it being a Nick Launay produced album. Now you mention it, though, the drum sound on The Swing also seemed a bit...

Good move!

Ok - I had a go at their first album; it sounds like you're right about the bass - it sounds pretty decent. I struggled with the style of music though; it's a bit C&W for my liking :-( It reminds me a bit of Del Amitri, after they'd found the country rock groove that they had some success with...

The John McGeoch R.I.P Facebook groups I mentioned is at Log into Facebook.

Pretty sure there is some fretless in there. He'd probably tell you, if you asked - he hangs around on the John McGeoch RIP page on Facebook.

I love them; particular favourites are Don't Let Go, Wait, To Live And Die In LA and Hypnotise. TBH though, I never really picked out the bass parts specifically, so will take another listen. Another bunch I like a lot. Welcome To The Pleasure Dome is a brilliant album and, yes, some...

It was typical Simple Minds; generally brilliant, although Jim Kerr's voice has lost a lot of power over the years, and he definitely struggled on Belfast Child (which I've never been a fan of anyway). They're definitely still worth catching live if you get the chance. They're on a "40 years of...

NGD is something special, although that may be due to it being the one that got me listening to them. It was huge at our school (Renfrew, 5-6 miles, I guess, from Glasgow). Like New Order on the way to Republic (obviously, IMO!), their earlier albums had music that was at least as good, but NGD...

Sorry, had to chime in as I'm going to see them on Thursday :-) Derek Forbes didn't come across as the most technical bass players back in the day, but he has an enormous talent for coming up with grooves that help really define a song. It's one of the reasons Simple Minds appealed to me, and...

I found these years ago, but can't find them again on the net, so they must've been removed in someone's overhaul! I suspect there may be copyright issues, but, well....

The what?