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David Wm. Simms (The Jesus Lizard)

#21
Yow is awesome! No other vocalist would fit that music better. I also think no band better highlighted Albini's production style. And no producer could have recorded them so fittingly. I mean, listen to the record they did for Capitol, without Albini. WAY too clean. It doesn't fit them at all, IMO. Good songs, bad recording.

I guess that's sort of off topic.
 
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GillesUnchained said:
Yow is awesome! No other vocalist would fit that music better. I also think no band better highlighted Albini's production style. And no producer could have recorded them so fittingly. I mean, listen to the record they did for Capitol, without Albini. WAY too clean. It doesn't fit them at all, IMO. Good songs, bad recording.

I guess that's sort of off topic.
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I agree. After Down, Liar, Goat, etc. the newer albums were just missing something. I didn't mind the songs - when I saw the songs off the Jesus Lizard EP and Blue live they sounded great. Did Andy Gill produce the newer albums?
 
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greymatter_24 said:
This thread looks pretty dead, but I'm new here and I'll give this a shot anyway...David Wm. Sims has been at the top of my bass players list since I first heard the Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid about a billion years ago. Saw the Jesus Lizard twice but never thought enough to check out what DWS was playing. Anybody have any details about what basses/amps/effects etc. he uses? I see there some limited info on amps in the thread already...is there anything more to add to this?
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bass: memphis jazz copy.

cab's: 2 dietz 1x15's and earlier on he also had a 1x18 in the stack. the mesa/boogie diesel 1x15 is the same cab and speaker. the plans for this are online somewhere. it's just the t/s parameters for the speaker model. i forget the # it's and EV something or other.

amps: gk 800rb, traynor ts-50b.

fx: proco rat. i think it's an original, not a turbo.

for the scratch acid reunion it's the same bass thru an ampeg svt/8x10 stack.
 
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mecha hooch said:
i have a ampeg 610hlf...i'm thinking about getting a 410hlf and also uses my b100r in my rig...that way i can have four 10s and a 15...i'm using a 350svt...but may trade for a new b-2r....all are 4 ohms output...would this be all right...i need more lows for my sound...i'm going for a rob wright, or like a bob weston sound...sorry i'm not going to use the 610hlf...and how would i tie the two...sorry don't know that much about multi-cabs...i don't won't to lose any power in the svt-350 or b-2r which every i use
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a sansamp bassdriver di will give you the bob weston tone.
 
#27
Matt Till said:
Just gotta say, he's a killer bassist. The vocals for Jesus Lizard are a bit of a turn off, but the music is amazing, especially the tone and feel of the rhythm section.
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I hadn't listened to JL in about 2 years when I made this comment: 2 years ago I was pretty uptight about music, now I have to agree, David Yow's vocals are a perfect match.

Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine
But he's a mouth breather
 
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GillesUnchained said:
I've only seen the 800RB in any of the live videos. Except for after they got a big label deal, it looks like he used a tube Ampeg.
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I'm not sure if that's true or not. I think he may have only played an SVT when overseas. He's always playing that 800RB with the Dietz cabinets in anything I've seen in the US.

I saw them live once but at the time I wasn't paying attention to gear...
 

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