True, but the feel does change though. Check out the last 1:00 of the isolated track.
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Fascination Street. Bass Tone?
- Thread starter Driven Crane
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True, but the feel does change though. Check out the last 1:00 of the isolated track.
I remember reading an interview with Smith in the mid-'90s where he said "it wasn't recorded with a bass, but with something sort of like a guitar strung with bass strings." I assumed he meant the Bass VI, since I'd seen them use one.
I heard the variation at the end, but I'm really having trouble thinking of another song with a bass line that completely eschews the traditional chorus/verse construction.
I can't believe I never noticed the second slide up from the initial note was 1/2 step less! I always thought the first two bars were identical!
Nope, the vi was used for melody parts that's definitely bass, classic simon gallop.
One of my favorite lines to play whenever I have a chorus or flanger pedal in front of me =0)
Its good alright but that is definitely not a Simon Gallup isolated bass track...so whoever is playing it is doing it their own way...slightly too much chorus and not enough drive...but really close...
[there are also a few ghost notes on the track that are simply not SG...]
Back then I believe Simon was using a Metal Zone for drive, believe it or not. I don't know for a fact whether he used it on that particular track or not. I'm pretty sure there's flange on there too, possibly along with chorus.
