Rock god. Bass not even needed. I just love the dude every time I put on Johnny the Fox! R.I.P. Phil! A side note. Most interesting Youtube clip with him playing a song with Motorhead.
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Phil Lynott, where's the praise?
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Whiskey in the Jar was on China Town, right?
if thats a serious question.....no it was long before. back when lizzy were a trio with eric bell on guitar. chinatown had scott gorham and snowy white.
oh and a bit of trivia. theres no bass guitar on whiskey, eric plays electric, and philo plays acoustic.
How can anyone see & hear this and not love his bass playing and singing? Every true Irishman feels this song in his soul!
What's the best record of theirs as far as really capturing Phil's "sound" and at a decent level in the mix?
"Jailbreak", though a classic collection of songs, is IMO one of the worst produced records of all time. The bass (and really, everything) sounds like it was recorded in a 6x6 inch cardboard box. If there was ever a classic album crying out for a total re-mix, it's that one. I also have "Live & Dangerous" and that's better sonically, but I'm pretty sure there has to be better out there still.
Suggestions?
Also how about some love for Thin Lizzy's drummer, he was great and a perfect complement for Phil.
"Jailbreak", though a classic collection of songs, is IMO one of the worst produced records of all time. The bass (and really, everything) sounds like it was recorded in a 6x6 inch cardboard box. If there was ever a classic album crying out for a total re-mix, it's that one. I also have "Live & Dangerous" and that's better sonically, but I'm pretty sure there has to be better out there still.
Suggestions?
Also how about some love for Thin Lizzy's drummer, he was great and a perfect complement for Phil.
hey, honk: it's his beloved black fender P, which i've always heard had a mirror guard but i've never really been able to tell if that's a mirror guard. jaywa: if you ask me one of the best songs to hear his bass on, as far as mix and clarity, is "dancing in the moonlight".
Speaking of the mirror guard, I've always wondered if the mirror guards on Steve Harris' basses were an homage to Phil. There is some serious overlap between Lizzy and Iron Maiden, example 1-A being the Lizzy song "Emerald". I'm pretty sure Phil was a big influence on Steve Harris though I'm not sure I've ever seen Steve say that publicly.
Couldn't tell if it has an additional pickup or active electrics - great player gone too soon!
Hey, Honk, that's a possibility. I briefly owned, before selling it back to him, M5Yates' Custom that Jaco actually played for a few months right before he was beat to death. I can tell you that nowadays, those electronics are a little rough and pitchy! Now, I'm not spoiled by what I have now because I sold my beloved '77 Gibson RD Artist that was my first new store bought bass purchased in early '78, and let me tell you that those primitive Moog active e's were very difficult to deal with given today's hi-tech amplification. To me, Phil's bass sounds like a classic passive P, w/custom pups from what I can see.........as far as the way they're set. I saw a special on TV recently that delved into Thin Lizzy's history, and he was a guitarist in the band when he joined. So, that explains his bass abilities. All great bassists begin as guitarists and are moved to bass, by choice or otherwise, because they weren't the "best" guitarist in the band. Kind of how I ended up at catcher and right field in baseball! Worst player always ended up there in the old days before you were expected to make throwdowns from homeplate like these days!
I've gone back and researched an old TB thread from years ago, available to all, and then looked at the video again and I swear it looks like it's a P, w/a mirror guard which is backed up by old threads here, w/a pup that looks to me like a SD Bart replacement in the bridge position. I don't see, from the video, any indication of an active setup. Clearly, the controls are not pulled up, but that would be the passive setting if they were active. In an active setup, with that era Fender electronics, you would expect to see a "switch" which was common w/Fender active electronics then. Not just a push/pull knob or "stacked knob" setup.
Thats his Roland Midi bass, with a custom mirror pickguard, and the midi electronics removed.
He had a Roadster, but always had his two Fender P's as well.
Of course, all had mirror guards.
He had a Roadster, but always had his two Fender P's as well.
Of course, all had mirror guards.
It is known he used a MXR rackmounted flanger/doubler, but the phaser is not known, I'd just get the one you like.
