I've never heard them h
Sounds like he's downtuned. Is that a little clam in when he goes to the second chord of the solo?
But he makes it sound like he meant to do that.
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I've never heard them h
Sounds like he's downtuned. Is that a little clam in when he goes to the second chord of the solo?
But he makes it sound like he meant to do that.
I remember seeing a video of McCartney’s isolated Bass for Something. I was completely bamboozled! It sounded nothing like the way I had the song in my head. But every time I’ve heard the song since all I hear is Sir Paul!
I’ve read since that George rejected the bass line at first. Paul had to convince him to go with it.
A lot of bands might've tuned down to E flat. Bob Welch sometimes tuned down a 1/4 tone. But sometimes it's because of the film sound track.
That's when I saw him. Sammy, Eddy Money and Boston IIRC. No one knew who he was. I'll bore with the story again. He walked around the concourse after he played. I got a coke and drank what i wanted and dumped the rest in a garbage can and was pouring some bourbon in and I looked up and nodded as he walked by. He stepped over and said "You know that s---- will kill you."
I said, "Yeah, I know. But it's gooood!" He grinned and walked up the counter and flashed his pass and they gave him a coke. I had moved a way. He walked up to a garbage can and poured some out, pulled a bottle out of his back pocket and started pouring it in the cup. I walked up and said, "You know that s---- will kill you."
He looked up and started laughing and said, "Yeah, I know. But it's gooood!"
He didn't get my autograph and I didn't get his....
But he was fantastic live. Saw him again around '84. Before he joined VH.
That. Is a good story.
Yeah. So many songs have bass tracks nothing like I thought.
seems like the further away from the melody the bass line is, the better the tune....
Did I post this? I meant to for the 4th, when I mentioned these colors were the closest I had.
In other news, spotted in the wild: a Beechcraft Bonanza, produced for over 8 decades, but not any more. Design-wise, it’s sort of the Thunderbird of small, private aircraft.
This guy’s neighborhood is built around a private airstrip. Maybe 2 miles from my house as the Bonanza soars.
This guy’s neighborhood is built around a private airstrip. Maybe 2 miles from my house as the Bonanza soars.
2186xx. 1964 II. All my birds are around 9lb, iirc.
Perhaps not if it could double as a fancy ironing board. Push this pedal for steam, one to press the clothes, and the other for heat ... I bet Chucky, George, and Jio could get together and come up with something ..
Steam punk pedal steel!
I have only one Bird too, the 1990, and it's strung with EBCF:s, all because of this group
For the rest of my basses, my Greco P and Fender J both wear Fender flats, my Rick 4001 some, to me, unknown rounds. My Hofner violin has Rotosound flats.
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good choiceI put the EBCFs on the CP as soon as I finished posting that comment, and yeah I'm liking them. They feel great, about to plug in...
Thanks you guys for the chime-ins.
Gig on Saturday evening 4.7, first with this band
Drummer and I put together this "suomipop band" earlier this year.
I played my (-70 or -71) Greco all evening.
Drummer and I put together this "suomipop band" earlier this year.
I played my (-70 or -71) Greco all evening.
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Not sure, but he may have dropped D. But hard to tell. That vid was released as an album and FM used production tricks, like slowing and speeding up individual tracks to match harmonies. They did that when producing Rumors; that’s why sometimes you can sound a little off when trying to play along.
Fun fact, that was recorded at the UCSB stadium. Unfortunately, I was not there.
Oh my!Gig on Saturday evening 4.7, first with this band
Drummer and I put together this "suomipop band" earlier this year.
I played my (-70 or -71) Greco all evening.
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Nice P bass! I'm getting a P bass, too, although I feel at times that the soloed neck pickup of my Thunderbird gets close enough. Still it won't hurt to have one with flats and one with stainless rounds. 
A Thunderbird tends not to be a light bass, and I feel my Epi VP is a bit heavier (and neck-heavier due to the thicker neck and larger "beak") than a 2019 Gibby. Still comfortable, though, and I especially like that the body wing joints of a Thunderbird automatically forms a big ramp or thumbrest.
A Thunderbird tends not to be a light bass, and I feel my Epi VP is a bit heavier (and neck-heavier due to the thicker neck and larger "beak") than a 2019 Gibby. Still comfortable, though, and I especially like that the body wing joints of a Thunderbird automatically forms a big ramp or thumbrest.
The strings might be light gauge, but once they wrap them in tape...
