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Berty bass wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:10 am Last section of 'Starless" by King Crimson. Must have used a bathysphere to get that deep.

I used to endlessly play along with that (to the annoyance of my surroundings) with my first bass guitar, a huge Gibson Ripper that weighed a ton.

The last minute of 'Don't Give Up' by Peter Gabriel has a wonderful, if short, bass workout by the mighty Tony Levin.

Intro to Vangelis 'Soil Festivities' with massive thunderstorm effects.

You will need a subwoofer to get to hear Laurie Anderson's 'Gravity's Angel' properly with ultra-low frequency rumbles hidden under the track.

For superbly-recorded acoustic contrabass check out 'Beyond the Missouri Sky' from Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden.

Fretless wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:55 am
I used to endlessly play along with that (to the annoyance of my surroundings) with my first bass guitar, a huge Gibson Ripper that weighed a ton.

I used to have a slot head Gibson EB3 in my youngers days. This was in my 'I want to be Jack Bruce/Andy Fraser' days. Then I had my 'I want to be Jaco Pastorius' phase (didn't we all!) and bought my fretless Aria SB900. Sold it about 20 years ago in a fit of crass stupidity.

Since I have been using the DH Labs USB and BNC cables I have found that bass extension has taken on a new dimension and what the Cube 1s can deliver. The doom metal I am playing now is really trouser flapping, The Colony Slain by Age Of Taurus.

Gary Numan- ‘My Name is Ruin’
Will shake the house!

Had 'Rocket Science' from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on last night.
Victor Wooten's basswork will groove you into the ground.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGzYOCmmUI

Ever since I first learned to play bass at the age of 15 on a dodgy old Precision copy I lusted after a Rickenbacker. Many years later I finally got to own a 4001. It had the most amazing low action and that skinny neck was a joy. It was never going to rupture your kidneys with low bass but it could howl like a wolf with it's plums in a vice and had the most dirty, crunchy bottom end. I vowed never to part with it but after some serious fiscal disobedience I found myself needing money so reluctantly I let it go. I still have real regrets over selling it.

Photo taken during a rehearsal in around 1990.

I am always a little puzzled by tracks to show case bass as i really do not hear that low and so most of the ones that impress me have little deep bass but lots of good mid bass . Perhaps those of you with the system and the hearing can tell me if I am in the right place .

The Blue Nile - Walk Across the Rooftops - off Walk Across the Rooftops Album

John Martyn - He's Got All the Whisky - Church with one bell

'Walk across the rooftops' has a rather dry bass guitar sound with a fair bit of reverb. Although there are some deep rumbles in the 'The traffic lights are changing' section.