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jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1776
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 4:04 pm:   Edit Post

Big Tuna finally have some recordings here where you can actually hear the bass. In fact you can hear too much bass but that's the venue - honest.
recorded on my Zoom H2 at PJ molloys Irish Bar in Dunfermline.

Graeme
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6569
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 7:49 pm:   Edit Post

I disagree, the bass level sounds fine to me; and your tone is nice and even across the frequency range. Very nice recording on the H2.

I like the version of Costello's "Pump It Up". The bass lines move well, which is of course a highlight of that song. Back in the seventies, there was a period where I heard a lot of Costello's stuff, and I got to see them live once. The thing that did it for me was the bass lines; I think Bruce Thomas' lines were wonderful and really helped to make the songs the innovative tunes that they were. He was the perfect bass player for those songs. So I enjoyed hearing you cover that tune!
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1982
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:26 am:   Edit Post

sounds fine to me my bass brotha.....
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3094
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 8:49 am:   Edit Post

Graeme:

Sounds great. Ain't the H2 amazing??!! One thing: "Hard to Handle" was written by Otis Redding, Allen Jones, and Alvertis Bell. The Black Crowes merely did the 4,873rd cover of the song. (My favorite version was a Dead New Years Show I was at from 1980 or '81 with Etta James on lead vocals and the Tower of Power horn section sitting in.)

Bill, tgo
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1778
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks guys. There a few fluffs in there but so long as we're having fun and the crowd are dancing, who cares?
We're all pretty impressed with the H2 - we just need to find a venue where we can get the perfect placement. Those recordings were taken from right next to the board but the sound guy warned me it was a bit of a bass trap and would come out a little boomy. We took a video that night too so at some point we're going to merge the two and put something up on youtube or myspace.
Bill... I've had this conversation several times with our 'webmaestro'. He says we're doing the black crowes version. I've suggested that using his logic, we should put That's Life down to Dave Lee Roth but he can't get to grips with that kind of thinking ;-) My favourite version of Hard to Handle is on the extras for Festival Express. You can't beat PigPen's singing for a song like that.

Graeme
811952
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Username: 811952

Post Number: 1392
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 8:01 am:   Edit Post

Nice!
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3097
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 2:38 pm:   Edit Post

Graeme:

I guess that's the theory that explains the Jaggar/Richards credit on "Love in Vain" on Let it Bleed! lol

Bill, tgo
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 1810
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 4:42 am:   Edit Post

Someone has finally posted a short clip of me on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8m8WoOUVSY
Might not be what you're expecting though ;-)

Graeme
ivartshiva
Junior
Username: ivartshiva

Post Number: 31
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post

what's amazing is that the Alembic in the kayak was unharmed

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