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Ray, I wish I could be there!. Out of all the bands I've ever wanted to see live, is Simple Minds. I went to a Bass Clinic in Christchurch in the late 1980's with thier ex-bassist John Giblin, that was a real experience, there weren't a lot of people there, of course not a lot of people here knew of a fretless bass guitar. His advice was gold!. If you want to hear a fretless bass in action listen to the song "Belfast Child" from Simple Minds. Nice to see they are still going. Thanks for the heads up Ray!. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/biggrin.gif)
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Hey Trumpy I didn't know you played bass !
Simple minds were ( are ) great. They're from the same city in Scotland where I was born.
Some of my favourite fretless bass players are Flea from the Chilli Peppers and the guy in Pearl Jam. A lot of good jazz players play fretless as well.
"Waterfront" by Simple Minds was ground breaking stuff in bass guitar sound. Do you know what guitar and amp was used ?
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Waterfront I'm lost for words here, it's absolute heaven,
especially the intro.
hmmm
Collected the tickets today in person from Ticketek,
just in case,
Took my 4 year old son for a train ride inro the city.
Raymond
The product of rotation, excitation and flux produces electricty.
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Keir, I had no idea you were actaully born in Scotland. Some of my favourite fretless bass players are Flea from the Chilli Peppers and the guy in Pearl Jam. Umm, that would be Geoff Ament from Pearl Jam, he plays a 4-string and a 5-string fretless. An intonation nightmare. "Waterfront" by Simple Minds was ground breaking stuff in bass guitar sound. Do you know what guitar and amp was used? The guitar was a Warwick Thru neck model. The amp matters nothing, because the same Bass was used on Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" the same year. Recording gear gives you EQ to the Bass sound. Plus or minus 20dB cut or boost, from a mixing desk can seriously change your bass sound.
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If I wanted to "jam" with some-one, it would be Mark Knopfler. That guy rules!.
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A Warwick thru-neck ! ? Where are they made ?
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The Simple Minds concert last night in Aotea centre was absolutely awesomeJim kerr and his crew were in top form and provided us with some great earbanging quality new wave, hardrock music. Also the lightshow was excellent! so was the sound system. My ears are still in recovery mode, (bzzzzzz) Ray (RODALCO)
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Kiwi, A Warwick thru-neck ! ? Where are they made? Like a lot of good instruments, they are made in the UK. Stand by for a web-site.
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Rodalco the Simple Minds concert must have been awesome. Is that only the second time they've played here ? The first time was Sweetwaters South in 84 wasn't it ?
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Jim Kerr mentioned on stage that the last time was 17 years ago in Auckland so that was around 1989.
Somehow I missed that Simple Minds concert although I went to THE THEin 1989 in the Logan Campbell centre which was excellent too.
I spray painted the THE THE logo's on my transformer paint grey XY Falcon which lasted till 2004 when I sold it to a restorer.
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