I’m so glad you asked @howard. I’ve been wanting to talk about this.
Actually the Artcore IS a great bass, but…
My intention was to do Psycho Killer on the Ibanez, but I just couldn’t play it. I tried and tried and tried, but failed time and time again. I was ready to give up on that cover.
Then one day, in frustration I picked up the Hofner and just nailed it. BOOM.
I’ve concluded that the HUGE body of a hollow body makes it very hard for me to jump from the E string to the D string rapidly as this song requires. The hollow body is just too fat and wide for me.
My Sweetwater rep was kind enough to let me return it, even though I was slightly past the 30 day window
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Ergonomics is definitely a great reason to make that choice for sure!
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Fan F’n Tastic.
That was great. I love that you played such an iconic bass line, but made it your own.
I believe the pick and tone selected, really changed the song for the better. It seemed to make sense for such a dark sadistic song, to have a strong deep bass line.
It was my belieif that it was played with fingers, but again, you’re picking gave it a certain edge that is not on the original and I loved it.
Having learned this song and played this song thru a few times myself, I can see how the outro is probably much easier to pick than finger, but I can’t be sure because I have not tried it YET. I am now interested to see how it sounds if I play with a pick.
Another great job, and I think this is my favorite cover you have done. You have done Tina Weymouth justice.
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What Ibanez @PamPurrs ? Did I somehow miss a Bass purchase whit all my trips in and out of institutions?
Edit: Wait, is it the semi hallow body?
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I remember now. For some reason I thought you got that in a 4 string, but I see you are keeping a 5 string around, Nice.
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It is a 4 string. I sold the the 5 string yammie BB735
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Oh, ok, I got confused by the picture, but I see it is a catalog picture. I bet she plays and sounds great.
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She was a nice bass for the short time I had her. The body is just too huge and thick for me.
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Wow, I was just re-reading that thread. That was before I got off those meds. I can’t believe how bad they affect my memory, I had totally forgotten about that thread and your purchase.
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Thank you!
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that’s funny how you use your pick @PamPurrs , you mostly attack from down-to-up which is very unusual. that’s the first time I see this, I think 
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I jusr went with what felt most comfortable to me. is attacking this way a bad thing? Is this something I need to correct?
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probably not a problem, that’s just not the usual way to use a pick so it looked weird to me. but if it works for you, that’s fine, I guess
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I’ll work on that. Thanks for the advice.
P.S. What do you think of the French translation? Is it accurate?
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yes, it’s exactly exact !
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