Thanks for the advice. I definitely plan to have another stab at it and try to get a more balanced sound.
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Very nice Laurent, @terb,
great mix with really nice tone 
The bass setup through the electronics was really awesome,
Cheers Brian
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Nice job @Liffguard,
great job with both hands on the fret board.
You looked right in the the groove
These types of covers with plenty of space are more challenging IMO, because you have to be right on time with the changes, and you did a really good job of that 
I agree the bass was a bit washed out in the mix, but it didnât take anything away from it.
Nice to see another 5ver, and standing as if your playing live is heaps better than sitting.
Cheers Brian
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I concur completely!
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Thanks, it was honestly a struggle to come in on time at the very start of the song. Took me about seven takes to get that right. After that it wasnât too bad sticking to the groove, until the final section after the bridge where it took about another five takes to come in on time. 
I have to admit I usually use a 4-string. Went with a 5-string on this one because otherwise Iâd have to downtune the E-string by a semitone to hit the low D#. But that made it slightly too floppy and wasnât great to play. Also, the B-string opened up some easier fretting options.
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Indeed it does! 
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Well played! Yeah, EQing away the bass cna be a tricky balance.
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Great cover as Iâve sort of come to expect from @terb
And great job @Liffguard ! My daughter was a massive Biffy Clyro fan and you certainly nailed this.
The Cult @T_dub ? So many decent sounds to choose from. Sweet Soul Sister perhaps
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Cult
Wildflower
Lil Devil
Peace dog
DEVO - you got it right 
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Thanks Pam, I am glad you enjoyed it, and helped to make it possible, so thamks again
Yeah, lots of great stuff from the Cult.
The problem is that Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy WERE THE CULT, and that made that damn clear within the band. I saw a documentary, and there was a time the bass player tried to show them a somg( lyrics and bass line) that he wrote to help with with the album, and they both, not even reading the song or listening to the bassline turned to him and Billy says, Ian and I write for the cult, you just play what you are told to.
So
Than and other times where he would try to add a little roll, or offer a little different take on the baseline they were working on, again, they would say, no, play it like we said.
Unfortunately, ot fortunately in some cases, the base line is really simple, cuz it was written by the guitarist, and was just to follow the guitar parts.
In one sense, it adds to the raw hard rock simple style and sounds great, but they are pretty easy to learn, with so fre notes and changes, almost a little boring to play, but then again, it is played very tight, and timing is everything, and you canât fake it with these songs. So I play, somewhat boring songs (on bass) over and over to lock in on the timing.
Donât get me wrong, it becomes a challenge to get the timing, but also to sit thru the same song over and over to get it right.
But thatâs also good, cuz itâs the kind of song that you will always have in your arsenal, cuz you play it so many times to get it right.
Donât get me wrong, their songs sound great, some of which is cuz the simple baseline, some is the timing, and much is cuz the singing, and the coolness factor of the songs.
As of now, my next cover will be another Pistol song. Still waiting for the rest of the songs from my buddy. I have all the pistol ones I asked for now. Just donât have DEVO, Danzig or The Cult.
I was also thinking to do some B-52 covers, but will have to listen to a bunch to see which I would attempt.
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Tons of good choices with the B-52s. Private Idaho would be really fun.
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Really good one @terb. You play the way you want to, and you are good enough to make it work, weather you hit the bass line as recorded ( which you rarely do it seems) and the line you create or improvise always work well. I aspire to be able to work like that.
I love Minor Threat, and have likes what Fugazi I have listened to, I just donât know all their stuff.
Here is a fun fact, although you probably already know.
Ian Anderson was in another Band with Al Jorgensen of Ministry and I believe Ginny Haynes from The Butthole Surfers.
The Band was called LARD. The most popular or successful song was FORK BOY and it made the soundtrack to the Oliver Stone film Natural Born Killers.
If memory serves me right, been a long time since listening to it, but I had the vinyl, and the soundtrack on CD.
No wait, just remembered, and donât wanna delete and retype, on my IPad right now and that can be a pain.
It was not Giibby Haynes of the Butthole surfers
It was
Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedyâs.
Of course it is a political song, as are most that come out of that trio.
With lines like
â he who has the fork in his hand can choose the meal of his choiceâ
Other songs are covers of old old songs like. âComing to take me awayâ
Lyrics
â they are coming to take me away he heâ
âThey are coming to take me away Ha haâ
They are coming to take me away he he ha ha Ho Hoâ
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So many Al and Paul side projects. They are up there with Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber for that.
In fact I think Bill Leeb might have even done stuff with RevCo or Ministry, sort of like Ogre did.
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no I didnât knew about Lard !
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Basically the entire Wax Trax and Nettwerk catalogues from that period were awesome.
Nettwerk for electro-industrial, Wax Trax for that and industrial punk/metal. Lots of cross-pollination between the two labels.
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âLove Shackâ is on the list of songs Iâm probably going to learn to play. Very funky and groovy.
âRock Lobsterâ sounds fun too.
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Love Shack has a great bassline. Sara Lee on bass!
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Yeah, itâs all over the place and very melodic. It doesnât sound like youâd get bored playing it, thatâs for sure.
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Thanks Laurent! The bass seems to be working out better than I expected for this trip.
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