Nice, really enjoyed this @Ed! It was cool to share something from the vaults that most of us would probably have never heard otherwise. Great playing and tone throughout, just pure rock and roll, love it. Not sure what parts you improvised but the walkups during the solos sounded very cool.
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Nice job @Ed ,
Couldnāt understand a word they said, the Ricky sounded good,
Very 60ās psychedelic, hope ya had your acidā:joy:
Cheers Brian
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Thanks! It was definitely a fun one to play and it was good to try something that was (more or less) in my comfort zone 
I actually ripped them off from a Lenny Kravitz cover I tried a couple of weeks ago They sort of flowed naturally into this song. I really need to find some more fills though - especially if I want to do a different genre ā¦
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Hah yeah! I need to get a better video editor so I can do all that multicoloured stuff 
To be honest Iām not 100% sure about the lyrics - theyāre something along the lines of āIf you were to love meā but hypotheticals in Polish are a bit above my pay grade. However, the missis says that during this time there was a lot of censorship about music, films etc and basically all songs were about safe topics like having a boyfriend / girlfriend, wanting to be married etc.
Then again, 99% of pop these days is about the same subjects I guessā¦
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Nice one, mate. I didnāt expect to see that here
Tak trzymaj 
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DziÄki! 
Oh totally underrated band. Way better than the stuff in the charts now 
Most of my Polish colleagues (well, the under 40s) donāt even seem to know themā¦
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Well, I am exactly 40
ā¦and I agree we had a plethora of good bands who played blues rock/funk/disco/jazz. Brekout, SBB, Manaam, Kombi, Transport Band just to name few. Obviously because of the language and political situation they rarely had a chance to become known/recognised abroad.
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Oh Iām a big fan of Kombi . Lady Pank were good too. Then again I only really know them because they get a lot of airplay on the golden oldie stations. There are probably loads of others but they donāt get the exposure 
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nice cover @Ed ! I like the song, I like the bass tone, I like your playing. the only thing I donāt like is the obvious tuning issue 
also a few small timing imperfections but thatās not a serious problem. thatās a good cover overall
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Thanks @terb - I always lack the patience to get the 100% on a recording In this case I only spotted the tuning issue after I mixed the bass with the backing track and by that time I thought mehā¦
I definitely tuned before I recorded. I can only assume that either the (brand new) strings stretched a little while practising, or the original recording was a little out of tune. Iām going to buy a keyboard
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Highly recommend Melodyne for this.
Thatās right, autotune.
Iāve used it to fix out of tune tracks before. I mean obviously for vocals, duh, but it works perfectly for bass tracks too. Melodyne is very subtle, you canāt tell the difference.
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Hmm * strokes chin * - interesting!
If I can find a free version, that might be worth a go
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Their lowest tier (which is what I use) actually does occasionally come out for free. Usually $50.
Works amazingly well. One of these is corrected and the other isnāt; I would be surprised if anyone could tell:
Itās also really useful for analyzing music.
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Nice work @John_E ā¦ enough differentiation to show some good range in your playing (and continued improvement!). Really enjoyed them.
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Wow the difference is really subtle - I had to listen carefully and I think I can hear the difference. Great bass sound btw!
Iāll put that on my to do list
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Thanks @JDDaniel ! I was thinking about the Rick or the Hofner and the Rick defintely had the edge
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Thanks! Pretty sure that was my BB734A (while I still had it) into Kuassa Cerberus. Yamaha knocked it out of the park with that bass.
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After wasting time with the uncooperative pedal effect, it was time to practice too. So here is a (rather low quality) attempt of one of my homeworks for next week: Second Chance - exercise
I tried to upload it to soundcloud before posting it, but somehow I canāt log in now. Any alternatives that are more forum-friendly than a google drive link?
Ofc comments on the cover are appreciated too XD
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Can you change the permissions on the file?
It is asking us to ask you for permission to listen to.
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