Another Activated Fender!

[hieronymous]

Love the energy at the end!  😎

If I did that throughout then I would have had the headphone fail much earlier!

Great playing and sound there Harry.

Thank you - forgot to mention, I was using the new Tech21 Geddy Lee MP40 SansAmp - it's kind of a "bi-amp in a box"

I like it!  Love the tone.  And I always thought RHCP sounds better with clothes!

Bill, tgo

HAHAHA - that's great! I am in agreement!

[growlypants]

VERY nice playing, sir!

[hieronymous]

VERY nice playing, sir!

Thank you!

I put up another one - this time a Rush tune that I've been working on - Red Barchetta, with the MP40 SansAmp:

I actually learned this way back in 9th grade around 1985 - it came back really quick when I started digging into this stuff again recently, but not easy to pull off, as you can see by my continued flubs!

[pauldo]

😎. Great execution!
The lyrics of that song paint such vivid imagery.

[hieronymous]

The lyrics of that song paint such vivid imagery.

Absolutely! In high school I listened to music on my Walkman a LOT - in addition to imagining I was playing (usually bass but sometimes guitar or drums), I would also imagine videos - this song was definitely one of those.

[gearhed289]

Another nice one Harry. I was a junior in HS when this came out, and my band at the time added this immediately. We were about half Rush, half Zep, and a few odds and ends from Thin Lizzy and Pat Travers mixed in. 

[hieronymous]

Another nice one Harry. I was a junior in HS when this came out, and my band at the time added this immediately. We were about half Rush, half Zep, and a few odds and ends from Thin Lizzy and Pat Travers mixed in. 

That's awesome! In high school I didn't have a Neil Peart-style drummer to play with, so the only Rush song I got to cover was Distant Early Warning. College I fell in with a band where we messed around with some Rush stuff but it didn't last longer than a year - no clear memory of what happened (hey, it was over 30 years ago!)                 

[gearhed289]

I was VERY fortunate to have gotten hooked up with a drumming prodigy, along with a singer who could nail the stuff, and a great guitarist. The drummer and guitarist in particular instilled in me a work ethic that I may not have acquired otherwise (Well, I probably would have eventually realized the importance of practicing over partying).

[hieronymous]

I was VERY fortunate to have gotten hooked up with a drumming prodigy, along with a singer who could nail the stuff, and a great guitarist. The drummer and guitarist in particular instilled in me a work ethic that I may not have acquired otherwise (Well, I probably would have eventually realized the importance of practicing over partying).

That's great - I actually didn't party at all in high school, but spent way more time just listening to music and fantasizing about playing that actually practicing and playing. Oh well...

[hieronymous]

The AlFeMbic made an appearance - I've been doing bass covers of The Black Crowes's 2nd album, Southern Harmony & Musical Companion:

First, a snippet:

Then an entire track:

Both are going through my CAE/CAJ V-Comp tube compressor and Tech21 Geddy Lee MP40 SansAmp. I think I'm just using a regular Dunlop pick for both. I also have some other ones with my Les Paul Triumph up, and have a new episode of A Bassist's Journey about Johnny Colt, bassist for The Black Crowes, in the works.

[pauldo]

😎

[hieronymous]

Since I made the bass covers posted above, I discovered an app called "Moises" which uses AI to separate the various instruments into discrete tracks which you can then remove. It makes doing these videos more fun - for me anyway. Here's my most recent:

I'm using just the P pickup - I'm still pretty amazed about how "Precision Bass-y" the Activators sound! Oh yeah, still using the Tech21 Geddy Lee MP40 SansAmp.

[pauldo]

😎

[rv_bass]

Sounds very cool!

[Mlazarus]

Where can i buy the pbass Alembic pickups? I notice its not on the Alembic site to order. How is the tone?