Andy West

[rv_bass]

Nice photo, Harry, thanks for the review .  I think he uses Labella flats, and in photos of the Gould I’ve seen him using foam at the bridge under the B, E, and A strings, and a dampening strap at the nut.

[hieronymous]

Nice photo, Harry, thanks for the review .  I think he uses Labella flats, and in photos of the Gould I’ve seen him using foam at the bridge under the B, E, and A strings, and a dampening strap at the nut.

Thanks for that! I saw the dampener at the nut. In this interview it says he's using some kind of LaBella prototype:

I have used LaBella Super Steps since 1992 – they came stock on an F Bass I once owned as well as some of their nylon tape wound strings for fretless. I am not into the super bright piano tone of some round wounds, although others can pull that off great and I do appreciate it for certain kinds of things. But for this tour I wanted to get that semi-flat wound sound I had on the old Dregs albums that works well for fast articulation with the pick. I am using some kind of prototype super polished nickel wound strings they are working on, which I am loving. They are really smooth feeling, so very fast to finger and pick, and still have a full range sound without being too bright.

http://www.geartechrec.com/issue3-andy-west/

[rv_bass]

Cool article, thanks for posting.  I’ll keep an eye out for those polished LaBella flats!

[pauldo]

Harry thanks for posting the Alembic Intro. 

Interesting about the sound.  My friends were on the ground floor at the historic Pabst Theater, my brother and I were in the third balcony for the first set.  My complaint was I couldn’t hear Steve well enough.  Before the second set they moved everyone from the third balcony down to the second.  All of a sudden the mix was perfect.  Figure Steve’s stage volume must be enough to bi-pass the mains.

Side note, the last several years I wear earplugs when I go to see live shows.  Average yellow foam with blue string type...  volume is reduced, but I find it easier to hear separation of the instruments as well as avoiding tinnitus the next morning.

[rv_bass]

Twigs Approved 2018

[David Houck]

Twigs Approved 2018

Nice!

[pauldo]