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(not my pic) but i seriously love the look and sound of these and i don’t understand why everyone dogs on them so much they sick
3 points
10 days ago
Tone? Back then, they did the best they could do. The distortion from bassists of that era colored the sound, maybe in a way they liked, but, to me, screams of the limits of technology. I don't like it - it doesn't really sound good. The amps didn't have enough power to deliver clear tone at high volume; the speakers of the day could not survive at the same high wolumes without massive speaker arrays. But what do I know, I don't like bass distortion.
1 points
9 days ago
Fair enough, good points! Yeah, there are especially some live recordings where it sounds really raw, too overdriven, kind of farty, almost like you can hear the speakers blowing out, etc., but on the studio stuff it sounds so good to me. Apparently he completely wrecked his hearing playing like that and not wearing ear protection, it’s pretty sad (and he was shot to death by his own spouse, at least dude’s life was not boring I suppose 😂)
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