HW: Yule Ritual - bass guitar - Yikes!

[Mark Edmonds]

The sleeve photos tend to suggest it was a conventional 4 string bass. I'm
beginning to think it is a production excess - like you say, some
bass-enhance plug-in (I think DBX make outboard gear to do exactly this).
Whatever, call me a stick-in-the-mud but I much prefer a cleaner bass where
you can hear the strings.

On your last point, I agree entirely - it is all part of the journey even if
it means moments of great frustration. When the Hawkwind highs come along
though, well it is like nothing else!

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Doug Pearson
> Sent: 19 February 2002 07:19
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> Subject: Re: HW: Yule Ritual - bass guitar - Yikes!
>
> I haven't heard audience tapes from the show, so I can't be 100% certain.
> To me, it sounds like a product of the mastering (computer "bass-enhance"
> plug-ins?), and it bugs me for its' prominent un-realisticness (I've
> mentioned its irksomeness in a couple messages to the list).  It *does*
> sound more like a synth than a real bass guitar to me (or IS Ali using a
> bass synth?).  But if you look back over the history of Hawkwind's albums,
> there are a lot of instrument recordings that sound prominently
> unrealistic
> (at least for their time), and, today, dated, but *still* form part of the
> development of the overall Hawkwind/blanga sound we love.  So I've come to
> decide that I can live with it.  Even if I wouldn't be caught DEAD letting
> any of my recordings sounds like that (and would still LOVE to hear any
> other mastering job on the Yule Ritual tapes).  :^)
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com
>