Wanted - Stuart Morrow's gear details and/or contact?

[Raw Melody Man]

Got a suggestion for you, Raw Melody Man - have you considered trying to get hold of  a Westone Thunder II bass as alternative to the Jet? Speaking as the owner of one, they're pro-quality instruments (more akin to Aria Pros, which were made in the same factory) with a through neck, an onboard pre-amp, coil tap and phase switching. The only slight drawback is that the neck pickup placement means that popping is a bit constrained but it is just about possible to play "Heroin".

I used to have a Thunder1A, in fact I played it with the band when I auditioned. Yes the Thunder II is even nicer and they go for lots of money these days on Ebay. Sound wise though, given the wide range of basses Stuart used on record that Moose mentions above, I am discovering that technique and EQ are probably the two most important factors (apart from the FX of course).

[Raw Melody Man]

I would love to see transcriptions or lessons.  All of NMA's bassists have just been wonderful, and learning to play some of those lines would be delightful.  Let us know if anything comes of this.

Ok, I am starting by uploading bass covers - no point in recording detailed lessons/transcribing tabs or whatever if there isn't much interest so I'll see how this goes in terms of views/comments etc. over the coming months.  I'm sure some folk will be able to pick up stuff from these close camera angles anyhow, and slow down if need be. Plus my bass sits on top of the mix so its much easier to hear than the bass on the original album.

To begin with I have uploaded covers of Frightened and No Rest, IMO two of Stuart's trickier numbers, full of great licks:

Frightened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNEJe_KvC3g

No Rest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOdQ1QRYcI

I'm looking at doing something from Vengeance next, maybe the title track or maybe Running in the Rain as that's another corker that no one has covered on Youtube.

[jc]

Wow RMM, appreciate the time and effort that must go in to this, really helpful thanks for sharing.

Cheers

jc

[Shush]

RMM, you make that look easy - and I am sure its not !

Are you Mr. Morrow under a pseudonym 

[Winterwulf]

Good stuff there, RMM - look forward to the next instalment! I know what you mean about the going price for Thunder IIs and IIIs, I paid a couple of hundred for mine (with hard case) off a friend in the early 90s and even allowing for inflation since then, it was a bargain. I think I need to have a serious try at getting "Waiting" right...

[Tarsier]

Dear Raw Melody Man, it was absolutely mesmerizing to watch your videos, thank you for sharing! Do give us heads up if/when you have more of this stuff out
Also watching you play made me miss my bass... Maybe, just maybe, after manymany years, it's time to pick it up again...

[cthulhu]

I also want to add a huge respect and thank you for sharing this. It was a pleasure to watch and listen, and i could say i did watch & learn  ;-)

I do or shall i say did play some bass myself, never had any lessons and was playing for many years with my friends in a purely improvising set up. I left them in kind of a typical stupid, arrogant creative dispute and the reason why i'm writing this here is that, after like 20 years, today is the day that i'm going to have a session again with them 

And yeah Tarsier, very cool that you also have a bass and you should go and pick it out again!

[Tarsier]

I also want to add a huge respect and thank you for sharing this. It was a pleasure to watch and listen, and i could say i did watch & learn  ;-)

I do or shall i say did play some bass myself, never had any lessons and was playing for many years with my friends in a purely improvising set up. I left them in kind of a typical stupid, arrogant creative dispute and the reason why i'm writing this here is that, after like 20 years, today is the day that i'm going to have a session again with them 

And yeah Tarsier, very cool that you also have a bass and you should go and pick it out again!

Awesome, I bet after 20 years, whatever disputes you might have with your friends, will be less stupid and arrogant  I hope you all will have some great time!
And yes, I have a bass...only minor problem is that it's in Finland  Maybe it starts to be time to go and visit, after, what, three and a half years? Damn... No wonder my mom is pissed off 

[Raw Melody Man]

Well thank you very much for your kind comments and support everyone, I do appreciate it.  This is a labour of love and it would really help if any of you guys could just hit the like button on my videos, maybe even the subscribe button. As this is a new project with low no's of views I am ranking pretty low on searches - even though these are the only bass covers on Youtube of these songs as far as I can tell. Getting more views/higher rankings will inspire me to work out and demonstrate more of this fantastic bass work. Cheers again :-)

[fiddlesticks]

Very nicely done.

[Raw Melody Man]

And here's my latest, the mighty Ambition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwinDlG36Y&feature=youtu.be

Stuart knew how to have fun with the bass, I can tell you that.

[jc]

Another Sterling effort RMM, they really help me appreciate the song from another angle, keep it up and thanks.

Cheers

jc

[Winterwulf]

Cracking job there, what's planned for the next one?

Been having a muse on what Moose said about Stuart's Trace Elliot stack and its propensity to blow up after watching the ToTP footage again, and I suspect the thing that was wrong about it was having a pair of 2x10s on top. I don't claim any great expertise on TEs beyond owning more of them than I really need at present, but I think the AH500 head was intended to drive a 4x10 cab (300W) and either a 1x15 or a 1x18 (200w). The 10" Celestion speakers TE used come in both 50W and 80W, so were the 2x10s the less-powerful 100W version?

I also used to own a Carslbro Stingray combo (Stuart had the separate head from what I can tell from early live photos), I recall the five buttons on the front  acted like a pre-set graphic equaliser - I'm guessing they were frequency boosters, only one could be activated at a time. My memory of it was dub deep bassiness on the left end, toppy nasal sound on the right, and enough thump to bring down part of the bathroom ceiling at my parent's house!

[Raven]

It's like that old adage...Q "how do you get a great rock drum sound?" A "Get a great rock drummer" No offence to Moose, Nelson or Ceri all of whom I love dearly but no one will sound like Stuart except Stuart no matter what equipment you are using.

[Raw Melody Man]

Cracking job there, what's planned for the next one?

Cheers Winterwulf!  Not sure yet, I've had a  request to do Drag it Down but I might give No Rest a rest, so to speak
Maybe one of the fretless ones off Vengeance or possibly Running in the Rain, love the bass on that one.