The Cure

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:20 pm

Just got a DVD of a recent Cure live show in Berlin - the bass player uses what seems to be a JG 4003 with a black pickguard and TRC. The binding looks as if it has finish over it. The sound is bright with lots of distortion and flange/chorus - very cool.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:50 pm

Simon Gallup is a bad boy. Very underrated in my opinion.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:15 pm

Simon is an incredible player! I remember seeing a video of them playing "One Hundred Years" on VH1 Classic a few years back, and Simon had that black-on-black 4003 with a cool, distorted tone. Maybe it was from the DVD, Marc?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:20 pm

One of my favorite basslines from him is the "Fascination Street" line, that just sounds so snarly. I have a remix of it around here somewhere where the bass intro goes longer, it's NICE.

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:59 pm

I always like playing Cure songs - "Just Like Heaven" has a driving bass line as does "Love Song" and "Pictures of You."

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:08 pm

On the DVD Trilogy Simon Gallup plays most of my favorite basses: 4003 JG; EB 2;T-Bird and a Jack Casady Epi. Love the bass line on "Sinking"from Head On The Door

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:46 pm

John, I bet it's the same bass I saw and "One Hundred Years" is now a favorite of mine. I noticed Simon Gallup uses the neck pickup position on this song. Nice growl!

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:09 am

"One of my favorite basslines from him is the "Fascination Street" line, that just sounds so snarly. I have a remix of it around here somewhere where the bass intro goes longer, it's NICE."

YEAH! That's one of those basslines I wish I had written. I made two of my bands cover that.

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:59 pm

And I think.. the way I play it anyway..it's all on the E

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:11 am

I break it up a little with the A......

levykev · Post by **levykev** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:50 am

he's great. i think that's the same 4003 he's had for years... i believe he used it on 'Pornography', hence him using it in the 'live in Berlin' DVD for that album. the same with his black 'custom' non-gibson, EB-2 style bass with EMGs (Disintegration), and his Gibson Thunderbird (Blood Flowers).

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:37 am

Good eye Kevin..I think the black EB-2 style bass was made by the late Dick Knight. He was known to have designed some pretty cool basses/guitars.