Moody Blues Red Rocks bass

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:17 am

Hey gang. I am listening to this CD, the "Wildest Dreams" track. What is that bass? Sounds bright like a synth, or maybe acous/elec. Anyone know?

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:52 am

If memory serves, John Lodge is playing a Fender Jazz bass on this. Anyone's guess as to what effects he's using?

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:04 pm

Hey Jason,

I have the VHS for this show....I'll go check and get back to you ASAP!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:09 pm

Fender actually issued some sort of a John Lodge limited edition/signatire bass some time ago; I remember seeing one for sale at a quite reasonable price and thought "Too bad he played Fenders."

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:30 pm

Here you go Jason, sorry for the poor pic quality....Well, it was SOME KIND of Jazz, I don't think it was the John Lodge custom though.

Those 3 black dots on the upper bout are picks, not control knobs by the way...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:34 pm

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:52 pm

I believe that the bass line on Wildest Dreams is doubled with a synthesizer ... and there are digital drums in there as well ... in other words you are not hearing just the bass line there ...

I remember one band I played in did a demo CD for bar owners ... one of the songs was "my own worst enemy" ... I listened and said wow my bass sounds awesome on that song ... so I isolated the track and the bass sounded just ok ... what made it sound awesome was the drum track ... specifically the bass drum and and the bass guitar hitting the same note together ...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:58 pm

Tony, please review the meaning of "aspect ratio" ...

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:46 pm

So Gary? John Lodge is not really that tall?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:49 pm

That bass looks like a Precision pupped LemmyFender.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:22 am

Thanks, gang! What an interesting and unexpected answer. I thought surely it was an acous/elec. Very bright, wouldn't you say?

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:48 pm

"Tony, please review the meaning of "aspect ratio" ... LOL...

Hey Gary,

One out of two isn't bad!

I kind of like the way it made him skinny & tall, I should try that with a picture of me!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:42 pm

Yep, we older guys can benefit from that!