Thread subject: STATII.COM: For all things Status-Graphite :: My Mr. Pink cover
Posted by jerrycatanescu on 14-01-2011 15:42
#1
OK, I didn't play it on a Status, as I didn't own one at the time, but it's related by the carbon footprint, lack of a headstock, and, well, it's a Level 42 song. Oh, and it's the song that got me back into bass playing after a long hiatus.
Played on my Steinberger XL-2.
P.S. Watch out for dangerous MIDI drumming
[mp3]http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ieronim/media/Mr.%20Pink.mp3[/mp3]
Posted by Angry-Canuck on 14-01-2011 16:11
#2
Dude, its a good thing you did such a faithful tribute to the song, otherwise I would NOT excuse the absence of a Status bass in that recording!
Fantastic job
Posted by jerrycatanescu on 14-01-2011 16:44
#3
Thanks! I must have taken a week just to program the drums, and I'll never admit how much editing there is on the bass track, or how long it took and how many takes
In case anybody is wondering, the Series 2 I just got sounds surprisingly similar to my Steinberger. The Status can get brighter, but that might just be the different EQ.
Posted by enzo on 14-01-2011 18:14
#4
Awesome
Posted by bassbus on 14-01-2011 20:58
#5
Excellent job! I've never heard a Steinberger sound so Status-like before. Good stuff.
Posted by andre on 14-01-2011 21:04
#6
Superb cover and great bass sound too !
Posted by moo on 14-01-2011 22:00
#8
Very very good!
Although it's not played on a Status like the original so... GET OUT
Posted by jerrycatanescu on 15-01-2011 02:54
#9
Thanks all!
The Steinie did have Status strings on it, so I think it just got a ticket to this forum, as it's about "all things Status", not just the basses
The strings probably helped it sound close to a Status, as well as the active EQ, which was was not original, but my own design. The original Steinie EQ uses a lower center frequency for the highs and rolls off the very highest, which takes away some of the "air" you're used to on Statii.
Oh, and the
original "The Early Tapes" Mr. Pink was not played on a Status either.
Edited by jerrycatanescu on 15-01-2011 03:01
Posted by moo on 15-01-2011 03:38
#10
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jerrycatanescu wrote:
Thanks all!
The Steinie did have Status strings on it, so I think it just got a ticket to this forum, as it's about "all things Status", not just the basses The strings probably helped it sound close to a Status, as well as the active EQ, which was was not original, but my own design. The original Steinie EQ uses a lower center frequency for the highs and rolls off the very highest, which takes away some of the "air" you're used to on Statii.
Oh, and the original "The Early Tapes" Mr. Pink was not played on a Status either.
Just wondering who would bite
Great playing mate, very nice timing and feel which is rare when you hear MK lines played by 'others'!
Posted by travelingbassman on 15-01-2011 04:44
#11
Great stuff Jerry nice one
Posted by Don Prince on 15-01-2011 05:14
#12
Great rendition, I love the heavy guitar & brass vision, very very nice indeed...
Don.
Posted by sgh42 on 15-01-2011 21:01
#13
Super stuff !
Posted by jerrycatanescu on 16-01-2011 02:47
#14
I just dug this out: a slow version of Mr. Pink that I recorded as a learning tool, before I could play it at the normal tempo. It also features fewer heavy guitar parts and a crappier bass solo
It might help somebody else who's trying to learn it:
[mp3]http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ieronim/media/MrPink100bpm.mp3[/mp3]
Edited by jerrycatanescu on 17-04-2011 10:56
Posted by stenobass on 16-01-2011 05:55
#15
Excellent stuff, great playing and the Steinie is sounding fab!!
I always liked the sound of the Steinberger Richard Page was playing with Mr. Mister.