mindhead2005

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@annak29 Күн бұрын

Thank you for your very conscientious and detailed breakdown of this complex chorus. Do you know what he is doing on the last "too shy" when it's held 4 counts by the singer?

@mindhead2005 Күн бұрын

Can you give me a time stamp on the original recording?

@ToddBrittain1963 3 күн бұрын

Thanks Mick. That was an excellent demo of a great sounding bass. I love this era of Ibanez. I have a 1981 RS 824 Roadster and it's one of my favorites.

@mindhead2005 2 күн бұрын

Oh that’s a lovely bass. Proper Japanese quality in that era. Is it heavy? You should do a video of it!

@ToddBrittain1963 2 күн бұрын

@@mindhead2005 Mick it's 4.7kg so about 10.3lb. A very solid/substantial bass. It has a great sound, especially on the P pickup - like the best '70s maple-necked Precision you could imagine. Just a beautiful bass to play with a glorious headstock. Unfortunately, I'm not set up to record videos on youtube, though it might be something to look into. I have a few nice basses I'd like to showcase. Cheers

@fngoodmusic78 4 күн бұрын

is there anywhere i can get replacement parts for that head piece?

@mindhead2005 3 күн бұрын

The clamps for the strings can be got I think from a hardware There’s a guy here does a whole headpiece What are you after?

@fngoodmusic78 3 күн бұрын

@ I have the five string model and the U shaped piece that holds the thing on the bass had a screw break inside of it so that’s what I’ve been looking for

@mindhead2005 3 күн бұрын

@@fngoodmusic78 you can tap that broken screw out. Then you're just looking for a screw, rather than that piece. If you can't do it yourself, a local mechanic or metalwork shop would have that out for you in a few seconds

@fngoodmusic78 3 күн бұрын

@ I’ll look into that, thank you

@pissboy3125 7 күн бұрын

what strings do you use on this thing. i just got an xl2ta and it was strung with some really high gauge steel roundwounds and the transposing feature just doesnt work.

@johnholsti2724 8 күн бұрын

I did enjoy that. Awesome.

@SevansDog-ju4fb 12 күн бұрын

He is not doing this, that‘s for sure. Watch him live man

@joanne7631 15 күн бұрын

This is great! Thanks for showing us how Mick played this magical boppin' bassline. 😀

@mindhead2005 14 күн бұрын

Thank you, Joanne! Glad it helped.

@soundcanvas1450 16 күн бұрын

Nice A great song to do would be 'Night in the park' by Masami Tsuchiya. Mick Karn & Percy Jones's bass playing on that track is beautiful.

@mindhead2005 15 күн бұрын

I’ll get a listen. Some super names there! Thank you

@jojo-wx4nm 19 күн бұрын

You only have to sing along to understand how fernomenal this song is.

@mindhead2005 18 күн бұрын

100%

@ToonamiRevival 19 күн бұрын

bout to get this bass for Christmas and a brand new amp and new strings have an 80 dollar sclarry that's alright but im very excited to try my hand at a 6 string

@mindhead2005 19 күн бұрын

That’s great. Health to play it

@cephasadejoh7557 23 күн бұрын

Passive?

@mindhead2005 23 күн бұрын

No. Passive pickups but with very musical active 3 band eq

@andremcpherson1424 24 күн бұрын

I've been a huge Japan fan since 1979 and I lve all their music, but for me personally, Adolescent Sex is by far Japan's best album! Wish You Were Black, Suburban Love, Performance, Lovers On Main Street, Communist China and the title track being the reasons why, although I do prefer the re-recorded version, which Mick is playing superbly here, on the Assemblage album much more! They should've put the song Stateline on it and it would've made the album even better! I was lucky enough to spend an hour with Richard Barbieri, one of my main musical idols, in 2005 at a Porcupine Tree soundcheck in Wolverhampton and he told me he thought the album was "Really embarrassing!" I couldn't agree! Well done again Mick, great to see somebody doing all they can to keep the great music of Japan alive - and you support the right football team too! God bless you, You'll Never Walk Alone my friend!

@mindhead2005 24 күн бұрын

Hi Andre Lucky you! I’ve never met any of them. I love the first two albums and they’re certainly nothing to be ashamed of, in my opinion. :) I plan to do every track on every album, so I’ve a bit to go yet on Adolescent Sex. But with the encouragement of good people like yourself , we will get there! Thanks so much. Up da reds!!

@snickpan 26 күн бұрын

that wasn't a lesson

@mindhead2005 23 күн бұрын

Ha! Fair enough. I must do a proper breakdown of it. The chords are in the description for now.

@AGITPROP65 28 күн бұрын

Brilliant! ❤

@mindhead2005 27 күн бұрын

Thank you

@GlennPreston66 28 күн бұрын

👌

@horrorshowbass 28 күн бұрын

Nice work and lighting too 😅

@mindhead2005 28 күн бұрын

SFX by Industrial Light and Magic

@horrorshowbass 27 күн бұрын

Lol nice and twilighty

@neoland666 28 күн бұрын

I think I will remove my version now....... Great stuff!!

@mindhead2005 28 күн бұрын

Ha! Thanks mate. Must go take a look!

@This_Fretless_Guy 28 күн бұрын

❤️‍🔥

@springy-2112 28 күн бұрын

Definately my favourite era for Japan. This one is fairly straight for Mick but there's a little timing intentional wacky rhythm thing that I see you obviously nailed no problem. Even when he's not going all MK on us he still throws in a couple of oddball off beat notes just to keep us on our toes. 👍✌️❤️Bloody lovely! 😊

@mindhead2005 28 күн бұрын

There’s a few oddball things, yes! Well spotted! Plus those seemingly random - but not! - octave thingies

@freeelectron8261 Ай бұрын

Great work, I love Mick Karn's distinctive fretless style. May I ask what effects and eq you use to get his sound? Thanks for all your lessons!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

There’s no effects on this at all, as I recall, other than the tiniest bit of compression It’s as much about right hand technique as anything Favouring the back pick-up is also a plus on this one, as is digging in hand with your fingers on your plucking hand. Thanks so much for the kind words

@freeelectron8261 18 күн бұрын

@@mindhead2005 Ah, all in the playing - so fluid the bass almost speaks. I think bass on Canton is a great example of "talking bass".

@mindhead2005 18 күн бұрын

@ oh absolutely. To me, his conscious thought was almost out of his way, if you follow? Straight from whatever was moving him to play to his hands. Incredible.

@soundcanvas1450 Ай бұрын

Great song. My favorite bass line from that album was 'The Ink in the Well' . Note: The harmonic on 'Red Guitar' that you said was a long stretch , can be done with just the right hand. The thumb touches lightly as the second finger of the same hand picks the string.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

I must give that a try! Cheers

@patricksmith4424 Ай бұрын

Excellent, you have really nailed the song and it sounds like the original, well done.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thanks Patrick

@Toby_the_Glen Ай бұрын

Thanks Mick, great vid!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Cheers for the support as always, Toby

@susieroberts8175 Ай бұрын

It's the only gay in the village. ❤

@Bassman1969 Ай бұрын

I tested one 5 years ago (new: 800€ only). Since then, it is not yet sold in Germany, no one knows why; Thank you Gibson..... Disadvantages: one on real pickup, so no mix between to picks possible to achive the nasal out of phase sound. And to expensive on ebay and so on. I don´pay 1000€ and more. The five string was good manufactured. Nothing to complain. But not 100% the sound like my Steinberger xm2 oder the real XL, but near to it. I don´t understand why Gibson is not reissuing this bass. If it was newly released as in the eighties, I´m sure it would be sold (but not for 3000 oder more bucks...).

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Hallo aus Irland!! Das is alles richtig

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

My white one came from Thomann in 2013

@horrorshowbass Ай бұрын

Great video, need to get into this headless game....

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

EHB…

@neoland666 Ай бұрын

Great video, as always. Better than the Spirit indeed, but it's not my favorite.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Nor mine! But a decent bass all the same

@springy-2112 Ай бұрын

Ive had a couple of new spirits and found them a bit average. Compared to my Hohners . The synapse looks to be a good call having watched this video Mick. If i see one i'll definately snap it up. How about the synapse compared to the original steinberger? Is it light years away? ( not that I'll ever own a real one) . Peace and love as always brother ✌️ ❤️

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

It’s very much a different beast to an original one, yes But they’re so quirky they’re not comparable to much else All in all it’s a great compromise in many ways Peace and love, springy my friend

@marylewis3311 Ай бұрын

It does sound nice. Almost like a natural mid scoop built in. Airy, sparkly tops but not too harsh. Really versatile for a large range of sounds.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

It’s really surprisingly versatile, and especially in a mix, it’s very competent Thanks a mill for commenting

@tobiasgerum8954 Ай бұрын

Great review, showing all the pros and cons and all the available sounds. You helped me a lot to make an educated buying decision 😀

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

That’s the idea, Tobias, thank you. Very little info out there on these

@Shred_The_Weapon Ай бұрын

I would easily be tempted to get this same model if I thought it was worth spending the money. As of November 2024, I have yet to own either a headless bass or a 5-string one. I considered getting a Spirit model, but I have become discouraged over the need to swap out the stock headpiece for the Synapse version already attached here. The professional features of the Synapse series are admittedly cost prohibitive. A friend of mine was given a 6-string Synapse guitar by his son. I had the chance to noodle on it during a visit to his pad, and I got a sense of how that Piezo pickup sounds on a guitar, as opposed to a bass. (It works better on a clean setting over a distorted one.) This one frankly doesn’t sound half bad here, set against the magnetic pickup. If it were your review that I was basing my decision to purchase gear on in lieu of budget, MH, I would say a resounding yes to getting this model.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thanks a mill, man. You might find one at the right money someday, who knows?

@vincenzollamas Ай бұрын

THANK YOU, AGAIN!!!! about 30 years now i have wanted to learn/figure out this bass line, and thanks to you, i now have learned the whole thing!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Ah that’s brilliant, thank you!

@PeterWilliams-ek2bh Ай бұрын

Can you teach the Mick Karn shuffle too?

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

lol! That’s on the list, but the long earring is part of it, and I haven’t got one

@PeterWilliams-ek2bh 16 күн бұрын

I need a fretless bass, any recommendations for a starter? I presume you are using rounds and not flats?

@soundcanvas1450 16 күн бұрын

@@PeterWilliams-ek2bh Mick Karn used a WAL bass with rounds .Nowadays I'd reccomend a F-bass with Elixir round strings.

@mindhead2005 16 күн бұрын

@ there are flats on this bass, yes. Depends on your budget. At the cheaper end, the Harley Benton jb40 is unreal value and feels better to me than the squier VM one. Up a fair bit and you have something like what I’m using here, fender Mexican jazz. My Peavey is my current favourite and these can be gotten cheap when they come up. Ibanez are great too.

@craigfoulstone7160 Ай бұрын

Hi Mindhead Could you do a lesson on this great cover Please Hopefully you can The. Best cover of a song I’ve ever heard Thanks Craig

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Hi Craig I’ll have to revisit it myself, but yeah I can do that for you!

@craigfoulstone7160 Ай бұрын

@ That’d be fantastic I’ve always loved this cover I have been a massive Japan fan since the Obscure Alternative days. I think you’re fantastic how you can dissect the Late great Mick Karns playing . I’ve seen many try but only you can do it !!! Thanks

@toddhamby Ай бұрын

Really great job! Love your enthusiasm for Mr. Karn!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

It’s hard not to love him!!

@everybodylovessolar8798 Ай бұрын

well done mate! Classy playing!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank mate

@garyslater1243 Ай бұрын

Brilliantly explained and beautifully played. A fitting tribute to an extraordinarily gifted musician.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@vincenzollamas Ай бұрын

thanks for making this. this song - the "live" version from Oil you are playing along with here - is one of my fave songs by anyone ever (not to mention Mick's perfectly timed crab walk during this song - if someone could explain how THAT was done, would be amazing!) i have figured out tons of his bass lines by ear over the years, but whenever i have tried to figure out this one, i just get lost for some reason. it's melodic, yet so seemingly abstract.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you Vincenzo! He was so very unique and brilliant.

@pythonron1 Ай бұрын

How are the bridge and pickups on the new spirit or would I be better off to go with the Hefner b2 thanx Eon

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

I think the hardware and electronics on the Hohner are slightly better, but I haven’t played a newer one.

@pythonron1 Ай бұрын

I’ve seen complaints about the pups not being wide enough on the new one and dead open E issue , also a conversion to active electronics and new pups to solve the issues just wanted an expert opinion thanx Ron

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

@ never had a dead open E on any of them, Hohner or Spirit, and I’ve never seen pickups not wide enough. Personally speaking, of course. Active electronics are my preference but I do think that people expect the difference to be night and day, and often it’s not.

@jimaugust5901 Ай бұрын

Just found your channel looking for ELO acoustic performances. WOW!

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Jim! :)

@verok5440 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I was having a bad time struggling how to figure it out! 🙏

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Cheers!!

@AlexBradyMusic Ай бұрын

I have the Black Frost version of the Kiloton Tribute, it looks so badass, plays like a dream and I personally love the way it sounds. The build quality is way higher than similarly priced basses I tried, and did I mention how cool it looks?? The full humbucker (parallel) sound is a little too boomy for my taste so I rarely use it, but the series and single coil sounds are awesome. I find myself switching back and forth between those two depending on the situation, with the tone about half way up. I like the single coil sound for more melodic lines, I find that it has a lot of definition, and you can clearly hear the pitch of the notes even in the lower register, so I gravitate towards this one for practice. The series sound sits in the background and provides a warmer feel which can sound a little muddier on its own, but I tend to like this one more in the context of a full mix. The signal output of the pickup is extremely hot for a passive bass (and even hotter in the full humbucker position). This isn't really a pro or a con since you can always adjust the volume, but maybe something to keep in mind if you use effects like overdrive that depend heavily on the input level. I always keep the volume knob on the bass all the way up. Having the tone dialed all the way back to 0 is a pretty unusable sound in my opinion, but once you get about 1/4 up and above it sounds great. Overall, I love this bass and I would highly recommend it.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MrSilver261 Ай бұрын

another great video thanks for sharing !

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Cheers John

@MrSilver261 Ай бұрын

@@mindhead2005 it reminds me of my youth when it was fashionable to get. Seriously depressed to Japan LOL

@brucepiland Ай бұрын

Excellent review! 👏🏻

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@jonasranson7677 Ай бұрын

Have always really enjoyed your Mick Karn/Japan bass line tutorials, and am just now amazed to have been brought back to your channel after searching for a review of this Squire Jaguar Bass which I bought in black on eBay about 2 years ago.. have been thinking to sell recently to get a normal scale Squire Jazz Bass maybe, and wanted to get some opinions to convince me to keep it. So yea really delighted to see your take on it…

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Hey! That’s very cool, thank yoi! If you already have it, keep it, I suppose. As for a jazz, I’d recommend a G&L JB tribute, sire V3 or 7, or a peavey milestone as an alternative

@jonasranson7677 Ай бұрын

@@mindhead2005 ooh.. good to get an informed recommendation… thankyou.. i will investigate.. out of interest what do you make of the Hohner headless Steinberger copy.. I bought a fretless version last year.. I guess it’s the looks more than anything.. kind of an easy to pick up practice bass.. they’re awful right?

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

@@jonasranson7677 ha! Well, I wouldn’t say awful 😂. But yeah, it’s not a real Steinberger. Having said that, the active ones get a job done and they have some of the advantages of a stein - portability etc I haven’t actually owned a factory fretless one myself

@jonasranson7677 Ай бұрын

@@mindhead2005 the person I bought from defretted it.. done a good job.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

@@jonasranson7677 ah! I had one like that but I wasn’t as lucky! 😀

@Disco-Terry Ай бұрын

Thank you for the review, how do you find it compared to the Harley Benton Mustang if you recall? Which one do you prefer to play?

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

I preferred the HB in every aspect

@Disco-Terry Ай бұрын

@@mindhead2005 thank you, that's really interesting. These jaguars seem to have since gained some sort of mythical reputation haha.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Like anything Fender I suppose. But the HB is better balanced, roasted maple neck,gotohs and better colours

@roostfezza7563 Ай бұрын

Yes, please continue to do the whole thing, even if people don't always stick to the whole show. I am so pleased you have done the other side of life. The bass part, once again, is lovely. The bass solo has always stuck in my head.

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement

@patandmacmusic Ай бұрын

I wanted to learn this song to up my slap chops (I’m a guitarist primarily) and this was a GREAT tutorial

@mindhead2005 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Pat! Please spread the word :)

@DougTingvall 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Mick!

@mindhead2005 2 ай бұрын

No worries Doug. It was a nice song to do.

@horrorshowbass 2 ай бұрын

Great breakdown dude

@mindhead2005 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man

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