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GibsonBass What sound do you go for with the Thunderbird?
Julian Cope The bass is best on both pick-ups turned full up through a 1981 SVT. My parts were always played with a pick but my producer Donald Ross Skinner also used it with his fingers.
GibsonBass ...and to what extent do you use the Beast live and in the studio?
Julian Cope I used it all through the 1990s because no bass could approach that sound. I also toured it all the time, and had it delivered to my hotel bedroom wherever we were - the flightcase is the size of a small IKEA kitchen, so it became the bane of the lives of my roadcrew
The bass is used on every track on my 1991 Peggy Suicide album, except for 'hanging Out & Hung Up On The Line". The bass is all over my 1992 Jehovahkill album. For the 1993 album Autogeddon, I used the beast, plus my new (1993) Gibson Les Paul bass (another total motherfucker).
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