Tom Bailey
Thompson Twins
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Tom Bailey's Bass Guitars
In this photo from the early days of the Thompson Twins (i.e. the late 1970s), Tom Bailey can be seen playing a Fender Jazz bass.
This Fender Jazz bass (modified by luthier John Birch, according to roadie Stephen Dewey) was later used in the studio to add occasional bass slaps on top of Oberheim OB-Xa basslines on the Quick Step & Side Kick and Into The Gap albums.
As per this article:
'Loves Lies Bleeding' was a combination of three Oberheim basses and one real Fender for the slapping and tickling. The three Oberheims are doing different parts of the same line, accumulated as ideas: I thought the bassline should be like this, or like this, no, like this; what do they sound like all together? And then some slaps on the Fender on top as well.
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