How would you cop this bass sound?
How would you cop this bass sound?
How would you cop this bass sound? It’s full and articulate, not wooly at all, as much bass as you need, but very well behaved and staying in its lane…
https://youtu.be/D5WJm2cKkCQ
https://youtu.be/D5WJm2cKkCQ
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
it's extremely repetitive - so the instrument itself is going to sound consistent - with bass as you go lower and higher you get unevenness in volume due to a few things - one being the room's standing waves another being the quality of the bass itself
for that sound I'd put a muffler on the bass strings a la Carol Kaye to shorten the sustain, go with a direct box capture rather than an amp in the room and roll off the low lows and a lot of the highs
for that sound I'd put a muffler on the bass strings a la Carol Kaye to shorten the sustain, go with a direct box capture rather than an amp in the room and roll off the low lows and a lot of the highs
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
precision bass, flatwounds, foam mute at the bridge
hofner bass, flatwounds, no need for mute these don't have much sustain
jazz bass, front pickup only, flatwounds, foam mute at bridge.
go direct with a passive DI with a transformer. make sure the flats are old and seasoned, new flats won't sounds like that. enjoy
hofner bass, flatwounds, no need for mute these don't have much sustain
jazz bass, front pickup only, flatwounds, foam mute at bridge.
go direct with a passive DI with a transformer. make sure the flats are old and seasoned, new flats won't sounds like that. enjoy
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
I ordered some flatwounds. I’m not sure If I’ll be tempted to replace the current bass parts, but you never know. Everything’s pretty much a scratch track anyway lol
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Everything's a scratch track until it's released.
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Needs to be a player of that style . . i.e
James Jamerson
Greg Reeves
Bob Babbitt
James Jamerson
Greg Reeves
Bob Babbitt
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Very much this.
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
That’s a pretty great bass tone. I love a Precision with flatwounds, and on mine I recently moved the pickup deeper into the body, which helped reduce some of the really low lows and get it more into that thumpy, woody range.
So…with what others have said, the right setup on your bass can help, too.
So…with what others have said, the right setup on your bass can help, too.
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Tube amp, just about breaking up, finger-style, judicious compression. I'd play it a little aggressively to get the little bit of edge.
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
I’m all kinds of torn about this. I don’t want to recut all the bass parts, mainly because I don’t remember them lol. I was kind of hoping I could do some high and low passing on the existing parts, and do something about how wooly the sound is. Also, I suppose trying the flatwounds out on my p bass is the classic way to go, but I prefer playing my Gretsch hollow body. Just being indecisive and thinking out loud, nothing to see here.
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
So put the flats on the Gretsch? Seems like a potentially great combo.
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
People do say that they like flatwounds on that particular model.
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Cool blues album and has tons of cool people on it!
Harry Holt played bass on that song and most of the album. Not sure if he's still around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_%26_Brownie
Harry Holt played bass on that song and most of the album. Not sure if he's still around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_%26_Brownie
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Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
if you go flats choose Labella, Pyramid, or GHS. Those are the "Old school" sounding flats. Anything is either too bright/modern (D'addario chromes, Dunlop, Thomastik, DR, Fender) or made of different material and doesn't sound the Same (Rotosound uses Monel, not Nickel or Steel).
Re: How would you cop this bass sound?
Oops! Went with the Dunlops...
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