Majid

I changed the eq set up a little by cutting more of mid range and here is the result attached: Please let me know if it has become closer to or farther from MM tone comparing to the tone in my video? Detroit - Marcus Miller back up (2) new tone.m4a

Thanks a lot for your nice words 🙏

And by the way, thanks a lot for your nice words 🙏

Thanks for your reply. I also thought about it but was not sure if it will make a big difference. But maybe it is worth trying

Thanks for your reply. No I haven’t tried those strings yet. I should give it a try soon

I connected the bass to Zoom multi effect to boost the signal a little bit then send it through scarlett 2i2 and recorded on Cubasis 3.

As you can see here I used eq twice before and after compression. But maybe I should lower the mids further and remove the second eq entirely as it is adding low mid up to 5,5 db?!

Thanks a lot 🙏🙏🙏

Many thanks 🙏🙏

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Later I’ll share some snips of my eq here for a better understanding of how the tone was set for this cover video 🙏

Thanks for your reply. I know the risk you mentioned. However I’m not that picky. The tone I tend to achieve doesn’t have to be exactly and uniquely the tone we hear from MM which is kind of impossible as you pointed out. I fully agree with you that bass players have their own unique touch which has an impact on the tone. I’ve seen some nice youtube videos with somehow similar tone to MM and that’s what I’m looking for. The reason why I’m using this term “MM’s tone” is just because I don’t know how to describe that tone. But again thanks for raising that concern 😊

Hi Bass lovers, I opened such a topic here almost 1.5 year ago and got some feedbacks about preamp and PUs. Since then I modded my Fender AVRI 75 with Bartolini XTCT 4.5A/PJ preamp and Bartolini 9CBJD3 (bright) pickups and as you see still searching to achieve that Marcus Miller's tone (I agree that it is a kind of obsession) After this mod, the bass sounds much better, however, in general sounds a bit too bright and lacks growl and throatiness in my ears when slapping most probably thanks to Bartolini PUs model I have. Now I'm deciding to check another set of PU on my bass with a little more vintage vibe/tone. Perhaps it would push me closer to MM tone?! Here is a cover I played from MM. I really appreciate your feedbacks on the tone of my bass in this video and how I can get a tone like MM's. I'm considering few PUs now to go for like fender pure vintage 74, Lindy Fralin with stock winding, fender original, or fender CS 60's (ok maybe it sounds too warm for MM slap tone). Please help me and let me know about your experience with these pickups or any other ones I can combine with Bart XTCT preamp to get that damn tone. Thanks.

And by the way, EMG J or JVX set comes with pots and electronic whould turn a passive bass into active.

For practicing, I use Rumble 100 combo and for recording I use Focusrite 2i2 with Cubasis. Fully agree with you!