parker_muse Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hey fellas, I'm having a change around in my rig in my pursuit to be Horace Panter from The Specials. Just acquired a Westone Thunder Jet (basically a Thunder 1) with some nice flats on it so i can get his classic P tone - i might stick a wizard in to make it super vintage? Will the flats help to get that old school tone or will they detract from it? Will it be a bit wooly? I'll also hopefully be running a Marshall Bass State B150 - nice big speaker for those booming ska bass tones. Think Nite Klub or Too Much Too Young - thats the tone i want. Cheers fellas. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 When I'm doing ska stuff on a P I always roll of the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Yeah i imagine i will too - i don't want a treble clunk. Just want something phat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) Horace Panter played some great bass lines, and was always leaping about and jumping around the stage! some of his better bass lines were recorded with him 2 feet off of the ground! Check out the Old Grey Whistle Test DVD! Edited October 28, 2010 by Hobbayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 In my brief tenure in an old school ska band, I used an old epiphone et180 strung with flats, neck pickup, tone rolled off, and my peavey head into a 2x15 peavey cab. Phattastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 [quote name='Hobbayne' post='1003816' date='Oct 28 2010, 02:41 PM']Horace Panter played some great bass lines, and was always leaping about and jumping around the stage! some of his better bass lines were recorded with him 2 feet off of the ground! Check out the Old Grey Whistle Test DVD![/quote] Very underrated. Some of his recordings are spot on old school P imho.... sometimes a little too old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 To answer your question I'd say flats will help towards that sound. But then, I've only ever used flats on a fretless, so it could be the fretlessness that attributes to the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Cheers fellas! What sorta EQ setup should i try out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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