danbowskill Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 for me. p.bass - plectrum - ampeg sound ...ran fairly flat on the eq with a bit of dirt. thud and clack!! love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etienne Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='electric nate' timestamp='1331493226' post='1573745'] I dunno about the single finest, I feel that might be yet to come in the ever changing world of amplification and instrument technology. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDGRc_krpYg[/media] This has always been fairly near the top of my list of great bass tone though. Nice subtle grind, enough to give the tone a bit of edge, not so much it sounds overdriven. Far as I know this basically just a well performed and well recorded P-bass+ampeg svt. [/quote] That sounds like a Stingray to my ears, but no doubt that it's a great tone! Always loved that track... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etienne Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhBlhGfGE4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhBlhGfGE4[/url] Love this guy's sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Doesn't this topic subject go into the same category as "How long is a piece of string" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1331901444' post='1580621'] Doesn't this topic subject go into the same category as "How long is a piece of string" ? [/quote] Yes. How long [i]is[/i] a piece of string, btw?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 i just love it when a thread takes you somewhere totaly unexpected ! i am now a confirmed wilko johnson fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331903982' post='1580676'] Yes. How long [i]is[/i] a piece of string, btw?? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I once described watching Wilko as choosing to eat a big, craggy home-made pie with great chunks of meat in - top quality. Its the string argument. On the one hand you have a processed sound like Tony Levin's Sledghammer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rtUeI2d27U&feature=related All these are tones to which any bass player would aspire but entirely different but appropriate for the song. Perhaps there isn't a single finest tone, but a finest tone for a particular song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 or a more natural tone like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXDAIBvI48w&feature=related or better still but no movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Y64dpZGnE&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 or processed in this way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_nIfYOSBFg&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 or just plain and simple but right on the money: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMqRxDZpWIg&feature=related and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcCoaN5q2Pg&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Hope I haven't over done it there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1332030642' post='1582445'] and this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcCoaN5q2Pg&feature=related[/media] [/quote] That's an old Harmony bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerz Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I've always thought Tom Barney has an amazing tone. But ultimately, the best tone is your favorite one.. It's not for anyone to say what is best is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Bass Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Im going to say mine on March 12th 2009 between 19:00-19:15 before i tweaked something on my amp and lost it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Take the rest of your life off. they say tone comes from your fingers, check out Jo Jo http://youtu.be/3W1jn0ZAjU8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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