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What's your favourite bass tone?


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[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1332407513' post='1587738']
deffinitely my own (link in sig)

There are other tones I have loved in the past though: Dirk Lance from Incubus, Timmy C on Evil Empire, a lot of the tones on Muse's Origin of Symmetry, Justin Chancellor, the guy from Karnivool. Now i've managed to surpass all these and I literally have the perfect tone(s) for me.
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I had a listen..like your tone but you need to shut that guitarist up..he's ruining it.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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John Patitucci - for how the high end sounds so mellow
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2rs4wBl-Fs[/media]

Nathan East - for warmth and growl. This is my ideal work-a-day tone.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_aIi9u34-A&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_aIi9u34-A&feature=related[/url]

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This is good for 2 reasons. Billy Sheehan's tone and the sound of a driven Hammond B3 through a Leslie Cab (to me it's the greatest sounding instrument ever)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6c6zWpzlQk[/media]

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[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1332602294' post='1590562']
This is good for 2 reasons. Billy Sheehan's tone and the sound of a driven Hammond B3 through a Leslie Cab (to me it's the greatest sounding instrument ever)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6c6zWpzlQk[/media]
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OMG its the James Taylor Quartet meets Dream Theater! Seriously though, fantastic to see him stretching beyond his normal metal/rock genre.

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[quote name='untune' timestamp='1332509719' post='1589359']
I was playing Alan Wake (a game before I confuse anyone) the other night and when I finished it, Bowie's Space Oddity played over the end credits. Heard it countless times before, but at the time I had headphones on and realised I'd never really paid the bass much attention. What a tone! Herbie Flowers I believe? Seem to remember mention of a fretless jazz...


Isolated here but it sits so nicely in the mix, sounds different again
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Fretless, flats, compression, add an octaver and it'll be Sledghammer!

You're right, never listened to the bass before, much more complex than I'd expect.

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[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1332410855' post='1587794']
Not exactly 'tone' but adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood by Future Of The Left has an incredible sound! In fact, that whole album sounds great.

As far as pure bass and amp tone I love pretty much everything on No Push Collide by Serafin.
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Kelson's bass tone is just mad!! Have you checked out his band 'Truckers of Husk'? Green big muff...all parts precision and an Ashdown ABM...same set up as he had in FOTL. Also wait until you hear the tones on their new album....Julia sounds huge!!

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  • 3 years later...

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1332439195' post='1588456']

Session player, Russ Stableford.
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Been looking at a lot of Internet stuff regarding Russ.
His son and grandson have been posting on various sites.
They even mention that he had three Fender basses.
A trusty Jazz, a Precision and some kind of fretless Fender.

Apparently he was always messing around with various strings
and foam mutes to get his sound.
I followed a link and ended up reading about the Bassist on a lot
of Bert Kaempfert recordings called "Ladi Geisler",
who also had a very similar distinctive sound.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladi_Geisler


http://vimeo.com/33252744

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[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1432832691' post='2785459']
I love Geddys sound, but for me the single song that makes me drool at the bass sound, is "Judith "by A Perfect circle. I get quite moist when I hear it!
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Funny you should mention A Perfect Circle as I was just coming along to say that Paz Lenchantin's tone on this live Entrance Band beach gig is my current fave bass tone.
Just raw roundwound P bass growly goodness:


http://youtu.be/jS5ZkvZyTM4

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[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1432834951' post='2785493']


Funny you should mention A Perfect Circle as I was just coming along to say that Paz Lenchantin's tone on this live Entrance Band beach gig is my current fave bass tone.
Just raw roundwound P bass growl.
(of course Paz was APC's live bassist and was in the vid for Judith. Think she recorded strings for the albums but not the bass weirdly, as she's a top player. Proper bass player.)

http://youtu.be/jS5ZkvZyTM4
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http://youtu.be/xTgKRCXybSM

How true, Paz haz the ultimate sound ( for me any road) I just adore this song, sound, video !

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[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1332602294' post='1590562'] the sound of a driven Hammond B3 through a Leslie Cab (to me it's the greatest sounding instrument ever.
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AGREE! I have held this opinion since I was about six years old, the sound knocked me on butt and still does every time.

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1332556793' post='1590124']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0[/media]
[/quote]Saw the 'So' classic album show a while back, he explains this to some extent but I'd still like to know how he gets most of his tone on that album.

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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1432838942' post='2785532']
Saw the 'So' classic album show a while back, he explains this to some extent but I'd still like to know how he gets most of his tone on that album.
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This too is one of my long standing burning questions! Very clever bass sound

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