Dingus Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370689105' post='2104377'] I saw Chris Minh Doky live in the 1990s and was really impressed with his sound so it's a good excuse to post this............ [media]http://youtu.be/23RVhpj9Qs4[/media] [/quote] I have admired Chris Minh Doky's playing on both electric and upright for a few years now . I can't help but think, though , that the time is ripe for him to make a solo album and call it Okey Doky . Edited June 8, 2013 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1370682214' post='2104269'] Gary Tibbs on his Wal Bass... doesn't get much better than this imo [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OfRZ63gLgI[/media] [/quote] This is one of my favourite clips on YT . I love the sound of that Wal bass too , and I love the ambitious way Gary Tibbs plays it . The studio version has got the brilliant but sadly departed Alan Spenner playing his Wal bass on it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370691099' post='2104419'] I have admired Chris Minh Doky's playing on both electric and upright for a few years now . I can't help but think, though , that the time is ripe for him to make a solo album and call it Okey Doky . [/quote] .....or an album with his brother called 'Okey Doky, To Me, To You' I saw Chris MD at Bracknell in the 90s playing an electric bass. I can't remember who's band he was with but he was playing a bass shaped like a G&L ASAT. Great player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370690737' post='2104406'] I always loved Kasim Sultan's playing and tone on L by Steve Hillage . A superb and underrated player . It's a shame he ended up in Meatloaf . [/quote] i guess when meatloaf gets the munchies you better run fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 When I first started playing , Geezer Butler's fantastic sound and superb playing on Sabbath's the Heaven And Hell album really inspired me , and still does now well over thirty years later : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsz2uIRnqqc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370691448' post='2104429'] .....or an album with his brother called 'Okey Doky, To Me, To You' I saw Chris MD at Bracknell in the 90s playing an electric bass. I can't remember who's band he was with but he was playing a bass shaped like a G&L ASAT. Great player. [/quote] I seem to remember reading somewhere that he's married to one of the Danish Royal family , or such like . I've seen him playing a Yamaha BB1500a electric bass in the past . On both electric and upright he gets a beautifully ripe and fruity sound . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziphoblat Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my6bfA14vMQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my6bfA14vMQ[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8HnfD4DQ0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8HnfD4DQ0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 So many different tones that are great. It's horses for courses. I think it's actually hard to get an overdriven bass tone just right; Justin Chancellor on 10,000 days nails it..but to my ears Geddy Lee has got it wrong over the last few years (Rush fans, I am one of you don't hurt me!). Personally this is the one that ticks all of my boxes. http://youtu.be/Rf6tp2c6nMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370690815' post='2104411'] Yes but the title of this thread is Best Bass Sound You've Ever Had / Heard? [/quote] In that case every bass sound I've ever had on every studio recording I've ever made has been the best bass sound I've ever had at the time. IMO. As for recordings that don't have me on them, the bass sound I aspired to in the 80s was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ScQivK5DY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted June 8, 2013 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1370689932' post='2104392'] There is no "best bass sound" Firstly it is entirely subjective, and secondly it exists only with the context of each individual song/arrangement/production. [/quote] *rolls eyes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370690140' post='2104396'] Best sound/s I've ever had are the ones I have now. Best sound I ever heard was Chris Squire's on Siberian Khatru on the Yessongs live album. [/quote] Plus1 to both these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 This does it for me - completely unusable in most scenarios but an absolute monster for these guys. Its a link to the whole gig but just listen to the 1st 2 songs for an idea (best thru headphones) http://youtu.be/ETRSnoga8dA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofio Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 This is one of the best sounding bass tones i have heard , not many know about maximum indifference, but Gus sure knows how to achieve a cracking bass sound . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60K9i-KE5E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icQz5GIkDuA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icQz5GIkDuA[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Me: The Depot rehearsal rooms, London in 1982. An Ibanez faker through their old Acoustic head and a biggish Peavey cab. Fat [i]and [/i]clanky. Someone else: Bob Glaub playing whatever it was he played on Jackson Browne's 'The Pretender'. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8igE_2kioE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8igE_2kioE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Don't know if it's the best, but one that has remained firmly in my mind since I saw/heard it was Rob Wassermans awesome sound when I saw him with Lou Reed in Belgium years ago. Incredibly powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I have a couple of favourites from people I've seen live. The most recent was Paul Turner at the Jazz Cafe with Shuffler. Mostly using a '66 Jazz through an Aguilar DB751 into a pair of Aguilar GS 410 cabs. Augmented by an Alleva Coppolo 5 on a couple of numbers and a awesome pedal board. The entire gig is on YouTube but you don't really get a feel for just how good he sounded from this recording. His playing was, of course, excellent but it was the core tone he had that blew me away. Expertly mixed to leave a nice little tonal spectrum for him to fill without getting mashed by the kick drum The other was, I think, Dave Sutton playing with Lucinda Williams at the Hard Rock in New Orleans. He was using what looked like a Fender Pino but could just have been an old P bass. Through a classic Ampeg valve head and a matching 8x10. I'd always read a lot about the combination of a P and an Ampeg stack sounding great together but had never heard anything quite this good before. Deep low pulsating bass but never flabby or ill defined. Fantastic mix as well - makes such a difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Jamie Stewarts stingray tone on The Cults "live at the Lyceum" album. Roly Wynnes entire back catalogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1370725761' post='2104972'] I'd always read a lot about the combination of a P and an Ampeg stack sounding great together but had never heard anything quite this good before. [/quote] Funnily enough I'm currently listening to George Murray play exactly that combination of gear with Bowie on the "Stage" album and, apart from thinking it's possibly the best backing band I've ever heard, the bass just sounds fantastic. I guess it also helps if you can take Tony Visconti on the road with you to do your live sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 In a previous metal band I was in, tuned to C, me playing an aria Pro IGB50 thru a Trace Elliott GP12 4x12, when doubling up with the guitarist (no idea what gear he was using at the time) had the most amazing growl ive ever heard from a band. Never been able to reproduce it, but it was a brilliant sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinson Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1370726067' post='2104976'] Jamie Stewarts stingray tone on The Cults "live at the Lyceum" album. [/quote] Good shout. Its just immense and I hate Stingrays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) [quote name='stinson' timestamp='1370729795' post='2105027'] Its just immense and I hate Stingrays! [/quote] Be prepared to face the wrath of the resident BC 'experts'. They always know what's best. NB. This post should have a caution that the words 'hate' and 'stingray' in the same sentence could cause fainting to some forum members. Edited June 8, 2013 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddOFtHP3oS8[/media] And at 1:44 in this video. Love it! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7A8wwduI6U[/media] Edited June 8, 2013 by Jellyfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1370688700' post='2104375'] JJ Burnell of The Stranglers, on Hanging Around: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2kis6lWRg[/media] [/quote] This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntLockyer Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I've been thinking about this for a couple of days. I think the one that really stuck out and stuck in my mind was when we saw the HArlem Gospel Choir at BB KIng's. Hartke cab was all I can remember. The Ben L'Oncle Soul thing from Jools Holland is probably the best I've heard on TV but I know a few of you think it too trebly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boXcU9o0v3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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