Lowender Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Just a comparison test. A few seconds each of 3 different basses playing a little slap thing. Let me know which you think sounds best. And worst. Thank you! Edited October 30, 2013 by Lowender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 1, 2, 3 most preferred to least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Can't open iphone files here - do you have an mp3 or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1383159711' post='2261033'] Can't open iphone files here - do you have an mp3 or similar? [/quote] Download it then rename it from .ipb to .mp3 It is an mp3, it's the forum software that changes the file extension for some reason. Edited October 30, 2013 by neepheid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hmm, this was downloaded from my itunes as an mp3, not a phone. Not sure why it's not opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 321 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yepmop Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 213 for me, not a lot in it sound wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Stick them up on Soundcloud with a link. Much more user friendly than having to mess about with downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 [quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1383160466' post='2261041'] Hmm, this was downloaded from my itunes as an mp3, not a phone. Not sure why it's not opening. [/quote] See post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 In my opinion it goes 2, 1, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 3,2,1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 As a solo thing then 1,3,2 - best first ie 1. But in a band / mix 1 + 2 probably on a par. 2 seems rather dull / muffled for the style of playing. Fingerstyle and Plectrum comparisons would be good. So...what are the basses ( and recording chain ) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulieaudiobloom Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 132 for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Is one a Fodera? You'll upset Molan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaeothanata-Bassist Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 2, 1, 3 for me. That 2nd one has real clarity and the 1st one comes very close to it but the 3rd one i'm not a fan of at all. Still, all sound nice just really do prefer 1 and 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 All three sound very similar to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) Interesting. Of course all the basses were played full up with the same flat EQ The basses are ... 1: Fodera 2: Squier 3: Music Man I wish I could do another comparison but I don't have the Fodera any longer. : / I will do a slap/finger/plectrum comparison once I get the new Squier 77 and pit it against a CV and a MIA. Though the MIA is by far superior in many ways, the others have a sound that works in some context's. Edited October 31, 2013 by Lowender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 That doesn't surprise me at all . It's just the latest in a long line of similar blind comparisons we have heard on Basschat that show how - depending on how they are recorded ( Trevor Horn at Abbey Road might have got slightly different results) - expensive basses and less expensive basses don't sound that different . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowender Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1383183672' post='2261394'] That doesn't surprise me at all . It's just the latest in a long line of similar blind comparisons we have heard on Basschat that show how - depending on how they are recorded ( Trevor Horn at Abbey Road might have got slightly different results) - expensive basses and less expensive basses don't sound that different . [/quote] I didn't set out to get the optimum sound -- just do a comparison of tones as pure and uncolored as possible so the inherent qualities of the guitar came through . Edited October 31, 2013 by Lowender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 [quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1383182793' post='2261389'] Interesting. Of course all the basses were played full up with the same flat EQ The basses are ... 1: Fodera 2: Squier 3: Music Man I wish I could do another comparison but I don't have the Fodera any longer. : / I will do a slap/finger/plectrum comparison once I get the new Squier 77 and pit it against a CV and a MIA. Though the MIA is by far superior in many ways, the others have a sound that works in some context's. [/quote] That's interesting as I thought number 1 was a musicman, and didn't really like number 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Tricky one... Bass is rarely heard in isolation like that so without knowing the exact musical context it is going into it is impossible to say which one sounds "best". Also your cheap and nasty drum machine that you are playing along to doesn't do any of the bass sounds any favours. So with my producer's hat on, if I was creating an 80s funk-pop track (which from the style is what you seem to be playing), bass 1 would probably be the most versatile since it has plenty of top end already there that I can exploit to make the playing pop out at appropriate points in the track and the lack of any real bottom end could always be covered with a bit of synth bass underneath. In the end though any of the three bass sounds would be perfectly adequate, and any half-decent producer could make them all work in most contexts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntLockyer Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I listened and thought 1 was the best. Then I read what they were after so no bias. I thought it had a clarity that the others didn't have, not brightness some upper mids maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 They all sound equally slappy to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383214580' post='2261557'] They all sound equally slappy to me... [/quote][size=4][quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1383174728' post='2261321'][/size]Fingerstyle and Plectrum comparisons would be good... [/quote] Any slapped bass sounds bloody awful - in my humble opinion - and therefore no comparison is possible. *Runs away* Edited October 31, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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