garry warrington Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Re previous - I have a p bass put together with different parts as mentioned , Maple body Rosewood neck cts pots seymour duncan spb2 Amp- Ashdown Syder 330 and David Eden 210 Re string with worn in DR Sunbeams which have improved the tone,previously had Rotosound 66 just couldnt get the tone! The Sound i want is the Tone on Crusaders -Streetlife, Forget me nots or say Alphonso Johnson in the 70s I feel neck is letting me down a bit it feels cheap, most responses i get is to not change the neck I have seen many you tube clips with musos nailing that tone,were am i going wrong guys!! I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 The neck has some but not as much effect on the tone as you seem to imagine. Rosewood fingerboards seem to give a warmer, darker sound than a maple board which is a point in your favour. You have gone from (probably) steel roundwounds to nickel roundwounds and nickel offers a warmer, slightly darker tone than steel with a roundwound string. From what I've seen in your previous thread on this, the suggestion has been made to put some flats on your P bass which you've yet to try. Get some steel flats on before you try swapping anything else around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBass Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 [quote name='garry warrington' timestamp='1412971564' post='2573846'] Re previous - I have a p bass put together with different parts as mentioned , Maple body Rosewood neck cts pots seymour duncan spb2 Amp- Ashdown Syder 330 and David Eden 210 Re string with worn in DR Sunbeams which have improved the tone,previously had Rotosound 66 just couldnt get the tone! The Sound i want is the Tone on Crusaders -Streetlife, Forget me nots or say Alphonso Johnson in the 70s I feel neck is letting me down a bit it feels cheap, most responses i get is to not change the neck I have seen many you tube clips with musos nailing that tone,were am i going wrong guys!! I [/quote] This is not a dig at you, but whats your technique like? Majority of how you sound will come from how you play. It's the reason why Jamerson would always sound like Jamerson, why Pino sounds like Pino. Do you get my point? Also I'm gonna guess you're listening to studio versions of the songs in questions? If so, then you need to remember that the bass tones are mixed and processed and fiddled with to make them sound the way they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblueplanet Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Ditto to above. A P bass will sound very different through different amps, speakers, processors etc. The best tone I ever achieved was recording straight D.I. into an old valve-driven Neve desk. Never been able to replicate that tone. Some of the sound is also in your hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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