Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Best Recorded Bass Tone and Mix?


lowendgalore
 Share

Recommended Posts

(First post, so here goes...)

Really like Don't Interrupt the Sorrow off Joni Mitchell's Hissing of the Summer Lawns.

It's played by Wilton Felder and sounds like a P-Bass with a pick and flats. Or is it a Jazz Bass with fingers and flats. Or...

He also played the great bass line on I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and is a top sax player.. An annoyingly good musician.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Wsdkll5-s"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Wsdkll5-s[/url]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1423173753' post='2681929']
(First post, so here goes...)

Really like Don't Interrupt the Sorrow off Joni Mitchell's Hissing of the Summer Lawns.

It's played by Wilton Felder and sounds like a P-Bass with a pick and flats. Or is it a Jazz Bass with fingers and flats. Or...

He also played the great bass line on I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and is a top sax player.. An annoyingly good musician.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Wsdkll5-s"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Wsdkll5-s[/url]
[/quote]

He also played bass and sax on the Crusaders song Street Life. Awesome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1423211455' post='2682161']
He also played bass and sax on the Crusaders song Street Life. Awesome.
[/quote]
I forgot he was part of the Crusaders (had Chuck Rainey in my head, for some reason).

Yeah, he's definitely a special musician. I Want You Back is enough to retire on..

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is my benchmark as to 'what a bass sounds like':

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mSmOcmk7uQ"]https://www.youtube....h?v=_mSmOcmk7uQ[/url]

I actually use this as a reference when i'm fiddling with amps and boxes:

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2RZzxr2J4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=l_2RZzxr2J4[/url]

Can never get the flipping embedding to work, sorry!!

Edited by operative451
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great thread, loving listening to these suggestions.

For me, two very different bass tones. When I started out over a decade ago this is the bass sound that drove me crazy:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-V8kYT1pvE[/media]

Rex Brown + production making that bass sound like a pack of growling lions! So cool.

Now, this is much more my cup of tea - James Jamerson and the Fender P-Bass:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-UvQYAmbg[/media]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Been listening to loads of old rock/punk & goth stuff recently...

Budgie from Siouxsie & The Banshee's had a killer sound, as did the Captain in the early Damned singles. Craig Adams always managed to get a great sound in the Sisters/The Mission & Coloursound (Mike Peters & Billy Duffy). Tony Pettitt from The Fields of the Nephilim, superb.

[url="http://youtu.be/BYYy862KFyE"]http://youtu.be/BYYy862KFyE[/url]
[url="http://youtu.be/etTR0Qopbis"]http://youtu.be/etTR0Qopbis[/url]
[url="http://youtu.be/eVTtFjU0T-Y"]http://youtu.be/eVTtFjU0T-Y[/url]
[url="http://youtu.be/VcdxnQLKAYo"]http://youtu.be/VcdxnQLKAYo[/url]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...