gapiro Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1444329341' post='2882350'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCyC1dZiN8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=EsCyC1dZiN8[/url] and no comments about my age or attitude, please. [/quote] I notice that, bar 2 posts (this and one other) everything I've heard on this thread has been the opposite of what I like in a bass tone . Its all really "attacky", which has its place, but not for me. I'm much more a fan of the smooth rounded sound, like this: (John Mayer Trio - Vultures - Pino Pallidino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNHJBnQTzog or this: (Alicia Keys - If I Ain't got you- Fred Cash Jr.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju8Hr50Ckwk This is one of my examples of a good attacking sound to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoltwBHXCx8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1444341779' post='2882506'] It was a Precision. [/quote] Oh! I assumed it was a T-bird or Rick too... Gorgeous tone though, whatever it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 ffwd to about 3m25s... (or just sit back and enjoy throughout) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrKqw00Hcc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) http://youtu.be/V-9Z0lLKzbY From 4.23 onwards. Otherwise I usually fall anywhere on the well recorded Precision Bass Spectrum. Could be anything. Edited October 9, 2015 by miles'tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naetharu Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Right now the tone I'm in love with is that used by Avenged Sevenfold's Johnny Christ. I believe it's an MXR-M80 running into a GK 2001RB head and it just sounds fantastic. Wonderful example in their classic 'Bat Country' for anyone not familiar with the band. [media]http://youtu.be/kr0ynt4CCG8[/media] Edited October 10, 2015 by Naetharu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 This by UK has always impressed the hell outa me. Amazing bass sound from Mr Wetton. https://youtu.be/kRkkJKf-hnA And this tone from Mr Lee is by far one of the finest sounds i've ever heard from a bass https://youtu.be/KGsQ5n9Qu0A Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 How do you get the actual Youtube VID onto BC post. I can't seem to manage that. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1444456966' post='2883349'] This by UK has always impressed the hell outa me. Amazing bass sound from Mr Wetton. http://youtu.be/kRkkJKf-hnA And this tone from Mr Lee is by far one of the finest sounds i've ever heard from a bass http://youtu.be/KGsQ5n9Qu0A Dave [/quote] [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1444457231' post='2883351'] How do you get the actual Youtube VID onto BC post. I can't seem to manage that. Dave [/quote]Remove the s from http Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1444341779' post='2882506'] It was a Precision. [/quote] [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1444397361' post='2882916'] Oh! I assumed it was a T-bird or Rick too... Gorgeous tone though, whatever it is [/quote] I was under the impression it was a Ric too. MT says he didn't like the sound of Fenders played with a pick (he says he tried a J early on). The book Blowin' Free lists the Ric as being used at the time of Pilgrimage. The Ric was replaced after it was damaged (neck break) by the T Bird (he borrowed Pete Watts' and liked it). I'd love to have my gear knowledge improved. What's the skinny on the P? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1444457231' post='2883351'] How do you get the actual Youtube VID onto BC post. I can't seem to manage that. Dave [/quote] Get your youtube link like this (added spaces to stop it working): https :// www.youtube.com /watch?v=PfbdBZO9td0 and change the https to http, bingo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbdBZO9td0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1444462163' post='2883364'] I was under the impression it was a Ric too. MT says he didn't like the sound of Fenders played with a pick (he says he tried a J early on). The book Blowin' Free lists the Ric as being used at the time of Pilgrimage. The Ric was replaced after it was damaged (neck break) by the T Bird (he borrowed Pete Watts' and liked it). I'd love to have my gear knowledge improved. What's the skinny on the P? [/quote] Sorry guys. . . . I misread the post. Didn't realise you were talking about 2 different things. I thought the second part was still referring to Bob Babbitt. Caught out by speed reading the thread. As you were, I know nothing about Wishbone Ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1444470736' post='2883466'] Sorry guys. . . . I misread the post. Didn't realise you were talking about 2 different things. I thought the second part was still referring to Bob Babbitt. Caught out by speed reading the thread. As you were, I know nothing about Wishbone Ash. [/quote]Ah, good to know. Right then, Rickenbacker it is. On the subject of the other guy, I've always though Bob Babbitt is underrated, always in the shadow of Jameson. But I think his repeating grooves and riffs are far more relevant to what most of us actually play today, unlike Jameson's (genius that he was) jazz inspired, melodic, sub-harmonies. To be clear - Jameson = bass god, Babbitt = also great, but underrated by comparison. One of the great bass tones for me Entwistle's playing on The Real Me. I've heard it isolated and it (to my ears) it doesn't sound the best, but in the whole recording context, a tone to die for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2h1MY70uag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I heard this for the first time last week and the tone of the bass hit me straight away. Nice, stripped bare kind of toon, if you like that kind of thing, and (IMHO) a refreshing change from the big production numbers you usually hear in modern country music. http://youtu.be/4zAThXFOy2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan0583 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) This does it for me http://youtu.be/FmQ8fDcGbUs Edited October 14, 2015 by ryan0583 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) No, sorry, guys. These all pale into insignificance compared with this. I just wish I knew how to recreate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=porkY6I0LLc&feature=youtu.be [Edit - still can't get the blighter to embed......] Edited October 16, 2015 by stevie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 [quote name='stevie' timestamp='1444857368' post='2886826'] No, sorry, guys. These all pale into insignificance compared with this. I just wish I knew how to recreate it. http://youtu.be/porkY6I0LLc [/quote] Ah, the fabulous Davey Paton. One of my fave players. Recorded in his brief Wal using phase IIRC. GREAT LINE, AMAZING TONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Im loving the early Fratellis bass tone at the moment. Its got a nice growly sound to it. I know he uses a flats loaded P bass through an SVT - its got a lovely pillowy thumup initially that has a kind of valvey breakup sustain. Songs like Look Out Sunshine and Mistress Mabel show it really well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1444457231' post='2883351'] How do you get the actual Youtube VID onto BC post. I can't seem to manage that. Dave [/quote] It's not just the removal of the "s" from https... I find that it works if I use Google Chrome, but not IE!! I have no idea why, but it is something I have noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1444888879' post='2886942'] Ah, the fabulous Davey Paton. One of my fave players. Recorded in his brief Wal using phase IIRC. GREAT LINE, AMAZING TONE! [/quote] Is that a Wal? I thought it was a Stingray. Perhaps I should post the link on the 'I hate Wals' thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='stevie' timestamp='1444984599' post='2887803'] Is that a Wal? I thought it was a Stingray. Perhaps I should post the link on the 'I hate Wals' thread. [/quote] Yeah, he forsook his beloved Ricky's and Stingray for a short while used a Wal for a few years while he was playing with Elton... Heh heh heh... that would be naughty... You shouldn't tease! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1444888879' post='2886942'] Ah, the fabulous Davey Paton. One of my fave players. GREAT LINE, AMAZING TONE! [/quote] Indeed! He did some sterling (well, stingray!) work with Fish back in the day... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNmDOkVNPc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwhMw5lwzNg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1444459919' post='2883360'] Remove the s from http [/quote] Good call! JW's crunch tone on UK nails it, as does his vocals. Great album. Plus it has Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth - prog jazz rock gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Not the style I play with my band but I always loved this whole album primarily for the bass tone - I think it's the album that made me want to play bass! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju1Tmgu8FRE[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I'm slowly falling in love with Daniel Spriewalds tone; phat and slightly overdriven. He plays for The Drills - if you're familiar with the Phil X [i]Fretted Americana[/i] videos, you'll know that Daniel is the bassist in he Drills...they generally cover something at the end of each promo. In this case, it's Superstition. Song starts at 11:45. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW13vfMrsxk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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