Muzz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 13/12/2020 at 15:34, Paul S said: Love the tone in this. Yamaha miming in the video, certainly sounds like it could be. Nice tone, and an even better bass line; it's what he doesn't play in this that sets it apart - there's air and space in there...I had to learn this a while back, and it surprised me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, jazzyvee said: This is a bass sound I heard recently which is amazing. Alembic John Entwistle 8 String Spyder Bass - mini demo - YouTube I just wonder if he could have got the bass a bit higher...his left hand at head height and his scrunched up right arm make me ache just watching... 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Tiran Porter was a big reason I took up bass. Great player, great tone, and was also just right in the mix. Here's an example, but just about anything else would do. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 @Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Al Krow said: @Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats? Don't know to be honest. Certainly sounds like it although he often played a Gibson or an Alembic at that time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Al Krow said: @Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats? Likely his Gibson EB bass at this point. He also had a Ricky and an early Alembic around this time and the P-Bass came a little later. He always played exactly the right thing, allowing space, grooving with the drums but still carving his own melodies. Fantastic player! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Muzz said: Nice tone, and an even better bass line; it's what he doesn't play in this that sets it apart - there's air and space in there...I had to learn this a while back, and it surprised me... Indeed, it had passed me by at the time other than the nice opening chords but my ex-band decided to do it and I discovered what a joy it is to play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Anything with Aston Familyman Barrett playing bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, jazzyvee said: Anything with Aston Familyman Barrett playing bass. Go on then, post a link to your favourite track he features on 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) I don't have an absolute favourite but I will post some that are up there. There are a few, the last one is the one that made me want to play bass. I don't know specifically what it was about that track when I first heard it but listening with more musically educated ears, it may have been that it is more melodic nature and the way it flows with the lyrics without ever losing the groove and still sounds like a reggae bass line. I have met Aston a few times over the years and thanked him for bringing me to music. Edited December 18, 2020 by jazzyvee 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Troy gets a tone to die for on this - using a Jazz (and the guy has got a Ricky...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Troy gets a tone to die for on this - using a Jazz (and the guy has got a Ricky...) Do you know this guy personally SM? I've always been very impressed by his YT demos - he seems to totally nail the covers he's playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 31 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Do you know this guy personally SM? I've always been very impressed by his YT demos - he seems to totally nail the covers he's playing. No, although we've exchanged a few comments on his videos. He comes over as a really decent guy. I'm always struck by how easy it is to follow his videos (perhaps with 0.5x speed for the tricky bits) and they always seem to be much more accurate than most tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Really nice tone on this and loving the look of the Sandberg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Agreed! Do know what pups he's got on that? I always loved the build quality of my Sandberg TM4 but my Delano pups never got close to that tone (too polite / hi-fi etc - all well trodden ground from me). Looks like he's using flats although I wasn't 100% certain? Again be interesting to know if that's a "pure" bass tone or, if not, what signal chain he had in between. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Sounds pretty raw and unprocessed (in a good way). Quick email to the BTW guys and I'm sure they'd share the signal chain. I think BTW may have a video on this bass too - they do say it's their fav jazz and it get's a lot of playing especially on the earlier stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Do know what pups he's got on that Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments , and I couldn’t see anything about the signal chain Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Just now, Reggaebass said: Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments , and I couldn’t see anything about the signal chain Al I’ll ask 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments [Apparently Kloppmann...see below] Edited December 29, 2020 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Cheers matey. They seem to get a lot of good rep and I can hear why now! I’ve asked about the strings and the chain , I’ll keep you posted if he replies 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 The same bass here and there’s some info on it , it’s kloppmann pickups 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, 4000 said: I am always fascinated how what sounds like fantastic bass tone in a song, once isolated, sounds nothing like you expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 58 minutes ago, 4000 said: Now that’s a bass tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: I am always fascinated how what sounds like fantastic bass tone in a song, once isolated, sounds nothing like you expect. I know what you mean - hear enough isolated tracks you start to get a feel of what stuff will sound like once stripped back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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