?What Strings was Ready Freddie using on this Vid

[Mickyk]

Like no doubt many Bass Players before me have labelled this tune as one of the greatest Bass lines ever written, I myself have tried nail this tune down for yonks, but never quite got the sound.? So a quickie for you, I know that a lot of what Freddie's sound was about was his fingers, but I was just thinking what strings he may have been using.

 

[Reggaebass]

Probably one of my favourite funky Basslines and a great song, I attempt to play it but that’s about it 😁, I did read that he played a 72 precision with rounds , could the red silks be labella ?

[FDC484950]

Or maybe Rotosounds?

I saw “ready” on tour with Steely Dan a few years ago. What an absolute monster. Incredible groove. One of those players where you can’t help but tap your foot.

[chris_b]

Freddie Washington is fabulous, but that drummer gets me every time. What a fantastic groove!!!

 

Freddie's bass isn't standard, I know the bridge was changed to a Badass and the pickups are non standard, maybe Barts.

Edited January 16, 2022 by chris_b

[Reggaebass]

There’s a few suggestions here

 https://www.talkbass.com/threads/freddie-washington-strings.1443056/

[fretmeister]

I’ve seen several vids and articles saying it was Roto steels.

[Misdee]

I seem to remember reading in a feature in Bass Player magazine many moons ago that the original track was recorded with Rotosound Swing Bass on his P Bass.

 

However, the strings in this YT clip are most likely Ken Smith Burners, Freddie's string of choice in more recent times.

Edited January 17, 2022 by Misdee

[soulstar89]

These are definitely rotosound swingbass 66 strings. I have them on my p bass. Also what is interesting is he has Bartolini pick ups on the bass. 
 

paul Jackson used “HI-A” pickups which was the first version on bartonlini’s. They just changed the name 

[ahpook]

What a lovely vignette that video is. Drummer and bassist, just doing that thing.