Mega P bass tone

[JohnFitzgerald]

Not sure if it's Trevor Horn who wrote the part, but Mark O'Toole does a great job of playing it here, and that's a fantastic tone.
It doesn't hurt that it's given pride of place in the mix here.

 

One for the good headphones / speakers.
 

 

[Lozz196]

I watched a clip of FGTH doing a rehearsal of this and agree his playing very good, much more complex & interesting line than I’d thought.

[BassAdder60]

Great tone and use of a pick with a PBass 🎸🤟

[franzbassist]

I think I posted the very same clip a while back with the very same reaction. It really is very good.

[Russ]

Really good, driving line that grooves hard. All the FGTH stuff has great bass on it though, thanks to Trevor Horn. Here's a live version of The Buggles playing Two Tribes, with Horn playing bass: 

 

Best P-bass tone ever though? For me, that's Eric Avery on Deconstruction, the project he started with Dave Navarro in 1993 after Jane's Addiction broke up the first time around. 

 

[Lozz196]

That clip of Buggles doing Two Tribes is great, I knew Trevor Horn was a good bassist but imo he really shines on that version.

[Beedster]

On 19/07/2025 at 07:32, JohnFitzgerald said:

Not sure if it's Trevor Horn who wrote the part, but Mark O'Toole does a great job of playing it here, and that's a fantastic tone.
It doesn't hurt that it's given pride of place in the mix here.

 

One for the good headphones / speakers.
 

 

 

Sublime

 

12 minutes ago, Russ said:

Really good, driving line that grooves hard. All the FGTH stuff has great bass on it though, thanks to Trevor Horn. Here's a live version of The Buggles playing Two Tribes, with Horn playing bass: 

 

Best P-bass tone ever though? For me, that's Eric Avery on Deconstruction, the project he started with Dave Navarro in 1993 after Jane's Addiction broke up the first time around. 

 

Dull