thedontcarebear Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 How can I get that sort of sound in the studio? Recording a funky sounding song in a few weeks, and I bum Earth, Wind and Fire so would quite like a tone a bit like Verdine White used to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG.J Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I would also like to know!! Cracking stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnzy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I would have a guess by saying 70's Jazz bass, strung with heavy roundwounds, medium action, plucked heavierly over the front pickup. Mr White's tone is a real growler!! on tunes like fantasy and september the bass has a real cutting quality, sounds like DI signal to me, not much "tone compresion" (associated with recorded bass amps). A good bass with front pickup soloed, and heavy plucking should do. the tone is in the hand though dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Verdine used a Jazz on their main recordings. He seems to play hard, so I would think it's really compressed. His sound is terrible live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Does everyone think its the neck pickup then? I have 2 jazzes, will give them both a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 [quote name='thedontcarebear' post='655867' date='Nov 16 2009, 11:59 AM']How can I get that sort of sound in the studio? Recording a funky sounding song in a few weeks, [b]and I bum[/b] Earth, Wind and Fire so would quite like a tone a bit like Verdine White used to get.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Ever heard E, W & F's tune called 'Bad Tune' ?....man its a bad tune-i still have that album on L.P.....funky as fock-then they went all disco cheese-paid the bills though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Verdine is a great musician, big part of my early bass practice routines. I would lay a bet on flat wounds. No doubt DI, very clean playing (so maybe wind the action up a little and cut fingernails!). Couldn't guess at the pickup though, someone with more Jazz Bass experience than I will have to advise on this. Nice and simple, but classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I did read once that verdines early recordings he used an old 50,s precision with flats, ive a great early concert on DVD where he,s using a white late 60,s/early 70,s jazz (block markers) with what look like dimarzios in and it sounds great - lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I gave up on copying him, and just went with something I liked the sound of, and this is the result from earlier today: - [url="http://www.myspace.com/stringfinger"]http://www.myspace.com/stringfinger[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I saw a DVD of EW & F where VW was miming That's P*ss poor for a bloke of his ability ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 [quote name='Marcus' post='669015' date='Nov 29 2009, 11:52 AM']I saw a DVD of EW & F where VW was miming That's P*ss poor for a bloke of his ability ![/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 [quote name='lee650' post='669058' date='Nov 29 2009, 01:02 PM']+1[/quote] I don't think I've ever seen a recent live DVD where Verdine isn't miming. The whole thing sounds too good to me, so I reckon a lot of post production goes on. Same with the Eagles DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyparrot Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I think he used a yamaha bb300? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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