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Old 08-10-2010, 11:57 AM
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A cheeky one re Juan Alderete

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What's up Janek,
Dead cheeky question,
I saw you in a Vato Negro vid on youtube, I was wondering if you knew what sized speaker cones Juan Alderete uses mostly or if he switches around a lot.
The guy always seems to have killer tone and his bass always sits so well in the mix, I'm trying to figure out his secret.

Cheers man.
Joe
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Old 08-10-2010, 12:01 PM
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I'm willing to bet the size of the speaker cone here is irrelevant.
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Old 08-10-2010, 01:40 PM
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I'm not sure what Juan uses for playing live.... I think it was ampeg SVT's or something.. but I'm not really sure, you'd have to ask him. But yeah, it's got very little to do with the amps, and a lot to do with what an incredible musician he is.

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Old 08-10-2010, 05:03 PM
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Thanks guys,

I was just interested how he made the bass seem to sit in a smaller 'sonic space' than most other bassists in a similar genre, yet it's still always really well defined, both live and on tape. I wondered if maybe he used a less full range cabinet to tailor his sound to sit in that smaller space.

But I agree, most of his sound is going to come straight from his hands, either that or one of his mad chains of pedals!

Do you know a way i could get in contact with him that he wouldn't mind?

By the way Janek, are you playing the Bass Day UK thing again this year, I caught your set there a couple of years ago with Ollie Rockberger and a drummer whose name i can't recall. It was by far the best show of the day, would be great to catch you again sometime.
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