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05-19-2008, 10:56 PM
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I am buying some strings tomorrow and was wondering what strings I should buy to get close to this tone. I have a Squier 70's Jazz Bass. Thanks!
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05-19-2008, 11:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada | | | Sounds like flatwound strings. And probably solo the neck pickup... but that 'cause a bit of undesired hum. |
05-20-2008, 08:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Parabolic Box  Sounds like flatwound strings. And probably solo the neck pickup... but that 'cause a bit of undesired hum. | I agree. Flats (I'd recommend Chromes, since they're slightly brighter overall), but I wouldn't solo the neck pickup, just roll the bridge pickup slightly back (about 25% or so). Tone knob back about 1/4 also. All IMHO, of course. 
BTW - Andy Hess groooves!
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05-20-2008, 05:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | | Play the neck PU and turn down the tone pot.
Davo |
05-20-2008, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by slejhamer | Thanks for the link. I will probably go with these then.
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05-23-2008, 01:49 PM
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60's P-bass.
Flats.
two SVT heads
Two 8x10 cabs.
And a great band to play with. |
05-23-2008, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Canton, IL USA | | | I don't really care for his tone, but that's just me. I've seen the Mule twice, the first time with Allen Woody and the second with Hess. Hess is a great player, but without any top end, he got lost in the mix the time I saw him.
The quality in that vid is pretty good, so it's easy to see his tone not cutting through when the band starts to get heavy.
Last edited by Chris Breese : 05-23-2008 at 01:57 PM.
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05-24-2008, 08:32 AM
| | Dry and Heavy | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Swiss Alps | | | +1 to everything above.
Rolling up the tone knob on a bit more or dialling in some more trble on the head would get a lot more cut with Chromes, but I doubt that's the sound he wants.
Cut is overrated sometimes, but our ears have become accustomed to hearing the bass more clearly these days, I guess. Blend is my friend. |
05-24-2008, 09:14 AM
| | ...overly qualified for janitorical deployment... | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cameron, NC USA | | | Gratuitous Andy Hess pics
Just a couple shots I got at a Mule show in April 2008   |
05-24-2008, 09:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | I'm thinking:
1. P-Bass
2. Flats (Maybe some sweet TI Jazz Flats)
3. Tube amp
In that order.
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05-26-2008, 06:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cookeville, TN | | | Those don't look or sound like chromes to me. The dark blue silks stand out like a sore thumb against the maple headstock...... these look like there is no silk.
Anyway, I think his sound is awesome. I'm sure I'll get shot down for this, but I dig his sound and playing much better than Allen Woody's.
And Gov't Mule is a great band.
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05-26-2008, 06:48 AM
| | | | I've got the same bass and put Fender Tapewounds on it. Using the neck pickup only I get just about the same sound. And the black tapewounds look awesome on that bass! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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