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07-02-2008, 04:36 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Nice J slap tone - string suggestions?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y57r767bcxc
I generally like nice zingy rounds (Rotosounds) on my Jazz basses, but this slightly warmer, woodier tone sounds good to me. So, what strings immediately spring to mind when you hear this (rather heavily compressed, or at least it sounds that way on my laptop speakers) tone?
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07-02-2008, 05:35 PM
| | | | You could always shoot him a message on youtube, but generally DR Hi Beams are a favorite among slappers. |
07-02-2008, 06:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | MarloweDK's a nice guy; he'll answer you if you ask him a question. Go ahead and ask him all about his tone. Actually I think he posts here too, but I haven't seen him post recently.
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07-03-2008, 09:03 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | Great tone and stellar playing in that vid! DR's definitely come to mind for me. |
07-03-2008, 09:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Largo, Florida, USA | |  That is what I'm talkin' 'bout!!
Totally in the groove. Not overly flashy. No wasted motion. Not beating the crap out of the bass. Oh yeah and killer tone!
Would love to know what strings he's using as well!
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07-03-2008, 11:03 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | His youtube section says he uses DR, D'Addarios and La Bellas. No more specifics. I'll shoot him a message later.
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07-03-2008, 08:37 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati | | | He might have it listed on his website...
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07-19-2008, 05:30 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | I've just put a set of DR Hi Beams on my graphite neck Jazz (the fretted one). They're nice strings, zingy bright but with plenty of grunt in the mids and nice definition in the lows. I'm unsure yet whether I prefer them to my usual Rotosound Swing Bass rounds or not. I certainly don't prefer the price - £29 a set over here, about twice what I pay for Rotosounds (understandably, I suppose).
I've got a gig tonight and I'll get a more accurate impression of them then, but if I like them enough then I could pick up a few sets while I'm in NY next month, the price would be a lot more reasonable there.
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07-19-2008, 09:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | Labella Hard Rockin Steels slap very nice as well. |
07-19-2008, 09:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | He is in the freaking pocket. Wow
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