Wants to sound like Patitucci...

[Jazzerbone]

I just heard, well saw, a DVD of the Electrik Band playing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in 04' and Patitucci's tone in that recording is what exactly I have been spending a long time searching for. Warm, but not too warm; good sustain; good, clean high sound; punch in the low range without being "boomy".

After searching around the forum for a while, I found that he switched to the D'Addario half wounds in '04, but I don't know if he was using those yet on that recording.

I understand that just buying the right strings won't get me the tone that I want, but I don't really have the money to go out buying amps and guitars, so strings are my next best bet in at least getting close to what I want.

I am playing a Peavey Cirrus 5 string, and I just put on some Steel GHS Bass Boomers about 2 weeks ago. My amp right now is a Peavey TKO. The Boomers aren't what I'm looking for. No chance of getting a warm sound without creating a huge booming sound. I should of thought about that when the package said "boomers".

I have noticed that a lot of people here aren't too hot about the half rounds D'Addario makes. Is there a better choice that will get me in the same direction or are those just impatient people?

Also, any tips you would have about EQ and other things that would help my tone would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

G

[SGT. Pepper]

The Pat Man uses the nickels and recently ProSteels.
If you want his tone you'll need the Agular tube pre-amp and power amp, and the $2400.00 Yamaha will help too.

[AEONmw]

...even though I'm a fairly crappy player, I also want that sound.

Here's my theory , and it's all speculation: I believe that the trick is to run the bass signal, following the preamp, into a crossover. Set the crossover to maybe around 800Hz ? Now, there are two signals present: low ( < 800 Hz), and high (> 800 Hz). Next, apply compression independantly to each signal. Probably use light compression on the low path, and more on the high path. Then, add light chorus/reverb/delay to the high path, and then recombine the high and low paths using a simple mixer.....

[SGT. Pepper]

Originally Posted by AEONmw

...even though I'm a fairly crappy player, I also want that sound.

Here's my theory , and it's all speculation: I believe that the trick is to run the bass signal, following the preamp, into a crossover. Set the crossover to maybe around 800Hz ? Now, there are two signals present: low ( < 800 Hz), and high (> 800 Hz). Next, apply compression independantly to each signal. Probably use light compression on the low path, and more on the high path. Then, add light chorus/reverb/delay to the high path, and then recombine the high and low paths using a simple mixer.....

800hz's is 800hz's. You'll get the same sound whether you use one or the other.
The Pat mans sound is very warm.
Forget the chorus, rev, and delay thing.
He's clean as a whistle. It's his pre-amp and power amp that gets the warmth.
That bass, that BASS, is an awesome sounding bass. I don't know his eq secrets, all I know is his bass sounds great!