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11-10-2011, 10:57 AM
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I'd have to say it's Jaco on Joni Mitchell's album "Mingus." When many Jazz "purists" heard that an electric bass player was going to play on a Mingus tribute album, they were pissed, but Jaco's touch and tone is so amazing on that entire album, he won most of them over. This is not a chop recording at all. It's just his tone and musicality that kills. |
11-10-2011, 11:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Los Angeles, Ca | | | As much as I like Gary Willis's sound I still think Jaco had the best fretless sound on a recording. |
11-10-2011, 11:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth | | | I think Tony Franklin's tone on the first Blue Murder album is my favorite.
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11-11-2011, 02:27 PM
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11-11-2011, 02:59 PM
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11-11-2011, 03:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: belfast | | | in my opinion....gary willis...love his sound |
11-11-2011, 08:25 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Michael Manring's tone on Michael Hedges' "I Carry Your Heart" was the first song that ever made me want to have a fretless. I'd already been playing bass for 5 years when I first heard it and owned lots of albums with fretless on them (including lots of Jaco/Weather Report). It's one of the simplest lines he's ever done, but the tone was so pure and un-honky I fell in love with it. Michael Hedges - I Carry Your Heart - YouTube
Franc O'Shea's tone on the song Alkimia (off the album with the same name) is also a favorite. |
11-12-2011, 06:34 AM
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11-12-2011, 03:46 PM
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11-12-2011, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler  Michael Manring's tone on Michael Hedges' "I Carry Your Heart" was the first song that ever made me want to have a fretless. I'd already been playing bass for 5 years when I first heard it and owned lots of albums with fretless on them (including lots of Jaco/Weather Report). It's one of the simplest lines he's ever done, but the tone was so pure and un-honky I fell in love with it. Michael Hedges - I Carry Your Heart - YouTube
Franc O'Shea's tone on the song Alkimia (off the album with the same name) is also a favorite. | +1 Manring's such a great player!! I have to throw in Jaco's Donna Lee- Just a killer track and an isolated elevated moment in bassdom!! It was (and still is) jaw dropping in its release. This is an interesting thread with plenty of stuff to listen to!! Thanks!! |
11-12-2011, 05:53 PM
|  | needs more fuzz | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | | | The term "best" is subjective. I've always admired Steve DiGiorgio's tones on Death albums as well as Sean Malone on Cynic records ("Focus" comes to mind).
Jeroen had a damn nice sound when he was in Obscura, too.
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11-19-2011, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: East Brookfield, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh Pelican The term "best" is subjective. I've always admired Steve DiGiorgio's tones on Death albums as well as Sean Malone on Cynic records ("Focus" comes to mind). | I LOVED the stuff that Steve DiGiorgio did with Death, but I was always bummed by how badly they buried his track! 
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11-19-2011, 10:54 AM
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11-19-2011, 11:05 AM
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11-19-2011, 11:30 AM
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Affiliated with Tune Guitar Maniac | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles California | | I love all those guys, but for fretless tone, my ultimate reference track has always been "A Remark You Made" on Weather Report's Heavy Weather. Never heard better.  |
11-19-2011, 12:29 PM
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11-19-2011, 02:00 PM
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