Most basses played in the recording of a single song?
 

I'm curious about the recording methods of pro musicians on a large budget. I'd love to know if, whilst recording, do people routinely change basses mid-song. Hypothetically, what I'm thinking is: Ric for the atmospheric intro, P for the thumping verse, J for the punchy chorus, hollow-body for the middle 8....

I've always been a single-bass kinda guy (although, like most, I am afflicted with TB related GAS) and I've never experienced it myself whilst in the studio.

Can anyone identify songs recorded in this manner?

Closest I can think of is Jeff Ament double tracking fretless and fretted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ

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So good. Trust Tap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkOIqemtVI

Here's Stingray playing the main bass riff and an 8-string doing some overdubs. It may (sure ain't) not be the most basses played in one song but it's cool anyway

Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) used 3 basses on "At The End Of The Day", a Rick, a Guild Pilot, and an upright.

Dave Meros from Spock's Beard switches between a couple of electric basses and a double bass for different sections of the song At the End of the Day.

Edit: I was wasting time looking for video footage while danomite beat me to the punch. :)

Didn't Spock play a number of basses when he sat in with Dave Matthew's Beard?

I forget the exact details of the story but John Entwistle used 2 Danelectros and 1 Fender Jazz Bass for the bass solo on, My Generation.

The 2 Dannys broke strings (new strings not to be found so it was easier to buy another Danny). After the 2nd Danny broke a string and no more Dannys could be found, John used a Jazz Bass.

So, it took 3 basses to do The Who single, My Generation.

May a fellow TBer correct my details of this story.

Brian Bromberg uses multiple basses on his recordings. On his Jaco album he's using a staggering amount of basses.

Entwistle also layered several bass parts on "Trick of the Light", but I'm not sure if they are different basses or just multiple overdubs of the same.

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Chris Squire, "The Fish"?

It's probably not quite what you had in mind when asking the original question, but Michael Manring originally played 3 basses at the same time on his song My Three Moons. He played four when he performed the song at Bass Day 98.

http://youtu.be/XdYnWH9Aeok

5sg.

Every once in a while my guitarist suggests using a fretted and fretless bass on the same track. The OCD in me isn't too keen on that since I don't have JT's doubleneck.

Ive flown in low Bs on a 5 and played the rest of the song on a p bass. Other than that, i tend to prefer music that sounds like a band playing live.

Had an artist decide to redo everything with my upright, after first tracking 4 or 5 tracks with my Sadowsky P/J.

Aside from some symphony recordings I think Phil Spector might have done sessions with the most bassists . He might have had five or six bass players on a session , all playing in unison .

Might have been an 8 string on that one, I think he used an 8 string on "Success Story" as well but I'm not sure.
Anyway...Lou Reeds "Walk on the Wild Side" is a great example of multiple basses on a track..upright and electric.
You can probably find a few videos of his bass players doing both or one part live. Fernando Saunders or his appearance on David Letterman with Will Lee playing both parts are good examples.

It definitely happens, although to what extent I can't say for sure.

Nobody said it yet, so wth I'll go there:

Big Bottoms by Spinal Tap.

Edit: woops, didn't watch the videos before posting :-/