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03-13-2010, 03:08 PM
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Reference a particular recording, producer or band who you think has good bass tone. Hope this thread turns out to be fun or informative. just to become aware of different tastes.
I listen to a lot of stuff but I like the bass tone on Sick of it all's built to last record. I think it has ideal amount of drive for hard rock, punk or metal. I lean towards this tone.
Converge's bass tone is great too. It's nasty good. I like how liberal the production is on the bass. It sounds more level with the guitar. Almost anything Kurt Ballou produces is along these lines. reference: Converge's "Axe to Fall" record |
03-13-2010, 03:34 PM
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Almost any Doobie Bros- Tyran Porter, mmm mmm...
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03-13-2010, 03:39 PM
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ref: To The Shrinebuilder (Live)
Steve Kile's tone on any of the Dead Meadow records.
ref: What Needs Must Be
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03-13-2010, 03:42 PM
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03-13-2010, 04:00 PM
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and now for something completely different
A tone that I never hear referenced - Ross Vallory on Journeys 'Escape' (I know) but what a great tone - sounds like all bridge pup to me |
03-13-2010, 09:19 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | Aside from the already mentioned Moving Pictures tone from Geddy Lee, I think that one of the biggest strenghts of Queensr˙che's "Operation: Mindcrime" is Eddie Jackson's superb bass tone. Also, I think that the bassist from this band has the best P-bass tone in a rock setting. |
03-13-2010, 09:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City | | | I'll refer folks to any of the tracks of the Raconteurs disc, "Consolers of the Lonely" - absolutely killer bass tones on that one.
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03-13-2010, 09:38 PM
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Umpherey's McGee- Local Band Does OK
Great example of a lakland 55-94 in a rock setting, sounds like he sets it to Stingray mode.
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03-13-2010, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: under your bed | | Chris Squire; his classic Rickenbacker tone on any old Yes album, Mouradian on 90125, or Tobias on Big Generator for different but all excellent tones.
Geezer Butler - easiest examples would be song N.I.B. and it's intro Bassically, but he had great tone all over the old albums. Some good tones on Mob Rules and Dehumanizer also.
Jack Bruce - pretty much anything, but the overdriven bass on the live version of Sitting on Top of the World is completely awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDU_EHP0yl8
John Entwistle - Live at Leeds
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03-13-2010, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. Also, I think that the bassist from this band has the best P-bass tone in a rock setting. | +1,000,000
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03-14-2010, 04:05 AM
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03-14-2010, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bassteban Almost any Doobie Bros- Tyran Porter, mmm mmm... | After I had been "playing" a couple years or so (mid-'70s)-
Porter was a guy who had a tone I tried to cop (his fingers' tone...I wasn't that big on the picked tone).
Before that (early '70s), John Paul Jones...after Porter (late '70s), it was Chuck Rainey & Will Lee. By that time, it was guys with a tone that worked in Rock, R&B, Soul, Pop, Jazz, etc.
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03-14-2010, 09:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida | | Eddie Jackson on "Operation Mindcrime" and "Empire." Which is probably my favorite bass tone of all time. Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. I think that one of the biggest strenghts of Queensr˙che's "Operation: Mindcrime" is Eddie Jackson's superb bass tone. | Definitely. Any other type of tone just wouldn't work for that cd. Change it and the music loses all it's feeling.
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03-14-2010, 09:50 AM
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03-14-2010, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by cassanova Eddie Jackson on "Operation Mindcrime" and "Empire." Which is probably my favorite bass tone of all time.
Definitely. Any other type of tone just wouldn't work for that cd. Change it and the music loses all it's feeling. | +1. We have a winner. |
03-14-2010, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St Louis, MO, USA | | | Dont forget the importance of the mix. Alot of perceived bass tone has to do with how the producer sits it in the overall mix. That being said, I have some favorites:
Steve Harris - Iron Maiden
Chris Glenn - Michael Schenker Group (1981-84)
Stephan Ellis - Survivor (1981-?) Particularly the 1981 release: Premonition.
Roger Glover - Deep Purple, Rainbow
Ian Thain - Uriah Heep (1972-75)
And the aforementioned, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Terrence Butler, JPJ.
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03-14-2010, 03:35 PM
| | | | My favorite bass tone was on Deep Purple's "Live In Europe" album. Glenn Hughes used a Fender P and a Hiwatt. I also like John Wetton's bass tone who also used a Fender P through a Hiwatt. So a Fender P through a Hiwatt never fails which doesn't mean that there are other good combinations. I use a Fender Am Dlx J through an Ampeg V-4B and am satisfied. |
03-14-2010, 03:41 PM
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03-14-2010, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by yehongxiang John Paul Jones, New Fang by Them Crooked Vultures right now for me. | i would agree with you, except you can barely hear the bass on that whole album
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