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10-13-2008, 07:29 AM
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Maybe I'm the oddball here, but I have read a lot of threads about so and so having great tone, etc. I'd just like to go on the record saying that I have honestly never paid attention to the "tone" of the bass, even after playing for 20 plus years. I listen for the notes that are being played, but the actual "tone" doesn't do it for me one way or the other, just as long as it sounds decent. I'm just not hung up on it.  |
10-13-2008, 08:25 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Tone is in the fingers, but having said that, I'd much rather use an amp I like the sound of than not.
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10-13-2008, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | That's cool. Consider yourself lucky. Sometimes I'm picky, sometimes I'm not. I know people that obsess over tone.
I've tried a lot of different settings. I'll favor one setting for a year or so and then tweak it and favor that setting.
Lately, I've been trying to get a little more grit into my sound. Not really distortion, but more of a driven sound that breaks up gently. We'll see how long that lasts.
Joe
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10-13-2008, 09:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | | There are tons of anecdotes about great players making beautiful music on crappy instruments.
there are even more ads in bass player et al for gear that has KILLER TONE!!!!! than there are for KILLER YEARS OF PRACTICE AND SLOW STEADY IMPROVEMENT!!!! |
10-13-2008, 10:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I think it depends on the music. If you're playing country for example, or a lot of slow blues, you're fairly restricted as to note choice and tone is really all you have.
Play Red House or some Vince Gill slow song that's 4+ minutes of whole notes and half notes. Thats a long time for a note to sound mediocre. Do the same thing with a really nice tone and it's a lot more tolerable for everyone involved including the audience.
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10-13-2008, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | the tone really is as important as the pitch and timing. its like the singers "voice"
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10-13-2008, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve I think it depends on the music. If you're playing country for example, or a lot of slow blues, you're fairly restricted as to note choice and tone is really all you have.
Play Red House or some Vince Gill slow song that's 4+ minutes of whole notes and half notes. Thats a long time for a note to sound mediocre. Do the same thing with a really nice tone and it's a lot more tolerable for everyone involved including the audience.
IMHO | Absolutely agree 100%...
Plus in sparse arrangements, tone becomes much more important than when you have ton of other instruments to compete with. |
10-13-2008, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by varunkapahi the tone really is as important as the pitch and timing. its like the singers "voice" | +1
If you don't care about tone, a MIDI arrangement should sound as good as any bass player. For me, it's all about how it sounds, and the notes played are just one part of the overall sound. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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