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11-21-2006, 07:45 AM
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1. matt freeman of rancid
2. john taylor or duran duran
3. chris of anti flag
4. geddy lee
5. tetsu of l'arc en ciel
6. flea of rhcp
im wondering what other bands where you can actually hear the bass instead of just 'feeling' it? cause sometimes when listen to most death metal stuff or blink182 esque pop punk or 80s hair metal the bass is simply buried in the mix so much u cant actually hear it....so yea
the first time, i listened to dance of eternity and ytse jam by dream theater(before i started playin bass) i didnt even notice the bass solo. |
11-21-2006, 08:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Palo Alto, CA | | | Timmy C. from Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave is definitely another one for this list.
Justin Chancellor (Tool) also usually has very noticeable lines.
-Dash
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11-21-2006, 08:53 AM
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11-21-2006, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Doug Pinnick / King's X (in a trio, his stuff is always less likely to get buried.)
These guys have certain tracks where the bass takes a less prominent role, but just as many if not more of their songs showcase a more upfront bass sound:
Stefan Lessard / Dave Matthews Band
P-Nut / 311
Tad Kinchla / Blues Traveler
Dave Schools / Widespread Panic
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11-21-2006, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay Terrien All of this depends on how much your producer likes you. |
Or bass in general. A lot of 80s metal producers thought bass was pointless, so removed it from the mix. Thus, a lot of 80s metal sounds awful.
It also has to do with YOUR tonal choice. A lot of bassists you can't hear well in the mix on CD sound amazingly boomy (in a good way) live or even with a subwoofer.
The key is finding the tonal space your guitarists (and other instrumentalists) don't occupy, and getting in there a bit. If your guitarist has really bassy tone, add some mids and highs. Tinny tone? Some really bass bass will make everything sound great. Etc.
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11-21-2006, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay Terrien All of this depends on how much your producer likes you. | how do i know if a producer dig bass?
im gonna add that the bassist from 'cake' has a nice finger tone that cuts thru pretty well. maybe its because their guitarist dont use much distortion |
11-21-2006, 10:23 AM
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bassists with cutting tone in rock music?
| Um. John Entwistle? |
11-21-2006, 10:53 AM
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Chris Squire
Les Claypool
Geezer Butler |
11-21-2006, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay Terrien All of this depends on how much your producer likes you. | +1.
Remember, live bass and recorded bass can sound vastly different in the mix. My jazz doesn't really do it well for me in the studio, but it sure rocks live. On the other hand, I wouldn't even go near a studio without my Precision!
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11-21-2006, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Dash Rantic Timmy C. from Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave is definitely another one for this list.
Justin Chancellor (Tool) also usualy has very noticeable lines.
-Dash | +1
id also say ryan martine from mudvayne.
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11-21-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by woodyTUH +1
id also say ryan martine from mudvayne. | imo, ryan doesnt really hav a cutting tone.. |
11-21-2006, 11:48 AM
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11-21-2006, 02:29 PM
| | | | Scott Clendenin (Death)
Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Death, yaddayaddayadda)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) |
11-21-2006, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murray, KY | | | It's not the most prominent bass sound in the world, but Duff from Guns n Roses had a somewhat cutting bass sound. I liked it anyways.... Yeah you mentioned Dream Theatre, john myung's tone is such a waste of his talent. |
11-21-2006, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BrandonBass imo, ryan doesnt really hav a cutting tone.. | He had one on LD50, but it's been buried in the mix after that... too bad. 
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11-21-2006, 04:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Nobody mentioned him before, but add Billy Gould from FNM to that list. I´m seriously trying to obtain a tone like his.
Check it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMG8az3gK8
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11-21-2006, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by justinb515 It's not the most prominent bass sound in the world, but Duff from Guns n Roses had a somewhat cutting bass sound. I liked it anyways.... Yeah you mentioned Dream Theatre, john myung's tone is such a waste of his talent. | Myung's recorded tone is a lot better on Train Of Thought and Octavarium, since he switched to the new signature bass. It's still compressed to hell though, although it's not all that surprising when the huge sonic egos of Petrucci, Rudess and Portnoy fill up 90% of the sonic space. |
11-21-2006, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hillsboro, Tx | | | michael todd-coheed and cambria
tim payne-thursday
nick beard-circa survive
jeremy gomez-mineral
chopper-emery
just some guys with great tone that cuts through good, that nobody else would have mentioned, so i had to show some love.(my kind of music)
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11-21-2006, 05:50 PM
| | | | Yeah I feel sorry for Mr. Myung. I've serious spent lots of time TRYING my hardest to hear him, and I just can't. I can usually hear some kind of bass at least somewhere in a recording, but in DT, I just can't.
Roger Waters
Maybe not really cutting tone, but the bass was mixed high on a good amount of floyd albums, and they sound really good cause of it.
(sorry I don't know his name)
The guy who plays/played for electric wizard.
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11-21-2006, 06:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: malone ny | | | cutting tons of tone!!!!!
All the names are great in all but you can't have a list of bass players with cutting tone with out the man of tone himself MR Big "Billy Sheehan" to me he is the tone god !!!:bassist: | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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