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04-27-2008, 08:35 PM
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just amazing tone this man has!! how does he get such a great tone? |
04-28-2008, 08:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | | Ken Smith basses help. They have a natural " R&B" sound to them. Of course, its all in his hands.
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04-28-2008, 09:31 AM
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40 years of playing.
It's in his hands. |
04-28-2008, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo-Man 
40 years of playing.
It's in his hands. | Proof positive, Chuck has used dozens of different basses/rigs/etc... over the years and his sound is still pretty consistent. |
04-28-2008, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by BuffaloBass Ken Smith basses help. They have a natural " R&B" sound to them. Of course, its all in his hands. | His classic work was done on a Fender P-bass.
A discussion/argument I always get into with younger, gear-obsessed players...back in my day, guys could use 'logs' & still make it happen.
More so than hands...it's in his heart, mind & soul.
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04-28-2008, 10:39 AM
| | | | true story ya'll!! very good points. |
04-28-2008, 01:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Yeah, Chuck has played all sorts over the years.
Smith, Fender, Spector, Warwick, Warrior...always sounds great, though I'd most like to hear him with the Spector and not so much the P bass! |
04-28-2008, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 ...though I'd most like to hear him with the Spector and not so much the P bass! | 
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04-28-2008, 02:13 PM
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04-28-2008, 07:40 PM
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04-28-2008, 08:02 PM
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04-29-2008, 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan Vorse | Hey, some of us like a little growl and cut and not so much fart. Different vinegar strokes for different folks. |
04-29-2008, 04:14 AM
| | | | An example of Rainey's P-bass with a 'farty' tone would be "______________"?
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04-29-2008, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JimK An example of Rainey's P-bass with a 'farty' tone would be "______________"? | Well, thats the nature of P basses, innit! |
04-29-2008, 04:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | | Dont fret CHris, I'm an old fart and would still prefer to hear Chuck on a trebly clanky Jazz... but I like that 70's sound rounds/maple boards with fret noisie...
The Steely Dan song Gaucho, imho, is indicative of Chuck's phat fingered groove, easy, subtle, with just the right amount of ghost notes, etc. In fact, the anal retentive Dan boys must have asked Chuck to clean it up some I''d reckon.
But I can see how he'd gravitate toward Ken Smith basses. They have that signature phat R&B sound, imho.
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04-29-2008, 04:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Scotland | | | Chuck's tone on "Peg" is incredible, really woody and organic sounding, and not coloured at all.
Not to mention some oustanding playing too.
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04-29-2008, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 Well, thats the nature of P basses, innit! | Mine isn't (a '64 now outfitted with a Norstrand pickup).
I can see people's point about 'farty' bass tones with someone like Jack Bruce (Gibson bass w/ 2 pickups) & maybe even Jaco (Fender Jazz).
Rainey, Jamerson, Rocco, & the others known for playing early P-basses? I don't hear it.
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04-29-2008, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BuffaloBass The Steely Dan song Gaucho, imho, is indicative of Chuck's phat fingered groove, easy, subtle, with just the right amount of ghost notes, etc. In fact, the anal retentive Dan boys must have asked Chuck to clean it up some I''d reckon. | The song "Gaucho" is played by Walter Becker.
And maybe it's me (& it usually is)-
I'm not sure Rainey gravitated towards Smith basses...the cynic in me thinks he was given one.
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04-29-2008, 05:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | | Jim, NO WAY. THats not Becker. is it? Holy smokes. With those slides an all. No way, didnt think Becker got that feel at all, unless he learned the song from Chuck. ,
Really, I;m stunned. I;m grabbing my old vinyl " Gaucho" copy right now and checking the liner notes...
HUH, there it is in black and white. I'm stunned. I gotta give Walter props. See I can tell its him on the Everythign Must Go disc, that sounds like Becker to me, pretty "clean", and not a ton of feel.
Wow. Learn something new everyday, and theres my first today. THNX Jim. and Sorry Walt.
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04-29-2008, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimK Mine isn't (a '64 now outfitted with a Norstrand pickup).
I can see people's point about 'farty' bass tones with someone like Jack Bruce (Gibson bass w/ 2 pickups) & maybe even Jaco (Fender Jazz).
Rainey, Jamerson, Rocco, & the others known for playing early P-basses? I don't hear it. | +1. Nothing against Spectors (I'm a huge Doug Wimbish fan) its just I prefer that old school tone of the Aretha/Steely Dan era. The recordings I've heard of him on a Spector just didn't sound that great.
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