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Originally Posted by Ski3223  Very insightful! Exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. I understand tone but I don't always understand what creates it short of its components (player and gear). What I'd like to learn more about is what gear creates which tones. So your answer was very insightful. |
Obviously a player with his talent will sound fabulous on any bass and with any rig, however, that particular tone really is driven by that particular Pedulla spec IMO. Also, sounds quite a bit like old school Bartolini pickups, which are warm, and while they have plenty of top end, the top end is a bit 'creamy and pingy' versus the more grindy, aggressive top end of, for example, jazz bass single coil pickups.
Assuming those are old school Bartolini pickups, that, combined with the unique pickup combination and placement (a P pickup in the neck position, and a hum cancelling J sitting almost right on the bridge) will also bring forward that 'fat low end with that modern ping up top and that space between the note thing', especially when combined with an ebony board (if again, I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing, and hearing what I think I'm hearing!).
What I mean by that is, he played BOTH (yes at the same time) when I saw him. Very cool.
