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Originally Posted by Barkless Dog  i find it interseting that a musician who played with just about everyone in popular music, can't take an active bass to studio gig (except his Gibson RD & Wal) |
But take a look at the kinds of artists he's playing with---for the most part it's all artists and producers who have either an "alt" sonic angle or a bit of a retro undercurrent to the music and production values. That is to say of course, that much current rock, etc. has that sensibility. All the guitars are usually carefully dialed in versions of vintage tones too. Even the Dixie Chicks album he just played on has a classic/retro quality to the tones. I work out here in L.A. with some of these kindsa folks and it's OK by me--I prefer classic/passive tones too. Heck, I've done sessions here where high-maintenance vintage keys like mellotrons and whatnot were hauled in and laboriously set-up for tracking(when a software version probably would have sufficed
. Even the stuff that is more futuristic is usually a tweaked approach to a classic/vintage sound(usually a vintage instrument tone further toyed with production-wise). The very hyped/modern/active bass sounds you hear in other genres--world, jazz, mainstream pop, maybe some metal(?),whatever--just aren't very popular with many producers right now. Even many hiphop and R&B producers these days wanna see a vintage-flavor P or a J over a "modern" active bass.
