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08-11-2006, 05:06 PM
|  | Aaron | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Canada | | | London Calling Tone
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OK, I know this thread may have been created before. I did a search and coudn't find anything. Anyone got advice on getting the kind of tone on London Calling?
PS if you know a thread where this was talked about just put the link here please.
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08-11-2006, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | I'd say its just a no-thrills vintage p-bass tone. Simonon used a fender p and I'm not sure what kind of amp. Pretty flat, maybe roll off some treble? I think he used a pick although not too much pickish sound comes through. If you end up using one, roll back the tone knob some more to compensate. Personally, I wouldn't try to match it exactly as the tone is somewhat waek in my opinion. Somehow it kindof sounds a little squierish to me. Its the playing and writing that makes it so cool. |
08-11-2006, 08:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: calgary, alberta, canada | | | yeah Simonon was a pick player all the way, to get that tone with a pick he must have had the tone knob rolled off. I think a P bass with flats and the tone rolled off played hard with a pick is the way to get that sound.
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08-12-2006, 06:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, UK | | | P bass, probably played-in/dead roundwounds, use a pick over the pickup or towards the neck.
he also played fingerstyle on the reggae-styled songs eg. Guns of brixton. |
08-13-2006, 04:08 PM
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08-13-2006, 04:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Big Sound Central | | | I believe his P was fretless. That's the key.
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08-13-2006, 05:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Boston, MA | | | Definitely not the Epiphonje Rivoli he used in the video! The recent London Calling re-master Album still sounds like crap, just clearer (and I say that with it as one of my favorite albums), but comes with some really great video of the recording sessions. The Producer, Guy Stevens, was a bit of a nutjob and believed in a confrontational style of recording. Mick jones is trying to record a guitar solo and this guy is swinging a ladder dangersously close to his head to "keep him on his toes".
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08-14-2006, 09:24 AM
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08-15-2006, 03:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Finland | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Against Will I believe his P was fretless. That's the key. | Never seen Simonon playing the fretless and "London Calling" doesn't sound like a fretless.
Sounds very P-Bass to me but I haven't tried the Rivoli so can't comment on that. |
09-13-2006, 08:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: uk | | | we play it in one of my bands...i get my sound quite simply by cranking the upper mid range on the graphic a bit, volume up and use fingers NOT pick. Slide up from the 2nd fret A to 7th & 10th frets of the A and D (the main riff, not the chorus)...job done.
the punchy sound of my Rick helps.
No fretless, no fx, just technique.
Last edited by bggeezer : 09-13-2006 at 08:45 PM.
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09-13-2006, 10:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: san diego, CA | | | definitely P-bass with a pick. |
09-14-2006, 05:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York City | | | I think the AMP plays a large role in a sound like this, which you can probably get to in a number of ways....
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09-14-2006, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Against Will I believe his P was fretless. That's the key. | i've personally seen the bass he used. it was not fretless. it's in the r&r hall of fame. jeff |
09-14-2006, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbus, OH | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by PhR Never seen Simonon playing the fretless and "London Calling" doesn't sound like a fretless.
Sounds very P-Bass to me but I haven't tried the Rivoli so can't comment on that. | the one from the album cover wasn't fretless, i saw it with my own 2 eyes at the RRHOF.  |
09-14-2006, 09:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbus, OH | | | i'll wager he used ampeg. |
09-14-2006, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southern California | | | I`ve read that Mick Jones played some bass on some of the Clash records. Anyone know which specific tracks if any, that Mick recorded on bass for "London Calling"? |
09-14-2006, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Against Will I believe his P was fretless. That's the key. | You've got to be kidding? |
09-14-2006, 02:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York City | | hunting around, found this, sheds a little light, not much: http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?...storycode=3974
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