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View Poll Results: What Bass BEST replicates FUNK, 60's-70's Soul? | |
P- Bass
|    | 35 | 58.33% | |
Jazz Bass
|    | 22 | 36.67% | |
Musicman Stingray
|    | 1 | 1.67% | |
Boutique Bass (Alembic,ect)
|    | 2 | 3.33% |
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11-11-2007, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: S.W.Side of Chicago-U.P. Mich. | | | In the spirit of Funk and 60's-70's Soul Music...
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Which Bass BEST get's that Ol' School sound??? 
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11-11-2007, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | P bass!
A jazz would do a fine job as well.
Stingray not so much IMO. It could cut the funk but probably not the soul/r&b
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11-11-2007, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ireland | | | Probably a P bass. Shouldn't this be in the basses forum? It being about basses and all
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11-11-2007, 09:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia | | | I voted J bass.... as bootsy used one as did many basssts from bands such as Ohio Players, Gap Band, Bar-Kays etc... but many used the P also/just as much/instead of... I dunno which used which right now.
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11-11-2007, 10:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | j basses are more versatile, but for THAT sound, you cant beat a p-bass. role off the treble and shake some booties!
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11-11-2007, 11:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | Any of them could do it, but I chose a Jazz.
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11-12-2007, 12:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | | P bass all the way. |
11-12-2007, 12:58 AM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Fender Jazz or Precision. Stingray isn't 60's Soul, it's more like late 70's Funk and Disco. The Alembic is more a Stanley thing, not a genre thing IMO. |
11-12-2007, 03:34 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | P-bass for Jamerson/ Duck Dunn groove....J-bass for Larry Graham, early Marcus slap groove. A pretty good modern bass for both those passive tones is the Fender Roscoe Beck, IMHO.
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11-12-2007, 08:59 AM
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Nordy User... Endorser of SIT strings, Epifani Cabs & Benavente Basses Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Nashville/Lexington | | | p. |
11-12-2007, 09:01 AM
| | | | I voted P bass, but Larry Grahm makes a convincing case for the j |
11-12-2007, 11:29 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | Your poll needs an "All Of The Above" category! Plenty of prime examples of spankalicious greasy old-skool funk got played on all those instruments. |
11-12-2007, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester N.Y. | | | P-Bass with flats through an ampeg B-15.
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11-13-2007, 12:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: S.W.Side of Chicago-U.P. Mich. | | | Órale,
The more I listen ( XM-The Groove), It's becoming apparent that a good majority of hit's have been played on a P-Bass, so, I'm going that way! And finally after all these years, I purchased a P-Bass, and with my Band, my Stingray and P both work as far as tone and tunes.
Bobbo 77'
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11-14-2007, 06:25 AM
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P-Bass with flats through an ampeg B-15.
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11-14-2007, 07:06 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | I voted Jazz bass for 'funk'. Now if you're talking old school r&b, then P-bass it is. The MusicMan came after funk was out already so even though it was widely used, I think the Jazz was used more in the context of funk music. |
11-14-2007, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist Fender Jazz or Precision. Stingray isn't 60's Soul, it's more like late 70's Funk and Disco. The Alembic is more a Stanley thing, not a genre thing IMO. | Even though the bass player in "Bird", starring Forrest Whittaker as Charlie Parker, was playing one!  
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11-14-2007, 07:29 AM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | | Probably a P. But a J with extra hot pups could definitely cover that ground as well! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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