Hey, I'm somewhat new to bass and I'm trying to get as close as possible to Trevor Bolder's tone during the ziggy era with bowie. Specifically the santa monica 72 live album. I've got a fender jazz standard and a roland cube 30.
What I need to know is how to set this all up to get the tone. Where do I set the tone knobs on the bass, which pickups should I use? Which amp settings would best replicate his? I was told I should use flatwounds, can anyone verify this? Does he play with a pick or his fingers?
I've searched google but all I've found is some interviews that don't give much info on his equipment and some pictures of him with the spiders where he appears to be holding a rickenbacker, though I was told he used a P-bass... My hope is that someone here has a good enough ear and the experience to figure it out..
I've included a link to an audio file that has a couple clips from the album below.
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=138443
Any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers.
