help!!! - what kind of bassguitar on "chemtrails" by beck?

[horak]

love the sound of the bass in this song...
does anybody know what bass jason faulkner used here?

[Rick Auricchio]

Are you curious about the instrument itself, or the tone of the bass on the recording?

There was probably a ton of studio equipment used during tracking and mixdown of the song. So it might be impossible to achieve the same tone.

[horak]

i'm more curious about the bass itself that was used there...
obviously it was played with a pick for to get that clicky sound, maybe a short scale bass (with flats)??

[stingray56funk]

Could be a good question to post to the JMJ section. Justin is a cool guy about answering questions and he mentioned in a BP magazine article, I believe, that he loved that tune and what Jason was doing on the song. He might possibly know the bass.

[horak]

good idea, thanks...

[stingray56funk]

Just here to help...

I'd love to know what bass that is as well. Freakin' awesome song with a sort of "cut loose" bass tone. Sounds very live to my ears.

[Matt Dean]

Live, a P was used... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSyhGVNsos0

[stingray56funk]

Hmmm...could have been a P on the album.

[horak]

"cut loose" describes it very well.
feelingwise similar somehow to sir paul's "high-register-noodling" on "i want you"... also pretty "cut loose"...

[stingray56funk]

Every video I watch of the new lineup of Beck includes that same sunburst/rosewood board P bass. Maybe he used something else in the studio...but the tone sounds "similar".

[horak]

very similar, but to my ears in the studio version there's more "click" to the bass-sound (could have been a preci nonetheless)