Recent content by Dub Wallace

THIS IS THE BEST, MOST CONSTRUCTIVE THREAD I HAVE READ IN QUITE A LONG TIME. A big "THANK YOU" to all who have contributed!

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I don't know if this has already been said but... "tone is in the fingers". I have seen that line posted so many times in all these threads on my quest for a specific tone. I hate that line, it seems almost like a knee jerk response with an undertone of "just figure it out for yourself". The...

These stories have a Jack Kerouac type vibe! Love it!

Ferrari_RE by Dub Wallace posted Sep 14, 2017 at 12:46 PM What's ironic about this quote is that Ferrari was making farm tractors before he was making high end super cars. ;)

I've had the opportunity to try the Tech21 VT Bass, the DarkGlass B3K, DarkGlass Vintage Microtubes and Solidgold FX Beta. I went with the Solidgold Beta. The Beta seemed to create the tube amp on the verge of break up tone the best. I think that any of the pedals that people are recommending...

I've been following this thread all week... so much info here. I also play reggae and I have encountered the same mushiness from my live tone. I have often thought about adding a compressor to my rig to help tighten up, give some tone definition and some limiting (not interested in adding...

1 more before I go - 3 ply tort on Lake Placid Blue. One of my favorite combos on a P-Bass!

I think these should work.

Busy Fingers by Dub Wallace posted Aug 18, 2017 at 9:03 AM

I bought a bass that played so good, unfortunately the color was terrible. I would play that bass off and on for years. Every time I picked it up, the tone & the play ability, it was just better than any other bass I had. But the color drove me away, I just couldn't get over it. I refinished it...

I like "Tone 1". I would like to hear it in the mix. Me thinks it would sit well and cut just right depending on the genre. I think "Tone 2" may get buried.

I played in a blues band for about 2 years and I had no prior experience playing the blues before hand. My situation was similar to yours, a local gigging blues band needed a bass player... Before I auditioned, I met with the BL and he gave me a copy of their album and their set lists that...

@sowilson - when recording the 1st two tracks in the studio, we recorded straight D.I., no amps or mic's. @silky smoove - Thanks for laying down some of your knowledge, after reading your thread on building your studio, I can tell that your attention to detail go above and beyond. I guess I was...

BTW... the tone I'm trying to achieve is a modern Reggae tone, not the boom, thud of the ol' school sound. I actually have no problem catching that vibe with my recordings. What I'm trying to achieve is almost that neo-soul, urban gospel tone if that makes any sense. I'm hearing that type of...