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Advice on my 4003 travel mate.

#21
bobalu said:
"...next record I want to own my tone...and not barrow someone else's. haha"

Well, it doesn't sound like you're going to be able to do that with those engineers.

If they can't record a 4003, I'd be wonderin' about their skills, I don't care what recording credentials they have.

Just sounds really odd to me. :hmm:
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To be fair I am not the most seasoned bass player in the world. If Bass tone is all in your fingers perhaps I just wasn't making the rick work at the time. I had only recently got it. Wouldn't shock me. Maybe not. i dunno.

They were a great match for the band BUT we joke that they hated Bass... their idea of good bass tone is one you can't hear. No tone through a DI. the record came out great from a general perspective but you are not gonna listen to it and be like "HOLY **** THOSE BASS LINES!"

Which I am not there to be impressive but there is a happy median between that and not being heard at all. I am all about serving the song but I was defiantly playing some Adam Clayton parts. (no offense to him)

in other news..
I am officially in the market for Jaguar Bass
 
#22
pbass2 said:
Which G&L was it? Just curious. I like some G&Ls but any one I can think of is worlds apart from a Rick! But with a producer of that caliber I would certainly defer to their judgement. Last time I tracked with anyone in that league I brought in 6 very different basses, planning to use at least 4 of them for different kinds of songs, but the producer ended up liking my jazz for the whole record, from rockers to ballads (and, he was right:)
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Sorry I have no clue what it was. It wasn't mine and I didnt bother to ask bc I was pissed I wasn't playing my rick HA.
I did not care for it.
 
#23
Tim Palmer's been around for a long time. I didn't know he did so much stuff in the 80's, though. He produced the first Tin Machine album...that's one of my very favorite albums Bowie ever did. Kind of a fine line to walk between showing the dude respect and making sure your creativity comes out intact, but it's hard to argue with the voice of experience. He may know something you don't and improve your final product a hundredfold, too.

But you learned something here, I believe...people who record bands really really really like Fender basses. Some folks get upset about that...I say I'm glad they really like basses I can afford rather than making me get some $5000 bass.
 
#24
JimmyM said:
Tim Palmer's been around for a long time. I didn't know he did so much stuff in the 80's, though. He produced the first Tin Machine album...that's one of my very favorite albums Bowie ever did. Kind of a fine line to walk between showing the dude respect and making sure your creativity comes out intact, but it's hard to argue with the voice of experience. He may know something you don't and improve your final product a hundredfold, too.

But you learned something here, I believe...people who record bands really really really like Fender basses. Some folks get upset about that...I say I'm glad they really like basses I can afford rather than making me get some $5000 bass.
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I hear that.
 

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