ASH vs. ALDER - PART II

[Daede]

...or Don Leslie, for that matter

 

[lomo]

A big plus 1.

"Faith-based luthiery."

Same goes for most threads involving $2,000 power cables, directional speaker cable, power conditioners, tone rocks, M*****r cables, etc. The esoterica reaches the event horizon and all rational thought is sucked inward and crushed. I think we're through the looking glass on this topic.

What matters most in a bass performance? Tone? Technique? I would suggest note selection. First and foremost, be all end all. The right note works, not matter how many or how few, for any musical application. Second would be the delivery of the notes. Be it fingerstyle, slap, pick, what have you. Consistency from measure to measure.

The wood in the bass has zero to do with it up to this point. The playability, yes. The wood, no. Throw in amp selection, cab(s), pickups, strings, frets, no frets, cables, effects, DI's, mics, PA support, the venue/studio... the myriad variables that affect any real world situation. I'd put tonewood selection way, way down the list.

 

[BadJazz]

Like I said, I'm now practically DYING to try as many different material combinations as I can, just to see what all I come up with.

...Invent a new, truly unique sound, and the world will remember you for it (just ask Bob Moog )...

Moog stole his sounds from aliens.

 

[boynamedsuse]

Dan, thanks for these threads about wood's impact on tone, they have been interesting and informative in a number of ways.

The fact that you somehow riled the feathers of a huge portion of the forum is just a hilarious icing on the cake.

I agree.

I also noticed that the naysayers kept quiet until the content of the source audios were revealed. Then, like a bunch of Monday morning quarterbacks, they suddenly had plenty to say.

 

[cassius987]

What matters most in a bass performance? Tone? Technique? I would suggest note selection. First and foremost, be all end all. The right note works, not matter how many or how few, for any musical application. Second would be the delivery of the notes. Be it fingerstyle, slap, pick, what have you. Consistency from measure to measure.

I would put those two things at equal importance. I actually feel that note choice is not the end-all be all people think it is, or at least perfect note choice does not trump bad delivery, even in the slightest. Otherwise though I totally agree with you.

 

[Daede]

...I actually feel that note choice is not the end-all be all people think it is, or at least perfect note choice does not trump bad delivery, even in the slightest.

"You should never lose the groove to find the note" - Vic Wooten, bassist. Excerpt from "Victor Wooten: Groove Workshop"

 

[rbolanos]

thanks for posting these tests!

 

[pasco jacorius]

Concerning the notes , your bass will sound better when the notes are played in the middle of the neck , it has this.."bhoom" kind of resonance . So according to where your play , on the neck , what note you strike(5th , 4th or whatever but the fundamental , just to mess with the whole harmonic stuff) etc.. can influence the tone. And if you play with a compressor it will be even better .