Haha, i just got one of those..
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No bulls***, I went to Jr High and High School with Paul Tutmarc's granddaughter.
Yes, and also with a not-killer amp. If you can afford killer amps then get a killer bass too.
I don't know about grunge, but it is a fact that the best bass for grudge music is a Sire. It says so in their literature on the website. Not only just regular grudge music, but strong grudge music, they'll do well.
I agree. Except for the "solo" at 2:14 you can't really hear it. Man how I love Veni Vidi Vicious and Tyrannasaurus Hives though.
when i said killer I meant loud as hell hahaha BTW just bought the mustang squier, they had one in woodbrass that someone bought so managed to find another one in Seville ando bought it couple of hour ago, I'll show it when it arrives Is a candy apple red hope i like the colour when I have it on my hands
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Depending on the garage, an oil resistant bass might be in order.The garage is probably the one room in my house without a bass in it.Guess I need a "garage bass" too.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I can't imagine anybody in a band like the Sonics playing anything that didn't have some well placed damage back when they were new. That's the role model.
I play in a jangly '60s rock band that has a major garage element to the sound. As a Brit I immediately thought of the electronic genre 'garage'...
In Garage rock, the guitars tend to be pretty clean and pretty bright sounding, with a hard attack. As a bassist you have to basically stay in and around the low-mid frequencies. Some of the old mono tracks on the Nuggets album have an incredible power and thump in the bass end; way more than on early stereo mixes that panned drums and bass off to one channel. You ideally want a bass with a pickup at the end of the neck for that consistently pillowy low-end that survives, thumping, with even the crudest and most basic recording techniques and equipment. Think Gibson EB0, EB2 (or Rivoli, both of which would be the perfect candidate), Rickenbacker 4001, Guild Starfire etc... Your other option is to wade through music and junk shops until you find an old MIJ bass at a totally cut down price (not the hipsterish Reverb prices). A Kay 20-B would be a perfect match. I would pair the bass with flatwound strings and a decent compressor. I recently created a thread on here searching for an strong, exaggerated '60s optical compressor style of effect. I use a Joe Meek FloorQ pedal, which gets the job done!
In Garage rock, the guitars tend to be pretty clean and pretty bright sounding, with a hard attack. As a bassist you have to basically stay in and around the low-mid frequencies. Some of the old mono tracks on the Nuggets album have an incredible power and thump in the bass end; way more than on early stereo mixes that panned drums and bass off to one channel. You ideally want a bass with a pickup at the end of the neck for that consistently pillowy low-end that survives, thumping, with even the crudest and most basic recording techniques and equipment. Think Gibson EB0, EB2 (or Rivoli, both of which would be the perfect candidate), Rickenbacker 4001, Guild Starfire etc... Your other option is to wade through music and junk shops until you find an old MIJ bass at a totally cut down price (not the hipsterish Reverb prices). A Kay 20-B would be a perfect match. I would pair the bass with flatwound strings and a decent compressor. I recently created a thread on here searching for an strong, exaggerated '60s optical compressor style of effect. I use a Joe Meek FloorQ pedal, which gets the job done!
I play in a 60s Garage band. Covers of The Sonics, The McCoys, The Strangers etc. I play a Squier VM Jaguar Short Scale, with Chromes on. Stick to the P pickup, with tone rolled down and put some felt under the strings at the bridge for a bit of muting. No idea if this is the same type of garage rock being talked about on here, but that's how I try and get a bit of vintage 60s thump, which sits nicely under the at times jangly guitars.
