Lots of basses to drool over. playing ain't bad either.
The T-bird really ripped I thought.
The T-bird really ripped I thought.
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Bass Heaven
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Don’t blame the car, blame the driver lol
I really noticed Kevin Scott and his tone relatively recently. I had been wanting to build another bass, maybe a Precision, when a paid more attention Kevin's tone. Not long after I started looking, Premier Guitar came out with Kevin's Rig Rundown.
Most of his basses were equipped with (Alex) Avedissian Pickups, out of Atlanta.
Right around this time, Warmoth released the first of the Multi-Piece body line of guitar and bass bodies. I saw a roasted alder body and snagged it up. That was the start of my Olympic White Precision Home Build.
Aside from the SVT, he also uses a Jad Freer Sisma as a backup and for "smaller" duties he uses a Jad Freer VOLTA.
While my amps are primarily Ashdown, my favorite are my all tube CTM-30 and Little Bastard LB-30 (same amps, different clothes). They breakup predictably and wonderfully. With hotter vintage style pickups, I can roll in the amount of overdrive and distortion to my taste and the KSP seems to fit that bill precisely.
He also has seven Moollon P basses and an Aluminati Helios with Avedissian custom pickups.
In the OP's post, I really like the bass lines in One Of The Days, using the Jag Bass. He's said that slap isn't his thing, he still does it for pieces like this one. He is a genius at improvision. Just watch some of his other bands such as FORQ, Bruce Hampton and Wayne Krantz.
Most of his basses were equipped with (Alex) Avedissian Pickups, out of Atlanta.
Right around this time, Warmoth released the first of the Multi-Piece body line of guitar and bass bodies. I saw a roasted alder body and snagged it up. That was the start of my Olympic White Precision Home Build.
Aside from the SVT, he also uses a Jad Freer Sisma as a backup and for "smaller" duties he uses a Jad Freer VOLTA.
While my amps are primarily Ashdown, my favorite are my all tube CTM-30 and Little Bastard LB-30 (same amps, different clothes). They breakup predictably and wonderfully. With hotter vintage style pickups, I can roll in the amount of overdrive and distortion to my taste and the KSP seems to fit that bill precisely.
He also has seven Moollon P basses and an Aluminati Helios with Avedissian custom pickups.
In the OP's post, I really like the bass lines in One Of The Days, using the Jag Bass. He's said that slap isn't his thing, he still does it for pieces like this one. He is a genius at improvision. Just watch some of his other bands such as FORQ, Bruce Hampton and Wayne Krantz.
I have a Lakland Glaub converted to a PJ with Avedissian pickups about 10 years ago. Really nice pickups, although likely not the same as Kevin's. They are great pups regardless, similar to my lollars but more clarity and punch.
Avedissian's regular P Bass pickup is (currently) wound to 11.6KΩ, which is slightly warmer than a standard P. The KSP is wound to 12.6KΩ, witch is noticeably hotter. (DC resistance is only a rough guide line to how a pickup sounds. The higher the resistance, typically, the higher the inductance, which is a more accurate measurement of a pickup's tone.)
By comparison with some other pickups;
Fender PV '60's is wound to 10.4KΩ at 5.8 Henries (H),
CS '62 is 10.5KΩ & 5.9 H,
PV '63 is 12KΩ & 7.0 H &
the new Coastline '60 wil be wound to 11.28KΩ & 6.42 H (Due out this Summer).
The Fralin P-Bass standard wind is 11KΩ & as is Lollar's standard that is wound to 11KΩ. Lollar's High Wind is 12.7kΩ. (No inductance reading for these.)
Both the KSP and the Lollar High Wind are hot and thick sounding, likely well over 7 H.
Pair the KSP pickup with his preferred Dunlap Flatwounds, you will get some fat tones. I'm starting with the Dunlaps and I'll see where I want to go from there.
My P is 10.8k and the J in 9k-10k range, I like how they sound with dirt pedals. The bass came with a Fralin P originally, but I found it too clanky, same with the Fralin Js.
Come on…if you don’t like distortion, it’s not the amp’s fault. They don’t have to be turned up to 11.
