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best bass for reggae
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Bass player of Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash plays a Squier Jazz and sounds killer.
Daryl Jennifer of Bad Brains plays a Jazz body with a Modulus graphite neck with rounds, and I've never heard anyone say his reggae tone sucks!
Jazz bass, neck/bridge 75/25, tone rolled off..
Sorry about the kitten.............
Sorry about the kitten.............
Great thread.
I've seen a lot of mentions of Stingrays, and I was a bit curious about their role in reggae and dub.
The basses have a fantastic range, but often sound 'clicky' to me.
Any examples of a Ray in use?
I'm new to all of this so please be gentle!
I've seen a lot of mentions of Stingrays, and I was a bit curious about their role in reggae and dub.
The basses have a fantastic range, but often sound 'clicky' to me.
Any examples of a Ray in use?
I'm new to all of this so please be gentle!
Roll of the highs and pluck the strings closer to the fretboard and away from the pickup (if it is a Stingray with only one pu). Here is a perfomance of the great Don Carlos in which you can see and hear a Stingray.
Basically roll off the highs and play close to the fretboard is all you need to do on any bass. If you're playing reggae style bass... you can make almost any bass work. Usually just EQ heavy on the bass side. Honestly though, the final EQ is up the the player and what they feel works best for the music.
I think that you can play reggea on most any bass really convincingly.
Some do it on steinbergers, some on P basses, some on Jazzes.
Get something that you like and really get along with. once you done that practice.
I play in a reggae cover band and i tried both a Fender Precision and a jazz bass. Both American standard.
I found that the jazz bass provides that undefined, muddy fat bass like no other. It worked perfectly for songs like 'kinky reggae'. However, if your next song in the gig is 'is this love' , then you need a more defined and punchier sound. It turned out that I sold the jazz bass, because it was not my favourite, and I only use my precision now.
I found that the jazz bass provides that undefined, muddy fat bass like no other. It worked perfectly for songs like 'kinky reggae'. However, if your next song in the gig is 'is this love' , then you need a more defined and punchier sound. It turned out that I sold the jazz bass, because it was not my favourite, and I only use my precision now.
According to the description, the bass is mod with DiMarzio pickup and Hipshot bridge.Damn that sounds good... That's gotta be a replacement pickup in that sucker... Right?
