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Blown away by the bass tone

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Low Crow said:
Jack Casady's on Somebody to Love and The Other Side of This Life from Bless It's Pointed Little Head.
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Yeah Jack Casady was the bassist that blew me away, live on stage.

He came out and solo'd before Jefferson Airplane started. I had never seen or heard a bassist do that to a huge audience. According to the official set list he played a long solo intro to 'Won't You Try', then the band started. I actually think it may of been 'Somebody to Love'. Not sure if the bass was a Guild or Alembic.

The other thing I remember was Grace Slick was hot. I was 14 lol.
1969 at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver.
 
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Thegrandwazoo said:
Every Justin Chancellor TOOL album
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It has taken way too long for him to show up in this thread.

His tone is spectacular and I nominate The Pot as one of the best showcases of it:

That low-end grow is just delicious. I love that he adds a little bit of funk to Tool.

A couple of bands that have had insane powerhouse guitarists that completely overshadowed some really amazing bassists:

Creed is...well, you either like them or hate them but Brian Marshall has a pretty sick metal tone.


SCH1SM1C said:
Rex Brown's tone on pretty much all Pantera albums. It's so heavy it can crush everything.
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Rex Brown's work with Pantera was totally stellar and did a ton to flesh out Dimebag's tone and riffs:


We've already talked about JBJ a lot, but something that goes under-appreciated about him is his gorgeous, aggressive tone when he plays with a pick.


The song totally comes to full, groovy life once he comes in.

Same goes with Immigrant Song...and also the scale that he does in the chorus is INSANE



I saw Mike Dirnt mentioned here before and rightfully so. P-bass picked out of a tube amp just sounds awesome and he's an excellent punk bassist.
 
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nabilhuakbar said:
It has taken way too long for him to show up in this thread.

His tone is spectacular and I nominate The Pot as one of the best showcases of it:

That low-end grow is just delicious. I love that he adds a little bit of funk to Tool.

A couple of bands that have had insane powerhouse guitarists that completely overshadowed some really amazing bassists:

Creed is...well, you either like them or hate them but Brian Marshall has a pretty sick metal tone.




Rex Brown's work with Pantera was totally stellar and did a ton to flesh out Dimebag's tone and riffs:


We've already talked about JBJ a lot, but something that goes under-appreciated about him is his gorgeous, aggressive tone when he plays with a pick.


The song totally comes to full, groovy life once he comes in.

Same goes with Immigrant Song...and also the scale that he does in the chorus is INSANE



I saw Mike Dirnt mentioned here before and rightfully so. P-bass picked out of a tube amp just sounds awesome and he's an excellent punk bassist.
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Agree 100% about Justin Chancellor. His tone is killer. Love his tone on Schism, Vicarious, The Pot, and, yeah, everything else.
 
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Admiral Thrawn said:
Agree 100$ about Justin Chancellor. His tone is killer. Love his tone on Schism, Vicarious, The Pot, and, yeah, everything else.
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I had tickets to see them on their current tour. Coronapocalypse kicked off into full swing 3 days before they were gonna play here in Utah.

Hard to believe that was less than a month ago, it's felt like a totally different lifetime
 
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nabilhuakbar said:
I had tickets to see them on their current tour. Coronapocalypse kicked off into full swing 3 days before they were gonna play here in Utah.

Hard to believe that was less than a month ago, it's felt like a totally different lifetime
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Doood, that sucks!

We were going to try and see them in Charlottesville in September, but that turned to sh!t. Here's hoping our Rammstein show is still on for the end of August.
 
#232
Martin Turner's Bass tone on Wishbone Ashes "Nouveau Calls" album.
It was rather dense and dark, yet with a certain amount of clarity.
Does anyone know what kind of rig he used on that one? I know nothing about what he used.

It doesn't quite sound like the Thunderbird that he usually uses, but I could be wrong.
 
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David McIntire said:
Lagado above beat me to that Geddy tone. It surely had an impact as to why I play to this day. And there are a few threads here explaining what gear he used for the Exit... Stage Left tour. Ric, Jazz, and Ampeg. But another guy really got my head scratchin...

Tony Franklin, the Firm. I just told this story on another thread. I was doin my first decent sized show. TVs all over showin videos. The Firm came up. Anna dude wit crazy hair was playin behind Rogers an Page, who I was really just learning about.

I watched that video. Never heard a bass sound like that. I had NO clue what it was. I had to ask who the band and players were, and a guy told me bout Fretless Bass Guitar. Huh? Fretless!?! OK...

I was a kid. Just started playin, really. It was all crazy to me. Members of Bad Company, Zep and a drummer I hadn't learned about. Yet. Turns out Chris Slade, the drummer, played with a ZILLION bands I knew, but wasn't up on him or the members of bands I liked yet. And then there was Tony...

Fretless bass was all new to me. I'd never heard one. Certainly not in the context of my style of music, Rock. That video, that tone, changed my ears. I couldn't un hear it. Went out soon as I could, grabbed that disc and started learning.

To this day I can't get close to that tone. Along the way I found my own sound. His individualism, enthusiasm, and tone, really inspired me. Still does to this day. I grab up everything he does. And sometimes still try to nab that tone. I fail. Miserably. Heh.
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Although I'm not really much into rock anymore, I had that exact same experience with TF and Radioactive... I'll never forget that slid harmonic etching its way into my psyche.
 
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SactoBass said:
This 1972 studio album:


And this (live.....and I attended this tour in 1979.....I haven't been the same since!):

Listen to that bass in the opening song "Siberian Khatru." Wow! :eek: :eek: :eek: :)
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Even though it's not the best album from the 'main sequence', Squire's tone on Tormato (with the effects) was pretty killer... Future Times and Silent Wings... oh man.
 
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Low Crow said:
Jack Casady's on Somebody to Love.
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Great song and Bass line!

I always thought the overall production kept the Bass line blurry at times where the bass is somewhat buried in the mix. So I'm not sure how you can be blown away from the Bass tone but understandably you might be more blown away by the Bass line.

IMHO, The recording sounds like it was recorded on a 4 track in an opium den with egg crates on the walls. It probably was too!

The remaster versions I heard didn't do much better.

Imagine if that song had the production quality even 10 years ahead of it's time how much better the Bass line would have stood out!

But then again, that 60's vibe might not have been captured like it was.
 

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