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Blown away by the bass tone
- Thread starter Al Krow
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I've always been a Primus fan but the album tone on Greet the Sacred Cow has always been one on my favourite tones.
Come on gents. Life's too short. Time to kiss and make up - no amount of great bass tone is worth getting upset over!
I'd also like to make it clear - I am not a 'fan' of John Taylor. I liked Duran Duran a bit back in the 80s and certainly think his (or Bernard Edwards's) basslines are pretty amazing - for some reason, I have always been impressed by his (or whoever's) bassline on "Save a Prayer". But his isn't a name that makes it onto my list of favourite bass players.
Didn't you ever feel those amazing lines, were a bit too good for a 21 year old?
Do you know how old Buddy Holly was when he was writing his timeless tunes? Or Mozart when he wrote his first symphony...
Do you know how old Buddy Holly was when he was writing his timeless tunes? Or Mozart when he wrote his first symphony...
Actually, Bernard Edwards wrote The Marriage of Figaro.
That whole album had sick bass. Sacred cow was cool. Drowning man, Ballad of Bodacious and Natural Joe all had killer tone too. Laquer Head had an amazing percussive tone, though that probably had more to do with technique than anything else. Here is a weird take, but I actually think Les Claypool is an UNDERRATED bassist, at least in relation to his peers. Guy broke so many rules and basically created a genre of music just by his playing style. That is absurd!
Kate Bush writing Man with Child in his Eyes at some ridiculously young age is a case in point...Do you know how old Buddy Holly was when he was writing his timeless tunes? Or Mozart when he wrote his first symphony...
Also, I've always love the clean jazz tone on this album. Corb Lund of the smalls.
Re: Chuck Rainey
I remember watching a video about the making of Peg where they interviewed Steely Dan and some of the studio musicians, and Chuck talked about how Donald and Walter wanted the entire thing played fingerstyle, but in the studio Chuck turned around and angled himself so his hands were out of view, and slapped the chorus, which ultimately made it into the final recording.
Peg is one of my favorite songs to play, but for the life of me I cannot get the slapped chorus to sound right. When I play it, it sounds like slap. When Chuck plays it, it retains the percussiveness but sounds buttery smooth and laid back - the perfect blend that convinced Donald and Walter, who were notoriously picky.
I like to tell myself that there must be something about the bass or strings or the way it was mixed, but deep down I know it's in his hands and I just need to get better!
