Blown away by the bass tone

[AdamR]

Rachel Bolans tone on the Slave to Tne Grind album.

 

[jymyben]

wiki says this is a remix of their first record, self titled, go west, and lists pino as fretless bass player...

one of the duo also has bass credits...

it doesnt give individual song credits...

Any information on this one please? Looked it up and it doesn't mention the bass player. Really understated and classy with some lovely little Palladino style runs; he was working a lot around this time with 80s bands, so maybe?

 

[BillyB_from_LZ]

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Woody was a monster! I regret that I never listened to Gov't Mule until after his passing.

I think their first 3 studio albums are magical!!!

 

[Loring]

And not just the bass tone . . .

Thank you for posting that - I've watched a few of his vids but nothing as big as this! Excellent all around!

 

[WG Plum]

We TB'ers spend a lot of time pursuing that elusive tone quest.

What song tracks have you come across on your travels, either studio recorded or particularly live, where you were blown away by the bass tone?

If you have audio or video clips then please feel free to share and if you know the details of the rig, even better!

Pino Palladino on Pete Townshend's Give Blood, from the White City album. Put me on the fretless course at a young age.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Any information on this one please? Looked it up and it doesn't mention the bass player. Really understated and classy with some lovely little Palladino style runs; he was working a lot around this time with 80s bands, so maybe?

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[Mpcorb]

That just get better the more times you hear it! Bass royalty!

 

[tzohn]

Agree, it's one of those.

 

[JKos]

Randy Jackson (yes, THAT Randy Jackson).
Bass solo at 2:27

Very cool. And the bass solo is more than a minute long.

 

[s_wood]

Randy Jo Hobbs was a stone badass. An old P (in this clip), Rotosounds, a pick and some tube dirt…

 

[Thundertips]

We TB'ers spend a lot of time pursuing that elusive tone quest.

What song tracks have you come across on your travels, either studio recorded or particularly live, where you were blown away by the bass tone?

If you have audio or video clips then please feel free to share and if you know the details of the rig, even better!

Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Cliff Burton
Geezer Butler
Roger Glover
John McVie

 

[dougjwray]

Anybody likes Fleetwood Mac's bass tone and early Santana bass player?

the simple yet tasteful bass grove of "Dreams" always stuck in my head for decades.
same with "black magic woman" and "soul sacrifice"

The Woodstock "Soul Sacrifice" bass tone is fantastic. David Brown on bass.

 

[dougjwray]

I've always loved the bass tone on Jimi's "All Along The Watchtower"

That was Jimi on bass, presumably Noel Redding's Jazz Bass.

 

[Mpcorb]

Fugazi - Waiting Room. Killer track too...

 

[220_Hz]

Fugazi - Waiting Room. Killer track too...

classic P bass tone
EDIT: just discovered it was a stingray :0

 

[dmc79]

I doubt many people know The Wedding Present here but it's this bass sound that I often chase. Maybe not even unusual but it's "the sound" to me.

Nice bass, drums, and vocal section starting at 1:20

Great to see some love for The Wedding Present. I would love to know how close you have got to their great bass tone. I've tried to do some digging into what gear their various bassists have used. I struggled to find anything for the likes of Keith Gregory and Terry de Castro, but found a Tweet and some photos that give an insight into the gear used by Pepe Le Moko. Someone tweeted her "What bass overdrive pedals do you use? really want that sound you had with TWP on the Seamonsters tour!" and she replied "A lot of it is a Rat mixed with clean sound for bottom end. The louder stuff is Boss overdrive like at the end of Dalliance."

DaveCromwell Writes: Day 4 - Part 1 Fri 16 SXSW

If you look at the pics in that review, she has a very basic setup of: Boss Tuner, some kind of Proco Rat (I can never tell which from pics like those), and a Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive. But then in the CD tray photo for their 'Live 2012 Seamonsters' CD, there is a photo of part of her pedalboard, showing: some unknown pedal, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer, a Marshall 'The Guv'nor', and some kind of Rat.

Then onto Melanie Howard:

https://writewyattuk.com/2019/07/29/the-wedding-present-vinny-peculiar-waterloo-music-bar-blackpool/

A photo in that review shows her board as follows: some kind of Rat, a mystery 3 knob pedal (Joyo Ultimate Drive?), and a Sansamp BDDI V1.

I really like the fairly clean but slightly growly/grindy (but not clanky) tone in some of the quiter songs like Blonde and Octopussy from the 2012 Seamonsters live CD/DVD set (and Terry's tone in Blonde on the 2007 Live George Best CD/DVD set). It seems quite obvious when they stomp on an ODB-3 for the heavier songs. I guess they use the Rat for those inbetween parts. I can't see Rat settings on any of their pics. Every time I listen to Rat demos on YouTube, they are mostly balls to the wall distortion, which Wedding Present don't really do, so I can only presume that they use Rats at very low settings for just a touch of grit / drive / distortion. Does anyone know?

 

[Jaribu]

I understand why you like this tone. Fat and articulate at the same time is a difficult balance to meet in any genre.

 

[220_Hz]

I really like the fairly clean but slightly growly/grindy (but not clanky) tone in some of the quiter songs like Blonde and Octopussy from the 2012 Seamonsters live CD/DVD set (and Terry's tone in Blonde on the 2007 Live George Best CD/DVD set). It seems quite obvious when they stomp on an ODB-3 for the heavier songs. I guess they use the Rat for those inbetween parts. I can't see Rat settings on any of their pics. Every time I listen to Rat demos on YouTube, they are mostly balls to the wall distortion, which Wedding Present don't really do, so I can only presume that they use Rats at very low settings for just a touch of grit / drive / distortion. Does anyone know?

I use rats often, if you keep the gain knob low then it works really nice for overdrive tones. I like to keep the filter towards the treble side also

 

[Swipter]

Just heard this for the first time today and have really been digging both the tone and the bassline.

Adding this to my learn bass lines list. Love it. Thanks.

 

[dmc79]

I use rats often, if you keep the gain knob low then it works really nice for overdrive tones. I like to keep the filter towards the treble side also

Thanks. I am quite tempted by the new smaller enclosure Lil' Rat. I guess it's one of those drives where you don't need much of it to still be effective. I saw a rig rundown where Mark Shue of Guided By Voices explains his use of the Boss ODB-3. He had the Balance just below 9 o'clock on the dry side, and the Gain almost fully CCW. I tried that pedal once and it was just too fizzy and noisy, but on those lower gain settings I can hear how it works better.