Classic Rock recordings featuring bass OD

[Grinderman]

Post-classic rock?

 

[Grinderman]

 

[Grinderman]

 

[johnnynitro]

Mel. For Sure. My Girl Sandoz By the Animals has great Over Driven Bass in it!

 

[Grinderman]

 

[Grinderman]

 

[Grinderman]

 

[Grinderman]

 

[Grinderman]

If I were a DJ on a midwestern class rock radio station in 1987 I'd already be fired.

 

[Gluvhand]

John Wetton in King Crimson.

 

[Ewo]

 

[mikewalker]

I'd be remiss if I didn't include Roger Glover and his early 70's stuff w/ Deep Purple. Just a Rickenbacker driving the hell out of an SVT. I do wonder if any of these old pros did anything to boost their signal to intentionally overdrive their gear. Basic stuff, but remember MUCH of that older stuff didn't have pedals!

9 Volts and one transistor: SECRET WEAPON

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

Funny you would bring that up.
I looked them up just the other day.
It turns out you don't need to spend big bux for a vintage original.
You can get a brand new one for 40 something.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Chris Squire

https://youtu.be/bYvFnkSo6ro

https://youtube.com/shorts/YfcCnBq2u1Q?feature=share

 

[Hawk256]

After classic rock but Billy Sheehan had some of the best sounding bass distortion ever recorded. It was a very convoluted path to get there but definitly has a unique sound.

 

[devnulljp]

Lemmy had his Marshall on full gain

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

...I realize there's such a subjective take on if a tone is Overdriven or distortion. I came across a couple cool used OD pedals and got to thinking "What are some great examples of bass OVERDRIVE in classic rock recordings?" I have a pretty large music library, my first thought was JPJ on Led Zeppelin II.

What say you pros?

Most classic rock was played with driven amps. Even if it was just a little. It was hard to keep clean when competing with the rest of your band.


Jimi Hendrix. Bass was always cranked and rocking.

 

[39-Bassist]

Geezer...

 

[Ric5]

CHEAP TRICK

 

[JimmyM]

I used to think a lot of recorded bass was clean back in the 60s till I heard soloed parts from those allegedly clean recordings. Then once I knew what to listen for, I found it was pretty widespread, though there were a lot who didn’t like it very much. In a mix it mostly gets buried unless it’s more than just a little.