Dub Dub dub...

[thesilence]

now its not a question about motorboast...
The other day while doing soundcheck at a gig the soundman accidently bumped the volume way up on my channel before walking away. The whole band immediately notices and one of our guitarists looks at me and says "dude, lay down a dub groove" so I says "what the heck is a dub groove?" and I went on to play a little riff before the soundman realized what he had done and corrected the problem. (our soundman is in no way incompetent, he's very good actually, but he has an app on his ipad the links the soundboard to his ipad and he accidently slid his finger across the slider) so my question is what is a dub groove?

 

[bass12]

There is no such thing as a "dub groove" per se. What I imagine your friend actually wanted was a reggae bass line. Ignorance abounds where the whole idea of a "dub bass line" is concerned. Dub is a style of remix that treats already existing parts. The bass line itself doesn't change.

 

[Cannabass]

^right.

so listen to some classic reggae tunes with nice simple, satisfying basslines and DUB OUT!

 

[Floridabwoy]

 

[Stumbo]

Here are a few links you might want to check out:
~Reggae
1 Reggae bass
2
1)Best bass/rig/setup for Reggae
2)
Reggae broken down

Aston Barrett
Robbie Shakespeare
Errol "Flabba" Holt

Reggae Mix

On youtube, also check out "ska" bass.

The dub bass thing on youtube seems to have a lot of digital (way low) bass behind some drum tracks and other digital sounds.

 

[Plays_For_Dog]

fat, phat, heavy, thick bass lines that blanket the whole room in warm lowend.

 

[J-phatt]

‘Comments 420’

 

[Michedelic]

now its not a question about motorboast...
The other day while doing soundcheck at a gig the soundman accidently bumped the volume way up on my channel before walking away. The whole band immediately notices and one of our guitarists looks at me and says "dude, lay down a dub groove" so I says "what the heck is a dub groove?" and I went on to play a little riff before the soundman realized what he had done and corrected the problem. (our soundman is in no way incompetent, he's very good actually, but he has an app on his ipad the links the soundboard to his ipad and he accidently slid his finger across the slider) so my question is what is a dub groove?

You Tube…search ‘Lee Perry’; not a bassist, but a producer. One who essentially invented the style. Listen to his catalog, regardless of who’s on bass(in fact, the variety of players will be a better education). Then also check out this artist in particular, Linton Kwesi Johnson. Here’s a taste…

 

[murphy]

You Tube…search ‘Lee Perry’; not a bassist, but a producer. One who essentially invented the style. Listen to his catalog, regardless of who’s on bass(in fact, the variety of players will be a better education). Then also check out this artist in particular, Linton Kwesi Johnson. Here’s a taste…

Dennis Bovell. Bass player . musician producer....Great grooves and Riddems....John Peel introduced me as a child...Radio at night...I love Linton Kwesi Johnson

 

[bass12]

Dennis Bovell. Bass player . musician producer....Great grooves and Riddems....John Peel introduced me as a child...Radio at night...I love Linton Kwesi Johnson

As a bassist how can you not like a guy who's got an album titled Bass Culture?

 

[J-phatt]

I like King Tubby productions, Robby Shakespeare & Aston Barret playing with Augustus Pablo. I find those dub tracks a little deeper than Scratch Perry’s.

 

[jerry]

Some Sly & Robbie I was listening to today, awesome tone with a wee bit of slap from Robbie.