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Favourite recorded bass tone

#224
VinylRepairKit said:
Rick Danko (of The Band) really gets some nice tones on anything recorded with that old Ampeg fretless (with the scrolled headstock). Check out 'Last of the Blacksmiths" from Cahoots for one of my favourites. You can also see it in action on the DVDs 'The Last Waltz' and 'Festival Express'.

Heres a couple of clips on YouTube with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PJwxQrm8Os

Also George Porter Jr. of The Meters has a really great fat tone on pretty much everything he recorded.
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Danko and Porter always sound fantastic.
 
#227
An early inspiration for me.....Andy Fraser of Free.
Love his sound and playing on this, some nice chording and solo at about 3:50 in.Not bad for a guy that wasn't 20 years old at the time, Nice Marshall rig too!


 
#228
Jack Bruce on Live Cream Volume 2 and the live half of Wheels of Fire
Jaco Pastorius on Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light
John Entwistle on The Who's Live at Leeds
Chris Squire on Yes' Fragile
John Paul Jones on any Led Zeppelin album
John Glascock on Jethro Tull's Songs From The Wood
Tony Franklin on The Firm's The Firm
Paul McCartney on The Beatles' Hey Bulldog

I'm sure there are others I'll think of as soon as I submit this...
 
#232
A few come to mind:

- Various Mike Gordon tones, notably from '94 Dallas, TX, '97 Providence, RI, and IT. Even better though was Fishman's drumtone at IT, best live (and recorded) drums I have ever heard)
- Liam's tone in the new Dillinger album (Ire Works)
- Phil Lesh on Europe '72
- Doesn't technically count, but the bass tracks on Thriller!

EDIT: JPJ
 
#233
My Two favorites Tone wise (That I don't see mentioned yet) are;

Tommy Shannon's tone on SRV & DT album Texas Flood.
I don't know what he used but this is my favorite type of tone for that style of music. The bass has great presence on the album but it's not overpowering the music. It's not the "in your face" tone but you can FEEL it. It reminds me of the old saying "speak softly but carry a big stick". Revise it to say "Blend in but hold a powerful groove"

I also like Jerry Scheff's tone on Elvis Presley's Live at Madison Square Garden.
A little more in your face but primarily warm and earthy type tone. Again very good for that style of music.

Just my opinion
Later R.
 
#234
I don't follow Tommy Shannon but have read him praising the B15 so that might be a possibility.

LilRay said:
My Two favorites Tone wise (That I don't see mentioned yet) are;

Tommy Shannon's tone on SRV & DT album Texas Flood.
I don't know what he used but this is my favorite type of tone for that style of music. The bass has great presence on the album but it's not overpowering the music. It's not the "in your face" tone but you can FEEL it. It reminds me of the old saying "speak softly but carry a big stick". Revise it to say "Blend in but hold a powerful groove"

I also like Jerry Scheff's tone on Elvis Presley's Live at Madison Square Garden.
A little more in your face but primarily warm and earthy type tone. Again very good for that style of music.

Just my opinion
Later R.
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#235
LilRay said:
I also like Jerry Scheff's tone on Elvis Presley's Live at Madison Square Garden.
A little more in your face but primarily warm and earthy type tone. Again very good for that style of music.
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Jerry's son, Jason Scheff is the bass player for Chicago now, I saw him on their soundstage DVD and he really gets an amazing tone on it. Speaking of Chicago, Peter Cetera had some great tones on old Chicago stuff like I'm a Man, Lowdown, Beginnings, etc.
 

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