fleas live tone

I think he has great live tone. I used to think that his live tone sucked, but that was only from listening from bootlegs I got of Morpeus or Napster (way back when).

After getting the "Off the Map" DVD, my opinion has changed. His tone is incredible. I want a Flea Bass now.

 

Moved to recording gear/equipment

 

I hate to shift this one again, but i think it belongs better in Misc.

 

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He has a great tone, my tone is pretty similar but i only cut through when playing octaves etc.
The reason for this is that in red hot chili peppers music the bass is very prominent, it's probably louder than the guitar and the guitarwork that frusciante does is very funk, mute. This means that because the guitar isnt in your face, flea can be heard.
I play punk and im not really heard in the mix playing root notes, but thats where variatons come in.

- Russ

 

that's right. A lot of people don't realize that on most RHCP tunes, the bass is the melodic, and loudest instrument, with guitar just adding some color in the background. So if you're doing covers, you'll have to adjust the mix for this.