Correct answer is posted in page 2. You can still participate, just don't read that post! Hi all! A drummer buddy of mine and I were just goofing off one night after rehearsal and recorded a few different grooves. I played this bass thru a Fender Rumble 100 that isn't even mine, he played a Yamaha custom kit and we recorded it thru a Zoom H2 , with slight compression (read: plenty of compression ). I realize the sound is more the bass amp than anything else, but either way this'll be fun So which bass is it??? Here are the clips: http://www.2shared.com/file/3615879/fe6960fe/Acid_Jazz_Groove.html http://www.2shared.com/file/3615920/fb004628/Hip_Hop.html http://www.2shared.com/file/3615925/8b6ab2a7/Motown_1.html *the download button is at bottom right corner
I voted Stingray, the bass sound on those tracks really remind me of Flea's tone from BSSM. Sounds great btw!
Definately not characteristic Precision and it didn't have the goose honk typical of Laklands. Between the MM and Jazz I say Jazz.
There is more than a little compression on there. That is pretty well squashed. Not a lot of identifiable characteristics to that sound. Where Fender P and Jazz have a distinct sound as does the Musicman, this is sort of nondescript. It sounds more Fender-like than Stringray.... It's a Lakland 5 string.
Nice playing by the way. Track 1 "Acid Jazz" sounds like an entirely different bass to me than the other 2. On the motown track I heard a hi-fi sounding pop so I would say Stingray but it sounds like there is a lot of coloration from a compressor, EQ, or something because no one particular signature bass sound is heard on any of these tracks. I'd say the bass has active electronics so it would be the Lakland or the Stingray. I've never heard a Lakland so I'll go with Stingray. If it's a Stingray, its gotta be an older one because it was pretty round and fat, yet crisp sounding compared to the more modern Rays.
From what I've heard I'm 50/50 on Lakland and EBMM. I know that you can get a really close MM sound from a 55-02 so I'm up in the air, but I do know that you own a Lakland, I've seen it posted before, so I'm finalizing my decision as a Lakland 55-02.
I voted 'Ray. The only one I could elminate right away was the P-bass- the tone made me think bridge position pickup for the first clip and for the others I was thinking active electronics. When to you announce the winner??
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