Getting a funk bass.

[MonkeyBass]

Funk is in the fingers and your soul. Not the bass.

 

[qervo]

Funk is in the fingers and your soul. Not the bass.

This is true too. I knew a guy that made my old 80 dollar sears bass sound funky.

 

[groooooove]

flea played stingrays.. larry graham played jazz-style basses... bootsy plays a 5-pickup star shaped thing..

there are a lot of options. i dont think you can go wrong with a jazz bass.

 

[armybass]

The answer is p bass with rounds (See George Porter Jr.) but just about any stick will do. It has more to do with you than the stick.

THIS....period

 

[Brad Johnson]

Pino on a fretless Music man.



IMO in the right hands fretless can be even funkier than fretted. Keyboard synth-like freedom.

 

[qervo]

Pino on a fretless Music man.



IMO in the right hands fretless can be even funkier than fretted. Keyboard synth-like freedom.

Very nice. Check out those old keyboard stands , you don't see those much anymore .

 

[zfunkman]

Funk & Soul = Jazz Bass. IMO

+1 on the jazz bass; however I can get pretty funky on my Ric as well. A lot funk bass players from the 70's used Rics as well as j-basses and p-basses.

 

[hampulator]

You mentioned it ...so I'll back it up. I love my Warwicks...get a used one off Evil Bay or wherever for $500-ish and you'll be happy... IMO

 

[hampulator]

Funk is in the fingers and your soul. Not the bass.

So true,so true

 

[Basstardus]

I play funk almost exclusively, I used jazzes, presisions, Rays with flatwound and roundwound strings, had a bunch of basses at the same time, now I only have EBMM Starling with Thomastik Infeld flatwound strings. It really depends what feels the best to you at the end, it's all in your heart and fingers. I didn't found the best funk bass, I just found my best combination for my hands to play da funk. James Jamerson had a P bass for that, Larry Graham had a J bass, Bernard Edwards had a Stingray...

 

[phillybass101]

Bootsy on a J-Bass when he played with James Brown. That is one good definition of Funk Bass

 

[BuffaloBass]

For sure, and as mentioned, Mark Adams with a "steriod" J ( three pups weren't it?).

hey, I was thinking, this is all a big ruse right? The OP said he has a "metal" bass and now needs a "funk" bass. This is like a "metal" bass thread. ( PS I hammer stoner doom riffs on the same J5 I "try" to funk on).

I do beleive we've been had! Hook line and sinker, or lock, stock and barrel whichever you prefer!