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How can I achieve this bass tone?

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sounds like a P with flats, tone pretty wide open to keep the clunky attack

if you have flats on either bass it should be pretty easy to go clean with a touch of compression to get that swell to the tone.

*edit* the italia with the mudbucker should be to get that tone pretty easy though it may be a little bass heavy.

if you don't have flats just roll back the tone almost off and if you have a compressor bump up the attack/compression rate
 
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darthplagis said:
sounds like a P with flats, tone pretty wide open to keep the clunky attack

if you have flats on either bass it should be pretty easy to go clean with a touch of compression to get that swell to the tone.
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he's actually playing a Burns-Weill 'Super Streamline' which is an earlier model of my Fenton-Weill so I know it shouldn't be too hard. And ya I currently have flat wounds on it but I'm finding the sound way too muffled. Maybe ya I should invest in a compression pedal.. that's kinda what I was imagining would get me closer.
 
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ah that makes sense, well I would favour the neck pickup keep tone pretty much wide open just roll back until the clunk softens.

then add a compressor, landlord effects have a nice cheap optical comp I paid about £28 for mine and it certainly helps get that thick attack (though I use rounds and active pre).
 
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darthplagis said:
ah that makes sense, well I would favour the neck pickup keep tone pretty much wide open just roll back until the clunk softens.

then add a compressor, landlord effects have a nice cheap optical comp I paid about £28 for mine and it certainly helps get that thick attack (though I use rounds and active pre).
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beautiful! I'm shaging poor as shag right now Lmfao. Appreciate that pedal recommendation. Gonna look into that rn! Thanks a ton man!!
 
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PJ Muzikmansky said:
I just googled it and there's a great demo on youtube.

What an excellent sounding bass

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Mont Campell
 
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lug said:
You will need a Burns Weill bass :D
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I have one. 1959. Unfortunately the dude who had it before me was probably just a rich dude who collected instruments and didn't play it Kuz shag it's really badly out of shape. I need to do a big restore job on it before it'll be playable.



Took me 4-5 years to hunt down even a single one of both of these

*edit* ah *** I can't post photos?! >:'(
 
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TrustRod said:
Another Mont Campbell fan :hyper:

I don't hear P bass but something closer to the neck. Maybe not soloed but I suspect the neck pickup is full on.
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Oh ya, Mont has been my number 1 fave bass player of all time since I first discovered Egg back in highschool. Haha. Been transcribing and learning a bunch of his bass parts all day, hence why I have his tone on my mind. :bassist:
 
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samusaran311 said:
Starting @1:00:


And here:


And here:


It's that typical thunky/plucky bass tone you here a lot on records from the 70s. I'm playing through an Orange Crush bass amp 100watt, and I play a Fenton-Weill 'Contrabass' 1962 and a Italia Mondial bass, if that helps. Thanks!!!
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Scoop a p with flats and tone down. Add some good compression. Play at the neck
 
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The "plucky" attack on some parts is mostly the kick drum. A tight arrangement and getting the sound of the kick right is the most important thing for THAT particular vibe. Mixing and arrangement is key. The bass tone itself is rather mellow and slightly "hollow". This should be fairly easy to achieve if you're got a similar bass and play close to the neck, like REALLY close (and probaby only use the neck pickup).

I've never actually heard that type of bass in real life which makes it hard to be more specific. If I wanted to get that type of tone on say a P-bass I would use an amp rather than DI for that slightly "distant" vibe, preferrably a vintage British tube amp with an old school cab (or at least vintage voiced speakers, meaning less high end/sizzle than modern bass speakers).
 
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samusaran311 said:
Starting @1:00:


And here:


And here:


It's that typical thunky/plucky bass tone you here a lot on records from the 70s. I'm playing through an Orange Crush bass amp 100watt, and I play a Fenton-Weill 'Contrabass' 1962 and a Italia Mondial bass, if that helps. Thanks!!!
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P-bass with LaBella DTF 760FL or FS strings, played at low tone values closer to the neck heel ..
 
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That tone, is reminiscent of some of the early prog bands. The 'Screaming Man' King Crimson album, really close. I always thought the KILLER bass tone on another Crimson classic from "In The Wake Of Posiedon" -"Cat Food" was Greg Lake on his Jazz Bass, with Rotosounds, and a pick- through some really good tube rig, and it turns out it was played by Peter Giles on an early Rickenbacker likely with Rotosounds and a pick. The first track I'm listening to, could be either type, I'm not really hearing P-bass... but it could be- like the sound in The Strawbs, "Benedictus" a mystery.. but the 'bloom' in the notes- sounds to me like a J-bass, and a tube amp. The band, and the bassist are killer, and the music is so cool and well arranged.. never heard of them, I'm going to find out more about them! I'll bet someone could contact the bassist in that band and find out proper!



 
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That first track is awesome! Thanks for posting this for, I never heard of this band until now.

The late '60s had some great bass sounds. One of my favs is this one from The Wallace Collection. It's a Rick with flats. And a white Ric, by the looks of it @ 1:56.

 
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