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How do you get that sound, what does it call?
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Get a VVT jazz bass (of any kind, in order to be politically correct) and start adjusting the volume and tone knobs ... the start configuration, I’d say, is:
1. Neck pickup volume —> full.
2. Bridge pickup volume —> from 2/3 and going up.
3. Tone —> from 1/2 and going up.
Cheers.
Wow, this track is AWESOME. It's amazing! I love it!
I'm glad that Talkbass still has some diamonds in the rough that appear occasionally.
For the slide you're talking about - I think that an essential part of this technique is doing the gliss on two strings - for instance, the E and A strings, or the A and D strings. It seems that the gliss up and the gliss down are always roughly a fourth apart, and you can start on the "upper" fourth and move down or start on the "lower" fourth and move up.
Thank you for introducing me to this!
Bridge pickup, tone rolled off or treble rolled off and a slight mid boost.
And play close to the bridge, you will get a fretless like tone.
And play close to the bridge, you will get a fretless like tone.
Mmmm... its very hard to describe a sound, how it sounds to your ears, not in your native language. I guess I did a louzy job?I can’t stop laughing right now. It’s not even really laughing, it’s like the uncontrollable ’fart in church’ giggles that would hit me when I was a kid. “It’s Fat and Barks at You” is, without question, an album I would buy just just out of respect for the title! Every time I hear it in my head I crack up. And then there’s “...it sounds like a ham/growl??” which is priceless on its own. I’m thinking it’s probably just me (I know my sense of humor can be a bit odd and less than sophisticated), but if it made anyone else chuckle, I would feel a little less foolish about it.
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Mmm. Thank you for the information. And about this tune, I saw them live in 87', as a 17 girl, Never heard of them. We had s 3 days festival in Istael with: Alpha Blondy, The wsilers, Ziggy Marley, Manu dibango, and more.... I remember whrn Toure kunda went on stage, they played this tune, there ws one guy in my circle of frinds, a cool punk style, never looses it, tough, sitting down, never dancing..... when salya was played he jumped an his feet, we never saw him like this before, it was such a blasting energy, no one could resist!!! Wow
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Thank you all for your comments, I think wgst I like about this basist's slide, is that its just a sound, with no distinctive notes I like it when its not obvious what notes it begins and ends with, I also like his slaps. A lot of slaps I hear are "over slaped" its just slapping the crap out of the bass without a real carecter/tone shape/deepness..... hope I explained myself well
Salya is the best, but check out those two: in the first one, the beautiful "jump in recored break up bit (D part)
No, I thought you did an excellent job! Very descriptive, and I think English not being your native language left you free to describe things in a very creative way. It may have gotten lost in translation, but my post was intended to be very positive/complimentary.
And, for the record, I wish my Hebrew was 1/10th as good as your English!
Oh, ok. Thank you, lol. Im trying my best. I love English since I started school, as a child, its the only subject I loved. The rest, esecially math, was a nightmare.No, I thought you did an excellent job! Very descriptive, and I think English not being your native language left you free to describe things in a very creative way. It may have gotten lost in translation, but my post was intended to be very positive/complimentary.
And, for the record, I wish my Hebrew was 1/10th as good as you English!
I can relate. My Hebrew was never good, but it was world-class compared to my math skills!Oh, ok. Thank you, lol. Im trying my best. I love English since I started school, as a child, its the only subject I loved. The rest, esecially math, was a nightmare.
I find it pretty difficult to discern what is being said during the band introduction in "Salya", as I speak neither French nor Soninke. However, at least another track on the album, "Emma" (my favorite from the album), also contains a band introduction. It's much easier to understand it here (Chyco Dru's name is mentioned at 5:07):
I find it pretty difficult to discern what is being said during the band introduction in "Salya", as I speak neither French nor Soninke. However, at least another track on the album, "Emma" (my favorite from the album), also contains a band introduction. It's much easier to understand it here (Chyco Dru's name is mentioned at 5:07):
You are right I couldnt tell it from Salya, I just couldnt understand the fact I never thought of listening to it, while looking for the bassist name
I find it pretty difficult to discern what is being said during the band introduction in "Salya", as I speak neither French nor Soninke. However, at least another track on the album, "Emma" (my favorite from the album), also contains a band introduction. It's much easier to understand it here (Chyco Dru's name is mentioned at 5:07):
Yes, Iove this tune too, and I love the fact that when the players are intredused, ( in both tunes) they keep it very short and simple..
Every time Ive tried to serch:
Chyco Dru
Google askd:
Did you mean: Psyco drug
I want to know if it happens to all of you, or the secret google police is after me
It totally happens to me too, no need to worry about the google police
"Roger Dru" which is, I'm guessing, the man's birth name, seems to give more results, but there doesn't seem to be much info about him out there. He might've been famous before internet, and I have a feeling that Kaoma, the band he was in after he split from Toure Kunda, was somewhat more commercial. They certainly hit it big with "Lambada" back in the day - I was about five years old when the song was a hit, and even I remember it! Here's his discography: Invalid Link Removed
Yes, Very commercial, a total change! It came out just one year after I saw him with Toure Kunda. Never liked Lambada. Was too boring for meIt totally happens to me too, no need to worry about the google police
"Roger Dru" which is, I'm guessing, the man's birth name, seems to give more results, but there doesn't seem to be much info about him out there. He might've been famous before internet, and I have a feeling that Kaoma, the band he was in after he split from Toure Kunda, was somewhat more commercial. They certainly hit it big with "Lambada" back in the day - I was about five years old when the song was a hit, and even I remember it! Here's his discography: Invalid Link Removed
Hey, Im doing theNo, I thought you did an excellent job! Very descriptive, and I think English not being your native language left you free to describe things in a very creative way. It may have gotten lost in translation, but my post was intended to be very positive/complimentary.
And, for the record, I wish my Hebrew was 1/10th as good as your English!
H.G.FB (humming/growling/fat barking) on my Ibanez SR800!
Lol. Not like him, but Im getting there. Will let you hear it when I can.
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