Ideal Bass Tone

[tonedeaf]

I don't particularly like this song, but this bass tone to my ears is the Holy Grail. YMMV, right tool for the job, etc, but if I had to have one bass tone for the rest of my life, this would be it.

JAMES BROWN It's Too Funky In Here - YouTube

Post an example of your ideal bass tone.

 

[nick g.]

Down - Lies, I don't know what they say but - YouTube

This just about does it for me. Smooth, warm and round to gritty and sustain-y.

 

[MRDOOM]

Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch live @ David Letterman show 7/28 2009 - YouTube
This or something similar.

 

[ozzyismetal]

Motion City soundtrack - Delirium

This tone + a little bit of grit would be bliss.

 

[Ric5]

Here's some of my favorite bass tones.

John Entwistle - Baba O'riley Isolated Bass - YouTube

Crossroads 2010 7 y 8 tema ...Waiting For The Bus + Jesus Just Left Chicago--ZZ Top - YouTube

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Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter - YouTube

Rush - The Trees ( Exit Stage Left ) - YouTube

Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (Live At Pompeii) [HD & Remastered Version] - YouTube

Yes - Astral Traveller (Original Video Clip) - YouTube

Cream - Crossroads (2005) Live At Royal Albert Hall - YouTube

The Move - Until Your Mama's Gone - YouTube

 

[mpdd]

youth against fascism
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[S6I6X]

This is an amazing tone to me. He always fits in the mix so amazing and he is at the very top of the genre for bass players. I strive for this every day lol.
Between The Buried And Me - Lunar Wilderness - YouTube

 

[Silver9692]

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The intro bass tone gets me everytime

 

[AlvarHanso]

Grateful Dead

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Hot Tuna Jack Casady for you.

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[WhiteNinja]

Dave Dinsmore's tone on the Album "Coping with the Urban Coyote" by Unida. So fat, punchy and growly. Close to my Holy Grail. Few Examples:

Unida - Thorn

Unida - You Wish

Also, Nick Oliveri's sound on "Blues for the Red Sun" by Kyuss. Especially love his tone on this song (Love the clean jam part at the end, starting at 3:02) :

Kyuss - 50 Million Year Trip

 

[Cohacq]

Motörhead - We Are Motörhead (Live 2000) - YouTube

 

[Duckwater]

P-bass with new flats through a Fender tube amp, almost like a cross between Mel Schacher and John Wetton.

http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/soundfiles/1972/Free20113.mp3

Don't know how he gets this Jazz tone, I just know that I want it.

 

[MJ_Sotti]

"Darling Dear" Jackson 5 w James Jamerson.

 

[groooooove]

it depends so much on context, witch is something i used to never "get." on some beatles tunes, mccartneys hofner is exactly what you need and fits perfectly. other times i really dig tal wilkenfelds sadowsky, or owen biddles 30" scale 6 string on the last roots album. (did i really just mention two 30" scale basses in this thread, while my bass is 35.5" scale?) richard bona's fretless sounds fantastic on lots of tracks too.

but if you switched the basses between any of these people it probably woulden't sound too good. yet i consider each of them perfect. as well as my own sound, witch is kind of different from each of the above. context - and everyone elses sound - is almost more important than your own gear and tone.

 

[bassistjoe93]

"Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin... I love his crunchy, distorted Leslie cabinet effected bass. Perfect.

 

[SteveC]

I like this:

Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy (High Definition HD) - YouTube

 

[grendle]

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The intro bass tone gets me everytime

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