I can make this sound kinda like a fretted bass. I can't make a fretted sound like a fretless...
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Is this beauty a Rob Allen bass?
It surely sounds fantastic. Soulful playing too
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If you could have only one bass...
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Is this beauty a Rob Allen bass?
It surely sounds fantastic. Soulful playing too
I have an arsenal of great basses but when I'm in a new project and the first performance comes up, I always reach for my Lakland 55-94. It feels and sounds comfortable and familiar to me and it gives me one less thing to be anxious about.
So, if I absolutely had to keep only one, It would probably be my true blue.
So, if I absolutely had to keep only one, It would probably be my true blue.
Is this beauty a Rob Allen bass?
It surely sounds fantastic. Soulful playing too
Yes, Rob Allen Deep 5. I also have a fretted Mouse, and in a mix you have a tough time hearing a difference - example:
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Thanks for the props - I credit the bass
In all seriousness, piezos have a really quick attack and with compression, eq, and technique you can push the tone around more than you'd think. And the fretted Mouse with a pick sounds pretty damn sick...don't have a recorded example of that yet.
Back to my '63 P. No contest.
If you can't do it with THIS bass, you don't need to do it.
Nice is that sierra taupe?
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My future love; I know she isn't finished, but damn that already looks b-e-a-utiful.
My future love; I know she isn't finished, but damn that already looks b-e-a-utiful.
Again, great bass sound, and great playing.
This fellow Rob Allen really can build instruments, can't he?
A friend of mine has a sort of 8-string instrument, half fretted guitar, half fretless bass, and it sounds amazing.
This fellow Rob Allen really can build instruments, can't he?
A friend of mine has a sort of 8-string instrument, half fretted guitar, half fretless bass, and it sounds amazing.
Mine is my trusty old 1990 mij 69's jazz that's been rather tinkered with over the years!
A full albums worth of pics of it in its different guises Inc lots of action shots going back to the '90s Is right here, enjoy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34605698@N04/sets/72157623937813540/
A sample :-D
A full albums worth of pics of it in its different guises Inc lots of action shots going back to the '90s Is right here, enjoy...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34605698@N04/sets/72157623937813540/
A sample :-D
I have a semihollow fretless version of the same, and it gives me everything I want, whether it's blues, R&B, groove, accompanying amplified acoustic, or jazz.
But since this is a fantasy "what-if", I might pick the more ergonomic USA Lakland Hollowbody as a fretless.
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Nice choice. Mine has a rosewood board, and although I would love some other basses, I would be more than comfortable playing on this guy forever.
At the moment it would be my marcus miller jazz with east pre and nordy nj4's. And it practically is too, since I've sold some nice and expensive basses since they weren't getting enough play time and the other two I have left I borrowed to friends..
Wow... I don't think I ever got the appeal of G&L basses...until I saw that pic. Fantastic!
However, I think my answer to the OP's hypothetical query would be this baby:
Beautiful tone. I now understand all of the fuss. Without getting too nerdy, did you tweek the sound in any way?
