Happy 70th to the man who inspired me to covet a P Bass and try to do this stuff.
I've previously searched here and elsewhere for the specific strings he used on the first two Sabbath albums in standard tuning, and C# for Masters of Reality. I know what folks have recommended to cop the tone, but I'm only curious as to what he actually used when recording. He mentioned in an interview for DR previously using LaBella and Rotos. My guess would be the latter, and either a really dead set of 66's, or 77's. A set of Jamersons with a tube head and mids bumped sounds close when tuned down. Nice and wonky.
No big deal...just a past curiosity revived now that Geezer is living up to his name.
I've previously searched here and elsewhere for the specific strings he used on the first two Sabbath albums in standard tuning, and C# for Masters of Reality. I know what folks have recommended to cop the tone, but I'm only curious as to what he actually used when recording. He mentioned in an interview for DR previously using LaBella and Rotos. My guess would be the latter, and either a really dead set of 66's, or 77's. A set of Jamersons with a tube head and mids bumped sounds close when tuned down. Nice and wonky.
No big deal...just a past curiosity revived now that Geezer is living up to his name.
