Anyone here who knows more about this guy? I've heard him on several country albums lately, among others Carrie Underwood's latest cd "Carnival Ride". I love his playing, his tone. Does anyone know what kind of basses and strings he uses?
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Jimmie Lee Sloas
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Didn't Jimmy Sloas play on Megadeth's The System has Failed?
There was some ok bass on that album, but it's just odd that a country bassist would be playing with Megadeth. I mean, I know that Megadeth has had a slew of jazz players, but country is not a genre I think of first when I think of chops. Bluegrass, sure, but not country.
Oh well, decent album. Good bass playing.
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his main bass...that he has used on a ton of his huge recordings is a jazz bass that has been refinished sparkle gold...the pup's are older dmarzios i think...he showed me this bass one night after drinking at 3rd and porter in nashville...the pups i had never seen before...they had some sort of mid-shift switch thing rite on the pickup...and the electronics were replaced too...i cant remember exactly what all he said (drunk) but im pretty sure he mentioned aquilar...i held this bass in my hands and it had some serious mojo to it...
hes a top notch player in town and a top notch guy on top of it...
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He used to have a 1964 silver sparkle Fender jazz as well. I'm sure he probably still uses it. I believe he tunes his basses down a whole step... Shawn might know for sure.
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I think those are old Duncan pickups that had the Three switches on them.. Mid eights vintage..
The gold jazz was built by Jerry Jones to the same specs as his '64. It has been modded over the years but I'm pretty sure its the Dimarzio pups with the mid shift. He does use an SVT. But don't think that he doesn't use many basses in the studio. He's been known to use pretty much any bass to get the sound someone wants. I think the Keith Urban "Put You in a Song" was on a '51 P.
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he also used a red sparkle pj w/barts and a silver one...the red one was called OZ.....he is WAY more than a country dude...had some great lines on some 80'90's CCM...very distinct...I could pick him out instantly.
I just wonder how you get that rich midrange in there like on the Carnival Ride album. I've got my compression dialed in a little better these days so it sits in that pocket similarly, but I sure as hell don't have that sweet tone! I've switched to maple necks (well not rosewood fb anyway) and flatwounds, and I think I'm getting closer. Wonder if anybody else knows any details...
Listen to the tone that he's getting on that cut. From a P-bass, no less. Then recognize that details like the kind of pickups or strings he uses, whether his Jazz basses have maple fingerboards or not, etc., are pretty much irrelevant.
If you want that kind of tone, you need the full package:
- hit the woodshed, hard and often
- play on hundreds of important Nashville sessions
- hook up with great techs
- hook up with great sound people
- hook up with great artists
Somewhere along the way, you're bound to find at least a few models of pickups/strings/basses/DI's/etc. that work for you.
If you even care about hardware any more at that point...
