JuliaPlaysGroove Don't Start Now patch on B3n

[BanjoChrisH]

Here's the video



I'm trying to get a similar tone on my b3n. First off, my guitar is different, I'm using a Jazz copy with Chromes on it but I hope to be able to compensate for that in the EQ of the patch. I have guitar tone full, neck pick up backed off 10%. I'm finger picking over the bridge pickup.

The principal thing I want is the nice thick tone (growl?) on the staccato notes on the D string.

This seems to be in the 630(hz?) range. So what I have is tweaks to the "TE400 Set" patch, I'm probably 70% of the way there to my ear:

BlackOpt
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COmp 36
Lo 48
Hi 82
VOl 73

Splitter
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Freq 630
Lo 66
Hi 38
Vol 64

TE400
Style Finger
Bass 0.5
Mid -4.5
Treb 8
Gain 61
Shape 1
Vol 38

TE4x10
Dyn20 61
Dyn 57 45
Bottom 46
Bal 100

Anyone else tried to get this tone on a B3 have a patch I can try?

Chris.

 

[BanjoChrisH]

I suspect that everyone is sick of Zoom b3 patches

One brainwave I did have...I used the looper on my g3n and then I was able to zip through patch changes super quick using Guitar Lab onto my GCE-3 simulating the B3n.

I got closer by switching the cab to:

AGx10TW
Dyn20: 37, Dyn57: 68, Bottom: 62, Bal: 100.

I did have to drop the treble right down on the amp
Treble: 3.5

And take some of the low out of the splitter:
Lo: 50.

Complicated business this amp modelling!

 

[Chad Michael]

Sorry - no knowledge of amp modeling, but …. what a nice bass line, it IS the song...

 

[Puni]

That´s pure Misucman sound, I don´t know if it would be possible to bring it from a Jazz copy

 

[BanjoChrisH]

I think you are right Puni. But I'm close enough now I think. I can forget about the tone and worry about the technique.

By the way No Treble had an interview with her a few days ago and she said it's all in the fingers. Which is also true.

I actually wanted her to say "it's all in the fingers and here's my B3 patch settings to prove it"

Sense of Groove: An Interview with Juliaplaysgroove

 

[BanjoChrisH]

And on the subject of technique. There's a fast run at 1:02. She plays
G 9 - 7 (middle index) D 9 - 7 (middle index)

Is that typical for fast finger technique? Strict alternation? I'm coming from the guitar and banjo world and want to make sure I start building on solid foundations instead of starting with bad habits.

There's a temptation to do a middle index index middle sweep thing as we're dropping down a string. But I don't know, feels a little counter intuitive cos I'm going from a higher fret 9 to lower 7 and using the higher (up the string) middle finger first feels more in step with what the left hand is doing.

 

[Puni]

Well I guess you are right, in this case maybe 50% of the sound is in her fingers and the other 50% on the Musicman

 

[BanjoChrisH]

A happy accident this morning, I had an empty patch selected by mistake when I started practicing this song (yes still practicing it after two months!) and I could hear the growl much better.

So I experimented with the patch and started by taking out the cab simulation and that's it. The cab seems to smooth out the higher strings a little too much so I dropped the balance value on that down to 25 and it's much closer.

 

[Frank Vozak]

Julia knocks my socks off whenever I hear her play bass

 

[revd]

Likewise. Dia Lipa features some great basslines too.

 

[Frank Vozak]

I really enjoy Julia's bass playing. My favorite is her rendition of the Supremes keep Me Hanging On on the Bass Uke/

 

[Joe Nerve]

That´s pure Misucman sound, I don´t know if it would be possible to bring it from a Jazz copy

I spent a lot of money on a lot of basses for a lot of years trying to get that sound.

Then I bought a Stingray.