I can't tell if it's a bass synth, vst, or if it's a real bass that's got the lows pumped up to the max. What say you?
Edit: If you can't see the video, the song is High Cost of Living by Jamey Johnson
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Real bass or bass synth?
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I can't tell if it's a bass synth, vst, or if it's a real bass that's got the lows pumped up to the max. What say you?
Edit: If you can't see the video, the song is High Cost of Living by Jamey Johnson
Sounds real enough to me, though definitely quite a lot of lows in that tone. I think some of the playing choices like slides are the main thing leading me to say actual bass guitar rather than since - it seems like more work to recreate that with a synth than it is to just play it on a bass.
I also checked out a live video from Farm Aid 2012 and the bass player was playing a very cool Fender Roscoe Beck 5. Surprisingly I heard a couple slaps snuck in there.
I also checked out a live video from Farm Aid 2012 and the bass player was playing a very cool Fender Roscoe Beck 5. Surprisingly I heard a couple slaps snuck in there.
Ah cool. I'll definitely have to go check that video. Thanks for checking it out for me! It's a great bass line and I was just wondering how possible it would be to sound that big.
