Rick James - Mary Jane bass FX?

[Magikal]

RICK JAMES / Mary Jane MUSIC VIDEO (HD) - YouTube

Just wanted to know what kind of Fx are used on the bass part of this song, i find it pretty kool.

 

[vegas532]

None that I can hear.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Yeah, that's just juicy booty bass tone, with a pluck thrown in once in a while for accent.

 

[BioDriver]

I didn't know cocaine was an effect....

Seriously, though, it just sounds like a slapped Rickenbacker going through a tube amp to me.

 

[Magikal]

Yeah, that's just juicy booty bass tone, with a pluck thrown in once in a while for accent.

Oh sweet!! So i could obtain this sound with a Fender Bronco Amp?

 

[BioDriver]

Oh sweet!! So i could obtain this sound with a Fender Bronco Amp?

You'll get close, but IME nothing but a Rickenbacker sounds like a Rickenbacker. That amp will definitely put you in the right direction, though!

 

[Magikal]

You'll get close, but IME nothing but a Rickenbacker sounds like a Rickenbacker. That amp will definitely put you in the right direction, though!

Rickenbackers are probably the farthest thing from my budget right now, ha. The pops/slaps in the song sound alot like a Controlled Envelope Filter.

 

[FilterFunk]

I'm pretty sure it's just some particularly skillful and nasty bass playing! Even with great gear, a whole lot of that tone was in the fingers!

 

[bongomania]

Rick James posed with various basses, including Rics and Stingrays, on album covers and in a few videos. He did not actually play the bass on records or onstage, generally.

I've read that the bassist on the session recording Mary Jane was playing a P. No effects, just funky playing.