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Stu Hamm "Country Music"

Discussion in 'General Instruction [BG]' started by Wxp4759cb, Sep 27, 2001.

  1. Sep 27, 2001 #1
    Wxp4759cb

    Wxp4759cb

    Nov 23, 2000
    Columbia, MO
    Does any one know how to make your bass sound like a banjo like stu hamm does in that one part of Country music?
    I know how to play it, but it sounds like a bass playing it when i do it but when he does it it sounds awesome, like a banjo or some thing. Any one know some eq or something that will fix it?
     
  2. Sep 28, 2001 #2
    mchildree

    mchildree Supporting Member

    Sep 4, 2000
    AL/GA
    Are you playing it in the correct register? And what part are you referring to? The opening root-V vamp is hammered with the left hand up at the 3rd position, and the off-beat "chops" are hammered by the right hand down past the 12th fret on the D and G strings. After that, the banjo roll lick is simply a slapped hammer-on from F# to G on the D string, 4 to 5th fret, followed immediately by a plucked open G. Everything else is all over the board, so you're on your own there....
     
  3. Sep 28, 2001 #3
    Pacman

    Pacman Layin' Down Time Staff Member Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 1, 2000
    Omaha, Nebraska
    Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings, Aguilar Amplification
    I think you might be talking about the main melody.

    1. slap the F# on the D string
    2. hammer up to the G on the D string
    3. then pop the open G

    That's the technique he uses to do the main melody of the song. After that, you just have to be really good.
     
  4. Sep 28, 2001 #4
    Mike

    Mike

    Sep 7, 2000
    Cali
    Practice, my son. Use the force, Skywalker...

    But they are right. The open G gives it that droning, doubling feel and sound that a banjo produces.
     
  5. Sep 28, 2001 #5
    Oysterman

    Oysterman

    Mar 30, 2000
    Sweden
    Hamm has such a cool tone on that one. Does anyone know what bass he was playing back then?
     
  6. Sep 28, 2001 #6
    Christopher

    Christopher

    Apr 28, 2000
    New York, NY
    A pre-Fender Kubicki X Factor, I believe. Never my cup of tea.
     
  7. Sep 28, 2001 #7
    Mike

    Mike

    Sep 7, 2000
    Cali
    They were pre Fender Kubicki's. I/ve played a few, loved the tone, Met Stu at the Bass Center in LA when it was there some 10 yrs ago or so. He was cool as hell.
     
  8. Sep 28, 2001 #8
    Sheep Man

    Sheep Man

    Apr 4, 2000
    Los Angeles, CA
    While on the topic of Stu Hamm...
    When/where did he play Linus & Lucy, and why can I not seem to find any recordings with him playing it?
     
  9. Sep 28, 2001 #9
    JMX

    JMX Vorsprung durch Technik

    Sep 4, 2000
    Cologne, Germany
    It's part of <big><b>Quahogs anyone? (119,120 Whatever it Takes)</big></b>, a live solo.

    It's on his <b><big>The Urge</big></b> album from 1991.

    And contrary to some other opinions in this thread, I think his sound with the Kubicki is great, but I don't like his Fender sound at all.
     
  10. Sep 28, 2001 #10
    Wxp4759cb

    Wxp4759cb

    Nov 23, 2000
    Columbia, MO
    no, i know the teqnique to play it, but when i play it it sounds like a bass playing the part not a banjo. I have his notation book so i know im playing the part right.
     
  11. Sep 28, 2001 #11
    Oysterman

    Oysterman

    Mar 30, 2000
    Sweden
    It SHOULD like a bass is playing the part, for it IS a bass that is playing the part! ;) Doesn't sound anything like a banjo to me on the recording.
     
  12. Sep 28, 2001 #12
    mchildree

    mchildree Supporting Member

    Sep 4, 2000
    AL/GA
    I'm not really sure what guage strings Stu uses or used back then, but I know that lots of slappers use really light strings. That'd account for your tonal differencel, too.
     
  13. Sep 29, 2001 #13
    Sheep Man

    Sheep Man

    Apr 4, 2000
    Los Angeles, CA
    Cool, thanks.

    And about Country Music sounding like a banjo...it doesn't sound anything like a banjo to me, either.

    Of course, listening to it right after dueling banjos probably has something to do with that, too. :D
     
  14. Oct 1, 2001 #14
    Murf

    Murf

    Mar 28, 2001
    Ireland

    Nearly there, its actually

    1. slap the F# on the D string
    2. hammer up to the G on the D string
    3. Damp the D string and slap the G note (for that percussive 'click')
    4. pop the open G.

    on a side note , some of the tabs in the Stu Hamm Bass book are wrong, however the notation is correct....another reason to learn to read music.

    ..stupid tabs....;)