"Synth Bass" in +Juliet score

[geoffkil]

I have received the bass score for +Juliet; our show opens in 3 months. Several songs require "synth bass"; can I be enlightened; is a keyboard and synth required, or will a synth pedal do the job?

 

[Leo Smith]

Will you be playing with the tour that's out right now?

I recall that it's KB synth bass on the Broadway production.

 

[Wasnex]

I have received the bass score for +Juliet; our show opens in 3 months. Several songs require "synth bass"; can I be enlightened; is a keyboard and synth required, or will a synth pedal do the job?

IMHO, this is a question for the production's Music Director.

 

[BassBrass]

huh, I never heard of a jukebox musical (a musical of recent hit covers). I think it depends on what synth sound is needed and if a pedal can do it. You will be playing a lot of melody parts in the bass. I've sold off most synth pedals except EH bass micro and B9 (organ emulation) and I haven't tried the new MXR, but most of them have too much latency (delay before sound happens) for me. The micro does cop a good Funkadelic/Bootsy sound (it's basically analogish octave, squarewave and very controllable down or up envelope) but doesn't handle a B string well. But it aint pfat like a moog or other monophonic keyboard.