Tal AND Oteil..

[KJung]

NYC 4 string Ken.
The one Roger gave her.

Man, it's kinda funny, but doesn't Oteil sound the same on a Warwick as he does on his Fodera or did on his Modulus???

I was on automatic pilot... so used to typing MV5... of course, MV4!

And yes, I think once you get that high on the neck and hum over your playing, most basses start to sound pretty much the same

 

[onlyclave]

NYC 4 string Ken.
The one Roger gave her.

Man, it's kinda funny, but doesn't Oteil sound the same on a Warwick as he does on his Fodera or did on his Modulus???

Yes he does which is why all of this debate about gear and tone is ridiculous.

An JauqoXIII, I'm well aware of where Oteil is from, and it's Jimmy Herring's birthday at every gig they play. But Apt Q238 isn't really his name.

 

[KJung]

Just my opinion but I'm not digging Tals tone on this. It's too "choked" sounding and twangy. I much prefer to hear the bass played with a lighter touch and more finesse ala Oteil.

It's just one of many tones you can get out of a nice J with single coils (or sometimes good HC's). Tal mostly does not use this particular tone. I dig it for some things, and I think it works particularly well to provide Oteil with a groove and a tone center, but not get in the way of what he is doing.

However, choked and twangy is a bit of the point of that particular 'play hard enough to grind the strings on the frets, and probably overload the pickups and/or pre a bit.

Old school 70's style grizzle and grind there... I totally dig it in small doses!

 

[JAUQO III-X]

An JauqoXIII, I'm well aware of where Oteil is from, and it's Jimmy Herring's birthday at every gig they play. But Apt Q238 isn't really his name.

Why the attitude?


I said what I said for those who might seriously believe that he is from Egypt.

 

[peterpalmieri]

That was great! Love Tal's tone and solo style in that one.

 

[VroomVroom]

I really dug this - thanks for sharing! Tal's sound and ideas were absolutely top-notch. I prefer Oteil in the "role of the bass player" but his melodic stuff is so ethereal that even his cliches always sound cool. Nonetheless, awesome stuff, and a nice fat pocket from the cat on drums too. Thanks again!

 

[fleabee]

Sometimes I forget to give the drummer credit for setting the bass up to do its thing Kudos

 

[Baryonyx]

Not a massive fan of either player here, but it was nice to see Oteil playing a new bass! Despite my love of Modulus basses, I never dug his tone when he used it!

 

[Mutato]

None of that appeals to me too much.

 

[Joe Gress]

+1 That's the classic 'heavy touch played close to the neck with ss roundwound' J tone. I totally dig it, and that's just a great example of the Sadowsky J tone with single coils when you really dig in IMO and IME.

The best IMO.


Thanks for that clip fleabee. Pretty damn cool.


EDIT: Oh, and btw, I thought it was heavy tone, and 'eavy tone, and βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ® tone?

 

[Just Thumpin']

Yes he does which is why all of this debate about gear and tone is ridiculous.

An JauqoXIII, I'm well aware of where Oteil is from, and it's Jimmy Herring's birthday at every gig they play. But Apt Q238 isn't really his name.

You're kidding, you guys aren't all really comparing tone based on that garbage recording...heck on YouTube almost everything sounds the same.

 

[Jim Nazium]

I'm not digging Tals tone on this. It's too "choked" sounding and twangy.

+ her knees are too sharp.

 

[Sounbwoy]

Love it..would be nice if she actually faced the crowd during her piece...just me...

 

[TonyP-]

None of that appeals to me too much.

It sounds like I'm being negative...

But of all the current well known players these are the 2 that I'm not into what they are doing the most (I mean almost at all) funny to see them in a vid together.

Not trying to ruin the vibe, I just don't see what the big deal is especially with Tal.

Then again I dig Jonas and He is not eveyones cup of tea...

Its all good, I just wanted to voice the opinion of another set of ears up here.

Peace to all (and I really mean it).

 

[fleabee]

some additional Tal jamming

 

[lamarjones]

Awesome. Saw Oteil playing a warwick there, which tripped me out since I haven't seen him in like two years. And then this from this past weekend, back to showing up with different basses!

 

[fleabee]

What bass is he playing in the picture?

 

[lamarjones]

Sukop

I'd love to see his collection....

 

[fleabee]

Aaah gotcha,thanks. In recent years Ive seen him do the Modulus,Fodera and Warwick thing. Ive never seen this beast.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Oteil Burbridge always sounds like he's laying the groove, even when soloing.
His pulse is nothing short of amazing.