Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
tubes and funk playing?
- Thread starter jIvan
- Start date
hasbeen
Commercial User
- Sep 23, 2004
- 4,806
- 2,668
- Disclosures
- Executive Vice President, The Adam Hall Group
I don't think color and funk don't necessarily go together.
BTW....when you say "funk" ...do you mean "slap"?
The SVT is very colored. "Back in the day", that is what Marcus used....it was a great slap tone.
The Sadowsky SA200 gets a great slap tone and so does that Trace Quatra/Hexa valves.
If one plays very "modern"..i.e. tight/fast slap, some tube amps might be too slow but those above aren't. You can even "quicken" up an SVT by eq'ing.
BTW....when you say "funk" ...do you mean "slap"?
The SVT is very colored. "Back in the day", that is what Marcus used....it was a great slap tone.
The Sadowsky SA200 gets a great slap tone and so does that Trace Quatra/Hexa valves.
If one plays very "modern"..i.e. tight/fast slap, some tube amps might be too slow but those above aren't. You can even "quicken" up an SVT by eq'ing.
I use My 300PRO Bassman for our soul/ funk/ disco gig ALL the time & its the BOMB!!!!! Can go nice & brite & snappy &/or deep & round, punchy ALL the time. Tried S.S. & hybrids- had 2 go back 2 ALL tube- BUT thats just ME!
& I AINT FUNNY AT ALL
& I AINT FUNNY AT ALL
I think all-tube amps can be great for funk.
I love James Brown stuff, especially songs Bootsy was playing on. Tube amps can be awesome for that kind of finger-style funk.
I think just a tad of power tube overdrive is great when playing slap--it can add just a little grit to the highs, which I find is good for trying to get some Stuart Zender and Les Claypool tones.
I love James Brown stuff, especially songs Bootsy was playing on. Tube amps can be awesome for that kind of finger-style funk.
I think just a tad of power tube overdrive is great when playing slap--it can add just a little grit to the highs, which I find is good for trying to get some Stuart Zender and Les Claypool tones.
i use an Aguilar DB359 for Funk/R&B all the time. Great amp. Tubes and funk go well together IMO.
Just got home from a gig playing old school R&B and funk using an Aguilar DB359 all-tube head and my Eden 2x10 xlt. Sounded pretty darn funky to me. Fat tube tone with an upper end that reminded me of Paul Jackson with the Headhunters. Playing a Precision helped too. All tube all the time!
Seeing as you're in Vancouver you might want to come hear how funky and Aguilar DB359 can sound.
Fri & Sat March 2 & 3 my band is playing the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam.
Sat March 10 we're playing the WISE Hall doing a fundraiser for the – Vancouver International Children's Festival.
Check it out.
www.the-dynamics.com
Fri & Sat March 2 & 3 my band is playing the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam.
Sat March 10 we're playing the WISE Hall doing a fundraiser for the – Vancouver International Children's Festival.
Check it out.
www.the-dynamics.com
OLD SKOOL, ALL TUBE FOR EXTRA FUNK: KOOL&THE GANG,EARTH WIND AND FIRE,OHIO PLAYERS,CON FUNK SHUN, JAMES BROWN,P-FUNK (MAKE MY FUNK THE TUBE FUNK I WANT MY FUNK U-CUT) NUFF SAID!!! 
Nicely said.
Tube amps... gritty ones, anyway... would only be a problem for those who want that uber-clean uber-crisp uber-polite modern soft jazz slap tone. Not my thang at all.
Can't agree more.. the Sunn/Fender 300 T/Pro with 410 cabs is IMHO the BOMB 4 any style.. And maby 4 BOMBS for Funk??
THe compression unit helps.. realy a world of difference to the SVT Classic 4 instance.. Havent regreted that switch one day..
