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What an amazing, punchy tone
- Thread starter Rush-2112
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Yep, me too. I try and avoid that tone and playing style like the plague. Reminds me of smokey pubs, leather jackets, beer-soaked carpets, ringing ears and hangovers.
I love Entwistles tone and style. He had the funky grind thing down. Now Pino has a great style/ tone also. They both have their own sound and that what makes each great.
This 1983 video is a good example of Entwistle's 80's live Alembic tone.
http://chompco.com/video/ox.flv
http://chompco.com/video/ox.flv
I read a Bass Guitar magazine article about The Ox once, a couple of years ago. The pile of gear he carted around on tour was absolutely immense: guitar amps, bass amps, pedalboard after pedalboard, dozens of basses he owned, etc... Truly the biggest gear nut I've heard of, ever. And an insporation to many!
John E, and many others have pretty cool bass tone, depending on your personal preference. I must admit Ric Fierabracci has about the best tone ever, IMHO. He seems to be able to get his tone with many different basses. The link below is not studio or a performance of course, just a little demo/promo, but using his standard bass rig (not necessarily his standard bass)
just listen to his tone.....you have to put up with a little talking, but this is the tone...to me at least....
just listen to his tone.....you have to put up with a little talking, but this is the tone...to me at least....
Quadzilla
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He was Great - Just the facts mam .What is surprising though is the amount of post that cant see that.
Me too, I thought it was the opposite of punchy, but muddy.
Oh well, each to their own preference.
I heard once that he had an umbelievably light touch. Completely opposite from Geddy Lee who hammers on his strings.
Nice bass though. A bit pricy unfortunately....
Nice bass though. A bit pricy unfortunately....
Yeah, that's the Fierabracci link I should have posted, its the bomb for sure....
to each their own,but I just haven't heard better than Fierabracci's tone, again each having their preferred flavor.......
I'm no Fierabracci by any means, but I'm tempted to copy his rig every time I hear him play...though there's different avenues to accomplish a tone, it also has to do with attack, groove, talent, ear, knack for tweaks, and other factors as well......but again, Ric has it going on.....talent and tone that kills.....
to each their own,but I just haven't heard better than Fierabracci's tone, again each having their preferred flavor.......
I'm no Fierabracci by any means, but I'm tempted to copy his rig every time I hear him play...though there's different avenues to accomplish a tone, it also has to do with attack, groove, talent, ear, knack for tweaks, and other factors as well......but again, Ric has it going on.....talent and tone that kills.....
