• 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.

What bass did Mike Rutherford use on "Misunderstanding"?

JACink

JACink

Mar 9, 2011
5,271
7,363
Spain
#1
In the vast knowledge that is Talkbass, does anybody know what bass Mike Rutherford used on "Misunderstanding" for the "Duke" album?

I have watched this video, which is of a concert a few days before the song was released, but the image is pretty bad, and I have no idea if this is the bass he actually recorded the song with. Part of the concert is the double neck sherwood, and also a Ric (I believe).



I have tried some googling, but I haven't come up with anything of use for that specific song (that could me googling it wrong!).

Anyways, thanks!
 
#5
I have done some more searching, but I can't find any reference of Rutherford playing a Thunderbird, it seems Ric, Shergold and Steinberg are the only ones on his list. So I guess Misunderstanding must have been the Shergold or the Ric, and it doesn't sound much like a Ric.
 
#6
Doesn't sound anything like a Thunderbird to me and, as someone above said, there's no reference to him ever using one.

It's very difficult to say which bass he actually used because:

1. He already had several different basses at that point in time (some not named yet in this thread).
2. The set list I see of the Duke tour does not list Misunderstanding as being played live (at least during that concert), so there's nothing to infer there.
3. On the next tour (Abacab), Mike used an Alembic bass for this song. So, in theory, he could've used that bass during the recording of Duke for Misunderstanding, but I don't know if he owned that bass during the recording of Duke. The studio and live bass sound for this song are quite a lot alike, though. Still, based on the mix, it could be any one of a number of 2 pickup basses with tone rolled off somewhat and the balance more towards the bridge pickup - at least moreso than towards the neck pickup.

LouLoomis
 
#8
Yeah, most likely it's the Shergold. He also used it in "stereo": each pickup to it's own channel so that also explains why it sounds like there's more emphasis on the bridge pickup (neck pickup for lows, bridge for highs etc.).
Here's Mike's Shergold from the previous album:
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back