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What bass is this? How do you get this tone?
- Thread starter LaBassGuy
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Just sounds like an active jazz bass to me...doesn't make any sense to say its modern but vintage sounding....kinda like saying a politician is conservative but liberal.
Sorry for the soap box moment, but it's great tunes like this that make me feel uncharitable towards those among 4 string only players who think notes below E are 'inaudible' 'pointless' or whatever other contempt they pour on the killer B. Please, 4 has always been enough, and always will be , but 5 adds so much when tastefully applied it's incredible.
+1 on it being a jazz 5 or clone btw.
+1 on it being a jazz 5 or clone btw.
Practice.... so many people are obsessed with gear... I think 85% of your tone is your hands,,,,
Yeah, try to slap any Gibson, a semi-acoustic or an ABG...
I'm getting a 5er because I'm in 2 pop bands that have bass lines that go lower than E. I was a die hard 4 string guy, but now that I realize what kind of good can a B string do, I'm moving forward.
+ the low B will make my life easier on runs and stuff that you have to go all over the fretboard on a 4.
I can't drop D anymore... My 4 will be EADG only, always, forever. Lower stuff will be done on my new 5.
If you're into pop, listen to Simply Red - Something Got Me Started. Just another example of how a 5er works GREAT in a song!
I am a 4-string player myself but do have a 5-string. And yes, when done tastefully, the B string can add a lot of texture. But that's a big assumption. If I were a producer and an average bassist walked in, I'd feel safer if he/she had a 4-string. And if he walked in with a 6 string . . .
run. I keed.
From what I could find the bassplayer on that track is Jorge Helder, if you search on Youtube he can be seen playing various basses.
are you familiar with British politics?
haha, too true!
not too much help on bass tones but i really liked that song, cool vibe.
I agree that it sounds like an active 5 string. Most likely a Fender. Kinda like Marcus Miller slap tone right at the end.
It could be a Lakland though, since in parts it sound to me like its "not quite" Fender. Lakland do replicate Fender quite well in their tonal pallet which is why I suggested it could be one of those.
My USA G&L L2500 with only the front pu on is kinda P bass sounding, and the back pu is kinda J bass sounding. Both together and it growls! If I play it a certain way on a good night, I might get a tone like that, but hardly ever! That bass player has great tone and a good sound engineer. A good marriage there!
It could be a Lakland though, since in parts it sound to me like its "not quite" Fender. Lakland do replicate Fender quite well in their tonal pallet which is why I suggested it could be one of those.
My USA G&L L2500 with only the front pu on is kinda P bass sounding, and the back pu is kinda J bass sounding. Both together and it growls! If I play it a certain way on a good night, I might get a tone like that, but hardly ever! That bass player has great tone and a good sound engineer. A good marriage there!
Yep, I hear "modern" scooped hifi tone all the way. Could be an 5-string active jazz-style, or something like an active Bartolini soapbar setup.
