Rich, full range, clean, articulate and punchy. At least that's the sound I try to get onstage. The sound out front is probably the total opposite half the time. 
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What is YOUR sound?
- Thread starter birminghambass
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My sound is like someone dumping a truck full of chocolate and orange sherbet on you and leaving you there with it melting and sticking to you in the hot sun.
Fender 62RI P-Bass with La Bella flats and the tone knob usually all or mostly off...I call it "The Holy Ghost Tone".
I play Ibanez destroyers with a pick, either P or P/J passive DiMarzio pickups into a tri amped rig that lets me dial in my lows. mids, and highs separately. I use a couple of pedals to split the signal. Without any effects I have four main sounds depending on my tone setting and where I'm playing on my bass. I play back by the bridge for my "Bells of Mordor" sound and up by the fretboard for my "Red Tentacle" sound.
I'm looking forward to adding in some pedals, I have a Rat King on order so that will be first.
Cheers!
MJW
I'm looking forward to adding in some pedals, I have a Rat King on order so that will be first.
Cheers!
MJW
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
It changes a lot... sometimes song to song, but generally speaking, I like the tone of an active bass with the bass and mids lightly boosted, and the treble slightly cut. Both pickups on, fingerstyle over the neck pickup. Low mids boosted on my amp.
Long story short, nice and thick & fat, but not muddy. Also, clear, but not clanky, unless the song needs it. Warm. Kinda like audible molasses.
Long story short, nice and thick & fat, but not muddy. Also, clear, but not clanky, unless the song needs it. Warm. Kinda like audible molasses.
I agree 100% this is me and a good jazz can do it all, but also a good duck dunn tone
Series-parallel modded Jazz with LaBella flats through a 1x15. Covers most tonal territory through about 1969.
I usually start the night with a P and end the night with a J.
Wait.
Lemme rephrase that.
I usually start the night with a precision bass and end the night with a jazz bass.
Wait.
Lemme rephrase that.
I usually start the night with a precision bass and end the night with a jazz bass.
philvanv
Gerbil Turds, Kitsap County Turd Core
- Jul 2, 2012
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I try to get a " bubbley" tone using my fingers, a GAMMA Alpha P bass w med nickel cleartone strings and any SUNN Equipment no pedals and GAMMA pups...
What's that?
My Sound: Alembic with new Cocco strings, filter(s) at 3/4 Q('s) on (position 2 for the neck & bridge pickup, position 3 for the middle pickup on my Elan 5) through old Mesa tube heads and Diesel cabs.
Tons of tone
Both pickups in position is what I meant. My bad.
Jazz with flats + fingers > SWR.
Mid pup @ 10, bridge pup @ 9, tone @ 5. Mids cranked on the amp.
Mid pup @ 10, bridge pup @ 9, tone @ 5. Mids cranked on the amp.
What is my sound? A rather mediocre one, I would say. 
Frankly, as long as it's not noticeably bad I don't worry overly much, I still have a lot to work on in terms of playing the right thing at the right time, which is more important than fine tuning the sound.
Technically though, and being a support kind of player rather than an in your face kind of bass player, my sound is usually old-ish nickel roundwounds, two jazz pickups mostly evenly balanced through a J-Retro preamp, with a somewhat flat or scooped sound. A kind of middle-of-the-road, doesn't-stand-out-too-much but you'll-miss-it-if-it's-not-there sound.
Frankly, as long as it's not noticeably bad I don't worry overly much, I still have a lot to work on in terms of playing the right thing at the right time, which is more important than fine tuning the sound.Technically though, and being a support kind of player rather than an in your face kind of bass player, my sound is usually old-ish nickel roundwounds, two jazz pickups mostly evenly balanced through a J-Retro preamp, with a somewhat flat or scooped sound. A kind of middle-of-the-road, doesn't-stand-out-too-much but you'll-miss-it-if-it's-not-there sound.
