This Muckleroy has outstanding tone. I want to say it sounds like a Jazz, but not really. Can anyone this of another bass it resembles besides the obvious answer: a Muckleroy.
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What tone does this most resemble?
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This Muckleroy has outstanding tone. I want to say it sounds like a Jazz, but not really. Can anyone this of another bass it resembles besides the obvious answer: a Muckleroy.
Honestly, it sounds like Lobsters interface. One thing I've noticed from watching so many of his review/demo videos is that there is always a strong similarity in sound of all the instruments.
You have to dig past the baked in sound of his recording gear to set a sense of the individual bass character.
That being said, I can tell that that muck seems to have a depth of tone. it doesn't sound like a jazz bass to me.
You have to dig past the baked in sound of his recording gear to set a sense of the individual bass character.
That being said, I can tell that that muck seems to have a depth of tone. it doesn't sound like a jazz bass to me.
I definitely subscribe to point raised by Lesfunk. Most of Lobster's basses sound very similar due to that DI or whatever it is he uses.
I feel the same about any online demo-review. I'd much rather just hear a verbal description from someone like Ed F. who can compare gear to other gear that I'm already hands-on familiar with. That's info I can use with a degree of confidence in its accuracy. YMMV
This track is my usual reference for Tobias tone. I can hear how the Muckleroy is similar.
That's not a Tobias man...Fred cut that on something else. Terrance played his Tobias on the live cut.
When Bass Player did a transcription of Let the Praise Begin, they consulted Fred Hammond and he said he used a Tobias. That settles it for me.
He could've been answering in response to what was used on the live tracks though. It's not impossible that Fred used a Tobias himself (even though he was most known for using Smiths back then), that's just not the typical pre-Gibson Tobias tone.
He said he used a Tobias on the original recording. Tobias is one brand I don't have a ton of experience playing. I just assume Hammond has no reason to be misleading and that his memory was good ten or so years ago, when the article was published.
I wouldn't expect Fred to be intentionally misleading and like I said it's not impossible that he used a Tobias...In fact (now thinking about it) even when he's played Ken Smiths on tracks, Fred Hammond seems to use/prefer a very raw, organic bass tone on his studio records to the point where even a lot of his Ken Smith basses don't sound like what most people think of as the typical Smith tone. So maybe that's what happened here with him playing a Tobias.
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I guess that is one more reason not to get too hung up on what stars players use because they tend to always get their sound. For that matter, we always get our sound too.
Well, if that ain't the truth of it all...I guess that is one more reason not to get too hung up on what stars players use because they tend to always get their sound. For that matter, we always get our sound too.
There's a certain clarity to the Delano pickups that tends to come through in all of their pickups. It's that crispy high accent that tends to come through in a way that even EMGs can't.
That's what I'm hearing, at least. Delanos are great pickups and perfect for that crispiness in the high frequencies with a nice balance of other frequencies as well.
That's what I'm hearing, at least. Delanos are great pickups and perfect for that crispiness in the high frequencies with a nice balance of other frequencies as well.
