"When in doubt get a Warwick"

[allexcosta]

No he knew. I told him about my plan to clean it up and make it a playable instrument again, his eyes lit up when I explained to him what I was going to do.

Still...

 

[octaverazor]

Viva la Warwick

 

[milothefultz]

I don't think a better bass would help his technique, maybe a little bit, but only as a shortcut to just practicing with a metronome. Steve Harris plays on a Fender P with flatwounds and his fingernails and he's tight as hell. He just needs to practice. A bass is just a bass, it's the player that makes it sound good.

 

[Sufenta]

Unless he is a really quick study I doubt that he will be ready to record using a pick after only one weekend of practicing the technique. The Thumb is a great bass, but it won't cure bad timing.

 

[Grizzly700]

He probably has so many effects on it that you can't tell what the Warwick actually sounds like anyway.

Have you ever listened to Mudvayne?

 

[silky smoove]

Have you ever listened to Mudvayne?

Agreed.

Ryan's tone on TEOATTC has so much Thumb vibe that its quite obvious what he used.

 

[J. Crawford]

So he loaned you his bass for the recording, you immediately did some "clean up" work to it (without asking, I presume - since you didn't mention that he OK'd it), and now you want to charge the guy for it ? Seriously ? Remind me never to be kind and loan you something. It seems to me that cleaning up the bass should be repayment for his loaning you the bass, attending a rehearsal, and caring enough to take the steps to make your recording sound good.

Just my opinion.

This.

 

[nbw]

He probably has so many effects on it that you can't tell what the Warwick actually sounds like anyway.

compression and abit of chorus here or there.. but nope, his sound is the posterboard of the thumb sound with slight mid boost. My warwick thumb 6NT(that I just got yesterday ) nails that sound to a T.

 

[Bass-Ment]

compression and abit of chorus here or there.. but nope, his sound is the posterboard of the thumb sound with slight mid boost. My warwick thumb 6NT(that I just got yesterday ) nails that sound to a T.

I had 3 Thumb Basses that we're the older ones and could never get a sound I liked. If I had the low end growl dialed in, the high end was very weak (low volume)

 

[Krügmeister]

I Love the way my Wicks sound.. but they aren't as versitile as my P-Basses... I think that Wicks sound awesome for hard rock, metal, and jazz.

 

[markorbit]

Seems a bit strange to ask a bassist to use a pick if he's not used to using one. The only thing I can think of is a pick will have a much more sharply defined attack which will help pinpoint the timing more clearly.

Or the engineer just thinks bass should sound in a certain way - what you hear as warmth he hears as mud and what you hear as harsh is his clarity etc.

 

[Dfinch]

That's gonna be day and night. A Thumb through a Ampeg, yummy. May not work out, but it's worth a try Should be right at home with a metal outfit, but I the balance, weight and comfort can be quite different from what he is used to.

Aaaaah, my favorite YouTube bass player. Warwick should be paying him.

 

[arstneio]

I Love the way my Wicks sound.. but they aren't as versitile as my P-Basses... I think that Wicks sound awesome for hard rock, metal, and jazz.

sounds kinda versatile to me...