Which Bass For Primus Sound and Feel

[Ghastly]

I'd tell the drummer not to worry about it, as long as I sound good.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Schecter Stiletto or Stargazer?

 

[Mr.Ace]

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How do you not enjoy a Warwick?

i just got one and it's very different, but I like it. Kinda tight on the spacing, sounds
Killer though.

 

[J Gold]

P bass with flats and a mute

 

[kkaarrll]

I think that the bridge pickup on a G&L L2000/L2500 with roundwounds and the (series and active+treble boost enabled) comes really close.

i might have to give that a try. I hadn't thought I could play les. But might as well give it a whirl. Problem is, I stink at slap.

 

[JIO]

WADR - when I think of Les Claypool, I think 1st of his signature 'sound' - which is and always will be in his unique articulation and delivery. With studied emulation, a reasonable facsimile (played live within context) could be achieved on most any bass eq'd correctly - but 'slap' would be a very important part of that woodshedding...

 

[KOLINAHR]

Thank you very much for your input!

Yes, I came very close with my P bass and flats or nickel strings. The Warwick Stage 2 sounds great for the tapping stuff like DMV. But for these songs, I think, I will buy an additional bass (a six-string).

An author and writer for the German magazine Bassprofessor recommended me to use a Jaydee bass.

Well, I guess I have to do some more testing and probing

 

[dje31]

While LC is seen from time-to-time with a Jazz, given what he does all over the neck, including two-handed tapping on occasion, 24-frets would be really helpful.

Not sure about the tone so much, but for looks, the Zygote comes pretty close, and leaves you enough extra $$ to tweak the pickups / electronics as needed.

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[RoeyHaviv]

If you have truble finding a CT, check out Hilton basses:
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[dje31]

I don't know if LC still does this, or if it's one of those urban legends, but early on ( Frizzle, Seas, era ) , I remember reading in an interview that, since he was doing so much chording, he was using 0.80 for both E and A string, and 0.40 for D & G. Actually, not sure what the gauges were, but E & A were matched, while D & G were as well.

 

[Stu L.]

Also check out Toon Basses. Johnny does great work.

 

[MobileHolmes]

He played a Jazz with EMGs in Sausage.

 

[KOLINAHR]

Here he plays a Fender Jazz bass:


Looks like a 70 model and sounds like nickel or even flatwound strings.

 

[Norwegian Bass]

The bass he plays in this clip has a P-Bass pick up in it; and I like the sound of this bass a lot for "Tommy The Cat" ; at least: better than the CT IMO. But then again; I'm a total P-Bass whore!