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Which Bass guitar would you record with

#201
tvbop said:
If u have an original sound then that's great but just about every other bass tone has been done....from Jaco to Mick Karn, Simon Gallup, to Stu Zenders Envelope Filter..There ain't much else left, its just bass and the option to be different is hardly worth the effort nowdays
P bass, dead flats, light touch straight into the board. Heft and grind that will carry any ole tune you stick in front of it.
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Right, every bass tone has been made from ugly to the most awesome but in a context.
And PBass with flats were in a context, you said it "Ole tunes".

But not everyone is playing pino palladino tunes or Duck Dunn tunes.

See my point here, translate what you say to cars:
Do you still ride a 1930 car? With no security, no comfort, polution and high fuel consumption?
Yes a 1930 car is capable of driving on a road but a modern car for a 1000miles trip will be more adequate.

I know i'm trying to change lead into gold here.
I understand your point but if i wanna do some funky clean sound or slap or trash metal with a clingy bass tone, well i don't think at least flats is the best option.

Again i have no intention to bash you, i have a completely different opinion.
 
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#204
FenderP said:
On my last album I used more than a P. That doesn't mean I couldn't have used just a P; the songs demanded otherwise.

If you're hiring an engineer, ask the right questions before you do so. However, I only hire and work with people I trust. Trusting means that I also value their opinion; they are more than glorified knob turners and fader pushers. "Learn and deal with it" is not an attitude I have ever brought into a studio and hope I never do.
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I knew someone with that kind of obvious pseudo would show up... take the ticket and stand in line sir, there are more than you only that tried to teach me lessons with those mainstream lines "always follow the engineer's hype, he's almighty". Actually, the number of times I've interviewed those guys in 30+ years that would of course tell ya "yeah I can deal with anything" and then forced you to play their junk instruments only, I can't count them anymore... But hey, we all know it's common to lie on job interviews...
 
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#206
tb-player said:
Everyone knows that if you bring a fancy bass to the session, the engineer will pull an inexpensive precision bass off the wall for you to play. After that, you'll sell all your gear and only play precision basses for the rest of your career. You'll tell that story every time you get a chance and non-session-playing bassists on message boards around the world will quote it like it's gospel. :cool::thumbsup:
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Bugspray said:
When I went to a studio in Austin back in 1982 I had just purchased a '78 Stingray Bass for $325. I took it straight to the studio after buying it and it sat in the mix so well that the engineer told me that it was one of the best recording basses that he had heard.
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This is the story I want quoted all over the message boards. ;):smug:
 
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#213
PleyswethSqwerl said:
If you all had one bass guitar that you absolutely had to record your album with. Which one would you choose?

1. Precision Bass (PBass).
2. Jazz Bass (JBass).
3. Musicman Stingray.
4. Rickenbavker.
5. P/J.
6. Some other brand or miscellaneous
Bass.

I’m curious to hear other bassist responses. And, Why? they would choose that specific bass if they could only choose that one.
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If I can only have 1, I will take the P/J. A P bass can do a lot of styles well and fits well in about any mix. There is a reason virtually every studio bassist uses the. Add the J pickup because, well, why not? I might want to slap at some point and I like J basses better for that
 
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There is no universe in which any of us are limited to only one of anything, so I find questions like these a waste of bandwidth.

If you want to choose one instrument only, you are free to do so, but why do you need anyone else's opinion on the matter? Do you not have eyes, ears, and fingers? Do you not have musical taste or a musical style and tone of your own? Are you simply insecure unless you have the approval of others? That ain't rock and roll, man. That ain't funk, that ain't jazz.
 
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amper said:
There is no universe in which any of us are limited to only one of anything, so I find questions like these a waste of bandwidth.

If you want to choose one instrument only, you are free to do so, but why do you need anyone else's opinion on the matter? Do you not have eyes, ears, and fingers? Do you not have musical taste or a musical style and tone of your own? Are you simply insecure unless you have the approval of others? That ain't rock and roll, man. That ain't funk, that ain't jazz.
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Because it's fun...
 
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amper said:
There is no universe in which any of us are limited to only one of anything, so I find questions like these a waste of bandwidth.
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That is why this is a hypothetical, and it was phrased as a hypothetical. I wholly agree if you were in a studio situation, there’s a plethora of options. However, the purpose of this question was if you could only choose one of those options. What would be your pick? The reason for this line of questioning is to see what bass a bass player would get the most gratification from if he only had one or when he picks up this one instrument, or she picks up this one instrument, she’s satisfied, playing it in any circumstance. That is the purpose for the line of questioning. It’s a mere hypothetical. It’s like asking somebody do they like apples or oranges or vegetables or fruit if they had to choose one there’s so many YouTube videos out there like this and they are mere hypotheticals. Your characterization of this is deeply rooted in a non-fictional perspective. When it should be construed colloquially.
 
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#219
The right instrument for the session is the instrument that is right for the music. You are either playing your own music, in which case only you can determine what is right for the music, or you are playing someone else's session, in which case you may be directed to play a particular instrument, unless you were hired specifically for your style.

Recording is not hypothetical for me, as a recording musician. When I enter the studio to record my music for eventual release, I don't dither about which instrument to play, because that choice was already made years ago, when I developed my sound as a bassist and as a songwriter.

What I chose would have no relevance to anyone else's music. :shrug:
 
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#220
amper said:
The right instrument for the session is the instrument that is right for the music. You are either playing your own music, in which case only you can determine what is right for the music, or you are playing someone else's session, in which case you may be directed to play a particular instrument, unless you were hired specifically for your style.

Recording is not hypothetical for me, as a recording musician. When I enter the studio to record my music for eventual release, I don't dither about which instrument to play, because that choice was already made years ago, when I developed my sound as a bassist and as a songwriter.

What I chose would have no relevance to anyone else's music. :shrug:
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Again, you are destroying this literally ma’am, if you are not interested in commenting on which bass you like to play. Then I wouldn’t even comment on the post. If I’m not gonna say anything positive, and the post is just so stupid and deserves a silly answer. Why comment on That’s kind of silly you don’t like the post, you don’t like the subject matter, so how about Just not comment on it.
 
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