archie_the_cat

This is all great, and thank you all for engaging, but I feel we’re rambling away from the question. I’m not interested in how to play You Can Call Me Al, great though it is. What I’m asking is what set-up I can use to create that bass sound. What equipment and what effects and what settings will make that sound?

OK, so that’s the first thing then - it’s fretless and played slap. But I’m assuming that’s not the clean sound, straight out the guitar. How is it processed?

I see. What I wanted to know really wasn’t specifically about that little solo bit. What I wanted was that bass sound, throughout the track. What is the effect, or equipment settings that would give me that sound?

So, what are you saying, that bass break is done with some sort of backwards tracking? Is the whole bass line constructed that way or just that bit?

Hi I’d like my bass to sound like the bass in Paul Simon’s You Can Call Me Al – [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULjCSK0oOlI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULjCSK0oOlI[/url] (the bass break is at 3:46). What equipment, settings, effects and talent would I need to make that happen?