bethnalgreen Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anyone know how Jean-Jacques got that bass sound on the intro to "Hanging Around" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 [quote name='bethnalgreen' post='1364717' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:15 PM']Anyone know how Jean-Jacques got that bass sound on the intro to "Hanging Around" ?[/quote] Think he does a load of hammer-on's down the neck. Saw him play it live a couple of times, and that's what it looked like to me, but didn't really sound like the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 P bass played with a pick, through a Marshall guitar head into a cab with a knacketed speaker apparently. Sounds great though, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 [quote name='bethnalgreen' post='1364717' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:15 PM']Anyone know how Jean-Jacques got that bass sound on the intro to "Hanging Around" ?[/quote] Possibly you mean No More Heroes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 [quote name='kevin_lindsay' post='1364725' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:20 PM']P bass played with a pick, through a Marshall guitar head into a cab with a knacketed speaker apparently. Sounds great though, huh?[/quote] With both bass and treble on full, apparently. Lot`s of people think JJs tone is all treble, but there is a surprising amount of bass in it, it`s just that his attack, near the bridge btw, and the legendery knackered speaker bring the treble to the immediate notice. That has to be one of [u]the[/u] best bass intros ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethnalgreen Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 [quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1364745' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:38 PM']Possibly you mean No More Heroes?[/quote] No, Hanging Around, 14 seconds in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 [quote name='kevin_lindsay' post='1364725' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:20 PM']P bass played with a pick, through a Marshall guitar head into a cab with a knacketed speaker apparently. Sounds great though, huh?[/quote] HiWatt 50w guitar head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Another great bass intro is when JJ blasts his P-Bass on "Nice 'n' Sleazy". Fantastic stuff. JJ Burnel was the reason I took up playing bass!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Alsatian Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) An awesome bass sound - it's like a bad-tempered old dog growling behind the couch. I love this performance of it, particularly Hugh's comments before and after. This is another of my fave JJ lines - the intro and outro on this are fantastic! Edited September 6, 2011 by Green Alsatian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 There's been lots of threads about JJ's sound. Try some of these to get you started. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=123050"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=123050[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=107133"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=107133[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16878"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16878[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) I love the green snot-burst Precision on the Straighten Out video! IIRC someone on BassChat has a replica of this - very cool [attachment=88881:32189666...d7f594b1.jpg] Edited September 7, 2011 by Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='bethnalgreen' post='1364765' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:54 PM']No, Hanging Around, 14 seconds in.[/quote] Ok.The No More Heroes intro is the one that usually gets the "How?" question.Hanging Around (one of my fave basslines,btw).As mentioned,JJ's sound is much discussed,but basically badly resprayed 67 Fender P,HiWatt 50w guitar head,knackered Marshall 4x12,knackered Marshall 2x15 and a shedload of compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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