Getting wood

[Nicko]

Stop sniggering at the back......

Just caught the studio version of Love Cats by the Cure. Any suggestions for re-creating that woody hollow tone? I assume this is an electric bass despite the video showing someone arseing about with a DB.

[EssentialTension]

Is it producer Phil Thornalley on double bass?

[discreet]

Another disappointing thread title...

[Nicko]

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Is it producer Phil Thornalley on double bass?
[/quote]

It could well be. Still, suggestions for getting a sound close to this with an electric would still be welcome.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469451432' post='3098358']
Another disappointing thread title...
[/quote]

Yes, I too was expecting the tonewood discussion all over again.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1469451540' post='3098360']
It could well be. Still, suggestions for getting a sound close to this with an electric would still be welcome.
[/quote]

Fender Precision, possibly fretless, flatwound La Bellas, play fingerstyle over the end of the fingerboard, treble rolled off.

[discreet]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469451633' post='3098363']
Fender Precision, possibly fretless, flatwound La Bellas, play fingerstyle over the end of the fingerboard, treble rolled off.
[/quote]

This. And if you're really keen, raise the action and dig in a bit.

[Jazzneck]

Try an Ampeg AEB1 or AUB1 with La Bella flats, much easier to get that sound.

Edited July 25, 2016 by Jazzneck

[Grangur]

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1469451900' post='3098368']
Try an Ampeg AEB1 or AUB1 with La Bella flats, much easier to get that sound.
[/quote]
Thanks for the lesson

https://youtu.be/uAoXcTymdGU

This shows the fretless in action from 1.02
https://youtu.be/k3gNkixsLaM

[bassjim]

I have a friend who was/is a big Cure fan and also a bassist. I remember him telling me that they did use a double bass and the guy that played it drew fret positions on the neck with chalk or something like that?

Might be absolute tosh but for some reason I stored this data in my useless information folder so it might be true....

[spongebob]

Reminds me of that ZZ Top song - 'Woke Up With Wood'!

[discreet]

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Reminds me of that ZZ Top song - 'Woke Up With Wood'!
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Not [i]Ron [/i]Wood??

[spongebob]

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Not [i]Ron [/i]Wood??
[/quote]

Or Woody from the Bay City Rollers....!

[ras52]

Woody?

http://youtu.be/RxeV3qWqvSU

[spongebob]

That's great!

[blue]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469451633' post='3098363']


Fender Precision, possibly fretless, flatwound La Bellas, play fingerstyle over the end of the fingerboard, treble rolled off.
[/quote]

The German made Hofners are right on the money with that hollow, woody thumping sound.

Blue

[Grangur]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469462711' post='3098505']
Not [i]Ron [/i]Wood??
[/quote]
Or... ?


or... ?

Edited July 25, 2016 by Grangur

[Maude]

Definitely need a fretless for all the slidey bits.

[BrunoBass]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469450396' post='3098350']
Is it producer Phil Thornalley on double bass?
[/quote]

Yes. He was in the band the first time I saw them live, in 1984.

Edited July 26, 2016 by PaulGibsonBass

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1469565076' post='3099466']
Yes. He was in the band the first time I saw them live, in 1984.
[/quote]

He also co-wrote [i]Torn[/i] and was producer and bassist on Natalie Imbruglia's version of that song - as discussed in another thread.

[BrunoBass]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469565684' post='3099471']


He also co-wrote [i]Torn[/i] and was producer and bassist on Natalie Imbruglia's version of that song - as discussed in another thread.
[/quote]

He also joined Johnny Hates Jazz after his tenure in The Cure. There can't be many more diverse career moves than that!