Luv of Dub

[Barking Spiders]

I'm a huge fan of Dub, from the original 70s sounds of King Tubby and Lee Scratch Perry through to electronica acts that've incorporated Dub into their sounds like Leftfield and Dreadzone. It's hard to beat the arsequaking sounds of the bass and it's bloody good fun to play n' all. Anyone else fee the luv for Dub?

[MrDaveTheBass]

Can't beat a good bit of dub! King Tubby is a firm favourite of mine.

I recently got hold of a copy of this:

[url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Presents-Dub-Various-Artists/dp/B00ISGOKDQ"]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Presents-Dub-Various-Artists/dp/B00ISGOKDQ[/url]

A lot of dub compilations can be a bit patchy, but there's not a duff one on there.

Irie riddims!

[BrunoBass]

I love dub reggae, particularly from the 70s. I can remember hearing it coming from the windows of the tower blocks across from where I lived in the West Midlands when i was a kid, circa 1977. I'd never heard anything like it, I didn't know what it was or what it was called then but the sounds, the space and sheer power fascinated me, and I'm sure subconsciously fueled my love of bass.

King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown is genius.

[spongebob]

Big fan here. Love dub.

In fact, love most Jamaican music up until the Dancehall era....kind of lost me since then.

[Len_derby]

Another fan here.
Trojan Record's Dub - 40 Deep and Heavy Hits compilation is one of favourites.

[Roger2611]

Love a bit of Dr Pablo and the Dub Syndicate on occasions

[Raslee]

Big fan here! Used to back an artist called Daddy Teacha on bass with The Rooticals, loved replicating his synth bass lines live. Totally love that UK roots vibe. Steve 'Vibronics' is your man for UK roots

Edited December 5, 2016 by Raslee

[JoeEvans]

Dub reggae is the haiku of bass playing.

[TheGreek]

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1480940111' post='3188165']

King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown is genius.
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The Colourbox version is far better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0h2zVmxutA

When I typed "Dub" into YT there was a ton of stuff I didn't know...probably need to do a bit more research....

[Len_derby]

Just about every dub and reggae band I've seen have had a bass player toting a Jazz bass.
Which I find interesting given all those stories about them getting lost in the mix.

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1480969911' post='3188603']
Just about every dub and reggae band I've seen have had a bass player toting a Jazz bass.
Which I find interesting given all those stories about them getting lost in the mix.
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Playing dub often means playing with clean, sparse guitar and keys, very little competition for bass frequencies.

IME many who complain of their Jazz getting lost in the mix have maxed out both pickups to get a scooped tone*
This tone can get lost in a rocky context, but less so with dub/reggae.

*I used to have a 2EQ Stingray when I was about 21. I permenantly maxed out the treble and bass EQs then wondered why I couldn't be heard in my band 😳

[blisters on my fingers]

from a No Treble interview with Aston Family Man Barrett

[url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/06/26/legend-an-interview-with-aston-family-man-barrett/"]http://www.notreble....ly-man-barrett/[/url]

What kind of gear do you use? A lot of readers wanted to know about your strings, too.
My favorite kind of bass is the Fender Jazz. Fender always makes a set of special flatwound strings for me that I picked out from a 5-string set, but I use a 4-string. I said, “build these four for me,” and every year they send me a six-pack of them.

What a sound he gets and what a player

Edited December 5, 2016 by blisters on my fingers

[Guest McBass]

I did most of the bass on this, used my MK2 Wal 5.
[url="https://moonshine-recordings.com/podcasts/juno-download-guest-mix-by-king-yoof"]https://moonshine-recordings.com/podcasts/juno-download-guest-mix-by-king-yoof[/url]

[molan]

I have a stack of 70's dub albums and 12" singles.

King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Joe Gibbs etc plus quite a few white label dub versions of vocal albums that I picked up from Daddy Kool.

I was spending £5 on 12" import singles in 78/79 when I first went to Uni in London

[Cuzzie]

If you want a lot of low end in a gorgeous bass I have just modded a G&L L1500 which would make it perfect for dub

[alyctes]

When it's good, it's glorious

[Raslee]

I've seen familyman playing a Hohner B bass with The Wailers about 10 years ago...as always he sounded sublime. More recently I've seen players playing all types of basses with the Jazz being less popular these days. A good Steinberger does the trick too.

Edited December 7, 2016 by Raslee

[Mickeyboro]

When I backed a reggae singer I was complimented by someone whose opinion I respect for using a Precision with tone rolled off through my Markbass combo with all controls at more or less neutral. Two or three notches of VLE added.

For what it's worth! I love threads like this...

[timhiggins]

I've played dub/reggae for more than 30 years now ,it was the reason I picked up the bass ,I have not tired of listening or playing it one bit and although I love playing all sorts of stuff it always feels like coming home when I'm back to those big fat b lines 😊...although it's always been the jazz for me in the last year I've been using and loving the p too with my reggae band ,a very slight eq scoop and a touch of tone does it for me .My current fave being a lovely fender pj (courtesy of Raslee 😊) ...in the studio I still often reach for the jazz though especially on modern kinda stuff here's something I played on a couple weeks ago it's a dubby trancey thing Listen to Still Waters Run Deep by The Soul Sound Collective #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/soulsoundcollective/still-waters-run-deep

[mcnach]

[quote name='MrDaveTheBass' timestamp='1480938115' post='3188145']
Can't beat a good bit of dub! King Tubby is a firm favourite of mine.

I recently got hold of a copy of this:

[url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Presents-Dub-Various-Artists/dp/B00ISGOKDQ"]https://www.amazon.c...s/dp/B00ISGOKDQ[/url]

A lot of dub compilations can be a bit patchy, but there's not a duff one on there.

Irie riddims!
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Thank you for that. I had a quick browse and ended up buying it too. That's a very good one

[BeeBop]

Melt Away ayhay
Smoke a spliff today to drive them away

Step fwd Jah Shaka .. The Mighty Shaka

Track is called ...Melt away (funny enough)

Big fan of the P Bass all the tone rolled off

crank up the volume and get the windaes vibrating

[jahfish]

Count me in dubwise

[jammys]

I thought they'd be more Dubwise peeps... In most bands the others are the stars, however, without bass players their is no Dub.