miles'tone Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) http://youtu.be/MYqxHtAEIUA Forgive me if this has been posted before (I'd be surprised if it hasn't tbh). In the "album you know inside out.."thread, many people cited BSSM as that album. Thought many would be interested in this then. I've been playing Breaking The Girl for many years in a band and a bit incorrect as it turns out! Enjoy! Edited February 1, 2017 by miles'tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Great album and a great player. Sadly their form dipped considerably after this album IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I can actually believe how old this album is! It was one of the first CDs I bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Goes to show that a tone that sounds amazing in the mix isn't necessarily that pleasant isolated. Fantastic playing and RHCP at their peak for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayDownThaFunk Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1485971404' post='3228175'] Great album and a great player. Sadly their form dipped considerably after this album IMO [/quote] No it didn't. One Hot Minute is their best album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1485974589' post='3228201'] No it didn't. One Hot Minute is their best album. [/quote] I prefer Californication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 This is one album that doesn't really need much isolation, the bass is so prominent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1485974736' post='3228203'] I prefer Californication [/quote] And the new one is alright too, typical of most good albums you need to give them time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I can't thank you enough for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wishbone Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Found this on YouTube a while back. I pretty much learned to play bass by working my way through this album, so all these years later it's great to hear Flea's masterpiece in isolation, and also interesting to pick out some things I'd never noticed. The octaver on "If You Have To Ask" was a particular surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1485987381' post='3228386'] I can't thank you enough for this! [/quote] My pleasure! 🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1485987459' post='3228387'] Found this on YouTube a while back. I pretty much learned to play bass by working my way through this album, so all these years later it's great to hear Flea's masterpiece in isolation, and also interesting to pick out some things I'd never noticed. The octaver on "If You Have To Ask" was a particular surprise! [/quote] Isn't it. It sounds surprisingly to me like there's a bit of fretless on the 'middle 8' of Mellowship Slinky in B Major too! Ahh kids today.. They don't know how lucky they are with all this YouTube/online learning malarkey. In 1992 I was trying to learn all this off a vinyl record on a crap Dixons midi player! 🙇 Edited February 2, 2017 by miles'tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 [quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1485974589' post='3228201'] No it didn't. One Hot Minute is their best album. [/quote] no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayDownThaFunk Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1486023304' post='3228513'] no [/quote] Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Whether it's a personal favourite chillies album or not it's a great "bass album" there's no denying. Is he making complex lines sound simple or simple lines sound complex? I'm not sure, but it is a cracking album in every respect. Great to hear the bass isolated, one of the album's that spurred me on to learn more in my frustrated early bass playing days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1485987381' post='3228386'] I can't thank you enough for this! [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingsta Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Fantastic. Brought back many happy memories just listening to those lines. I took up bass when I was 15 but the reason I carried on past the first year was this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1485987459' post='3228387'] Found this on YouTube a while back. I pretty much learned to play bass by working my way through this album, so all these years later it's great to hear Flea's masterpiece in isolation, and also interesting to pick out some things I'd never noticed. The octaver on "If You Have To Ask" was a particular surprise! [/quote] Exactly this. Thanks, you saved me typing the exact same post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I love the tones on this album, I believe it's all Wal, except for a bit of 5 string Stingray (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). I always thought that Flea was using a very subtle envelope filter on everything, not enough to colour the sound but just enough to give that slightly 'squelchy' attach, but listening to this it's just his 'natural' tone I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 This album, to me, is their master of puppets or number of the beast. Seminal in so many ways. I've been using bssm to teach with for many years- there are so many lessons in working with drummers, and using simple (as well as not so simple ones😉) counter melodies to emphasise elements. I've always found the bass track relatively easy to hear in context. The tone as someone else mentioned, was a little of a surprise - it put me in mind of the isolated queen songs where John deacon's bass tone is filthy, but sounds really clean in the mix. It's always an inspiring album for me and IMO their best and most mature work,despite the constant willy jokes in the lyric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wishbone Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1486113922' post='3229279'] I always thought that Flea was using a very subtle envelope filter on everything, not enough to colour the sound but just enough to give that slightly 'squelchy' attach, but listening to this it's just his 'natural' tone I think. [/quote] There is of course the "Mu-Tron with dying battery" tone on Sir Psycho Sexy. I'd never heard anything like it at the time! Edited February 3, 2017 by Johnny Wishbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) I have noticed effects used on Flea's sound on this album but they're quite subtle in the mix, apart from a few examples where they're pushed to the front (the breakdown in Power of Equality with the auto wah, and Sir Psycho Sexy). I haven't listened to these isolated tracks yet - going to get to them over the weekend when I'm off work - and I'm excited to hearing every nuance of the sound. I find it staggering that it's mostly Wal, it always sounded like classic Stingray to me, and I just took it for granted because I always saw Flea with a Ray, and although it's a long, long time since I watched Funky Monks, I don't remember seeing Flea with a Wal during any of the recording footage (not saying he wasn't - just saying I don't remember noticing). I'm excited to hear the nuances of tone and use of effects laid bare here. This album had a huge influence on Joe Dart and shaped the way he plays bass in numerous ways. This was also the album that made me think "I kinda wish I'd bought a bass instead of a guitar...someday I have to get to bass." That thought never went away, it was always whispering to me in my mind through the years I was playing guitar, until eventually that whisper became a scream. So that's why I'm so excited to hear this laid bare. Thanks again for this Edited February 3, 2017 by Funky Dunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wishbone Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1486115679' post='3229307'] although it's a long, long time since I watched Funky Monks, I don't remember seeing Flea with a Wal during any of the recording footage (not saying he wasn't - just saying I don't remember noticing). [/quote] Looks like it's time you watched it again - the Wal is featured prominently! IIRC it only shows the 5-sting 'Ray when he's tracking "Funky Monks". Edited February 3, 2017 by Johnny Wishbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 [quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1486056664' post='3228908'] Yes. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1486116736' post='3229324'] Looks like it's time you watched it again - the Wal is featured prominently! IIRC it only shows the 5-sting 'Ray when he's tracking "Funky Monks". [/quote] I stand corrected - in my defence, I wasn't a bassist when I last watched it, so I didn't have such a keen eye for basses. But there you have it! I just went and gave a wee listen to a couple of the isolated tracks and it does not sound like a Stingray at all! Also the sound is much thicker, fatter and more affected than I realised. It's not just as tight when you hear it isolated either. I listened to a little of Chad's isolated drum tracks, though, and the playing is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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