Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 ....as Carol Kaye, Bootsy or John Paul Jones. My one finger doesn't hit the strings like James Jamerson when playing my Yammy PJ, even though I've been reliably told that all P basses (and J basses and indeed all gear) sound the same. My pedal board doesn't make me sound anything close to Geddy Lee. (And as for crisps, it's gotta be cheese and onion!) If you could sound the same as one of your bass heroes who would he or she be? What's your favourite bass line by them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I have no desire to sound the same but here’s Jah Wobble with what’s probably my favourite wobbly line... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wow Frank - have to admit that trying to put a label on the genre of that track isn't immediately obvious! Does it fall under, profound, profane or punctual?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: If you could sound the same as one of your bass heroes who would he or she be? What's your favourite bass line by them? As I play in a Grateful Dead tribute band, I'd obviously like to sound more like Phil Lesh. He doesn't play a 'line', more just moves around the music, but the closest to a defined 'bass line' could be Estimated Prophet (tricky time sig and a lot of movement up the neck). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I would love to sound like Pino on John Mayer Trio - Try album. Especially Who did you think I was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I love Duff McKagans sound in Velvet Revolver, especially on American Man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I thought they all sounded the same...😕 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) I like to sound like myself, it's better this way, methinks. That said I've always loved the sound of Shri Sriram and his music (yep, another fretless player) : Edited December 30, 2019 by Hellzero I added another track, it's too good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, TheGreek said: I thought they all sounded the same...😕 What's the equivalent of Specsavers for us bass-players?! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I have absolutely no desire to sound like anyone else. To have the playing ability of certain bassists, yeah definitely. But to straight up "sound" like someone else, where's the fun in that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hmmm...I think we're heading towards a "bass players...they all sound the same" thread.. That may already exist on a Guitard's forum somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Wow Frank - have to admit that trying to put a label on the genre of that track isn't immediately obvious! Does it fall under, profound, profane or punctual?! I would posit that this album (with one or two others) were the precursors of what would become post punk, however, at the time it sounded so totally different from anything else, so different from Lydon’s previous band, that I just thought of it as uncategorisable, or perhaps avant-garde at a stretch. Nothing sounded like it before and nothing as since and it remains, by a country mile, my favourite album. I’d definitely say profound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 27 minutes ago, TheGreek said: I thought they all sounded the same...😕 Touché Cecil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I can sound like most of my bass heros (at least for a couple of bars), if I put my mind to it. However, I want this girl's P bass tone: Oh yeah. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 @Ricky 4000 - I can see why you like that! P bass + Tech21 pedal? (None of the current batch given the video is 2013). That P bass totally didn't sound like your standard P bass, but it's a great sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Savages are superb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Apparently not a Tech21 pedal in sight! Ayse Hassan – Savages – Pedalboard Edited December 30, 2019 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Wow, what a great find! ^^^^^^ Must confess I don't know what most of those pedals are... Here's the same girl playing it at Rough Trade without the studio luxuries: Core of her awesome clanky sound is still there, but with some authentic bum notes thrown in! 😃 Edited December 30, 2019 by Ricky 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: Wow, what a great find! ^^^^^^ Must confess I don't know what most of those pedals are... Here you go: L0/rez Effects Mona Lisa Overdrive Electro-Harmonix Freeze Electro-Harmonix Freeze Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive Death By Audio Waveformer Destroyer smallsound/bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine Boss RE-20 Space Echo Boss TU-2 Tuner 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wow @Al Krow You're a pedal guru! 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: Wow @Al Krow You're a pedal guru! 😎 And you good sir are far too kind!! (Tbf - I just cut and pasted from the same web page that had the photo of her pedal board listed). Anyway one good turn and all that - after all I owe you big time for introducing me to the sound of Ayse Hassan! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I'm trying to sound like Al Krow, but I always end up sounding like Carol Kaye, Bootsy and bloody John Paul Jones!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 But really, I guess I'm in the 60's Soul, R&B, Funk ball park, with a modern Nathan East-ish twist, but I've never thought "I'd like to sound like xxx". Let players influence you but stop short of copying them. Always find your own sound. I've spent my life trying to pick up all the best lines other players play. If you have a good filter you'll absorb all the licks and they'll come out sounding like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 @MrCrane I take it you're an upright player? Can't deny how sexy that DB sounded at 3.27 onwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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