Blown away by the bass tone

[Muzz]

On 13/12/2020 at 15:34, Paul S said:

Love the tone in this.  Yamaha miming in the video, certainly sounds like it could be.

 

Nice tone, and an even better bass line; it's what he doesn't play in this that sets it apart - there's air and space in there...I had to learn this a while back, and it surprised me...

[Muzz]

2 hours ago, jazzyvee said:

This is a bass sound I heard recently which is amazing. 

Alembic John Entwistle 8 String Spyder Bass - mini demo - YouTube

I just wonder if he could have got the bass a bit higher...his left hand at head height and his scrunched up right arm make me ache just watching... 😕

[Japhet]

Tiran Porter was a big reason I took up bass. Great player, great tone, and was also just right in the mix. Here's an example, but just about anything else would do.

 

[Al Krow]

@Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats?

[Japhet]

10 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

@Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats?

Don't know to be honest. Certainly sounds like it although he often played a Gibson or an Alembic at that time.

[cetera]

14 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

@Japhet - nice! Another P bass with flats?

 

Likely his Gibson EB bass at this point. He also had a Ricky and an early Alembic around this time and the P-Bass came a little later.

He always played exactly the right thing, allowing space, grooving with the drums but still carving his own melodies. Fantastic player!

[Paul S]

2 hours ago, Muzz said:

Nice tone, and an even better bass line; it's what he doesn't play in this that sets it apart - there's air and space in there...I had to learn this a while back, and it surprised me...

Indeed, it had passed me by at the time other than the nice opening chords but my ex-band decided to do it and I discovered what a joy it is to play   

[jazzyvee]

Anything with Aston Familyman Barrett playing bass.

[Al Krow]

2 hours ago, jazzyvee said:

Anything with Aston Familyman Barrett playing bass.

Go on then, post a link to your favourite track he features on 😊

[jazzyvee]

I don't have an absolute favourite but I will post some that are up there.

 

There are a few, the last one is the one that made me want to play bass. I don't know specifically what it was about that track when I first heard it but listening with more musically educated ears, it may have been that it is more melodic nature and the way it flows with the lyrics without ever losing the groove and still sounds like a reggae bass line. I have met Aston a few times over the years and thanked him for bringing me to music.

Edited December 18, 2020 by jazzyvee

[Stub Mandrel]

Troy gets a tone to die for on this - using a Jazz (and the guy has got a Ricky...)

 

[Al Krow]

2 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Troy gets a tone to die for on this - using a Jazz (and the guy has got a Ricky...)

 

Do you know this guy personally SM? I've always been very impressed by his YT demos - he seems to totally nail the covers he's playing. 

[Stub Mandrel]

31 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Do you know this guy personally SM? I've always been very impressed by his YT demos - he seems to totally nail the covers he's playing. 

No, although we've exchanged a few comments on his videos. He comes over as a really decent guy.

I'm always struck by how easy it is to follow his videos (perhaps with 0.5x speed for the tricky bits) and they always seem to be much more accurate than most tab.

[Reggaebass]

Really nice tone on this and loving the look of the Sandberg 

 

[Al Krow]

Agreed!

Do know what pups he's got on that? I always loved the build quality of my Sandberg TM4 but my Delano pups never got close to that tone (too polite / hi-fi etc - all well trodden ground from me). Looks like he's using flats although I wasn't 100% certain? Again be interesting to know if that's a "pure" bass tone or, if not, what signal chain he had in between.

[krispn]

Sounds pretty raw and unprocessed (in a good way). Quick email to the BTW guys and I'm sure they'd share the signal chain. I think BTW may have a video on this bass too - they do say it's their fav jazz and it get's a lot of playing especially on the earlier stuff.

[Reggaebass]

2 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Do know what pups he's got on that

Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments , and I couldn’t see anything about the signal chain Al 

[Reggaebass]

Just now, Reggaebass said:

Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments , and I couldn’t see anything about the signal chain Al 

I’ll ask 👍

[Al Krow]

56 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Haussel pups are mentioned in the comments

[Apparently Kloppmann...see below] 

Edited December 29, 2020 by Al Krow

[Reggaebass]

4 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Cheers matey. They seem to get a lot of good rep and I can hear why now! 

I’ve asked about the strings and the chain , I’ll keep you posted if he replies 🙂

[Reggaebass]

The same bass here and there’s some info on it , it’s kloppmann pickups 

 

[4000]

 

[Stub Mandrel]

44 minutes ago, 4000 said:

 

I am always fascinated how what sounds like fantastic bass tone in a song, once isolated, sounds nothing like you expect.

[Cuzzie]

58 minutes ago, 4000 said:

 

Now that’s a bass tone

[Cuzzie]

12 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I am always fascinated how what sounds like fantastic bass tone in a song, once isolated, sounds nothing like you expect.

I know what you mean - hear enough isolated tracks you start to get a feel of what stuff will sound like once stripped back