Blown away by the bass tone

[Piers_Williamson]

1 hour ago, BillyHunt said:

I'm curious how he gets this tone. Is it the voicing of the bass plus his technique or is he using some sort of effect?

My very favourite Abba track, for the reasons you say.  Did his Hagstrom have Di Marzio pickups to help the sound?

[P-ZARN]

THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The finest bass sound I've heard.        The bass sound at 1.26 particularly

[Kiwi]

5 hours ago, BillyHunt said:

I'm curious how he gets this tone. Is it the voicing of the bass plus his technique or is he using some sort of effect?

Mostly wood plus bridge single coil pickup.  The bass is almost entirely made from mahogany and I believe the fingerboard is some kind of composite or resin unless that's one of the originals, in which case it'll be rosewood.  The single coil pickup adds some focus.

[OliverBlackman]

The song is so so but the bass tone really made me sit up and notice. Perfect vintage Fender tone. 

 

[4000]

15 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

The song is so so but the bass tone really made me sit up and notice. Perfect vintage Fender tone. 

 

I really like track, but I think Billie’s great anyway. 

[Rich]

This is one of my all time favourite rock bass tones. 

 

[Al Krow]

@Rich - any idea of the key bits of his signal chain to get that tone?

[Pinball]

For me, Fernaners on Lou Reeds New Sensations album. I reckon it is in the fingers, rather than in the technology.

 

Edited June 10, 2021 by Pinball

[steve-bbb]

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

29 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

@Rich - any idea of the key bits of his signal chain to get that tone?

Most of it is Spector on the P pickup only, and digging in hard! 

I can't remember the exact gear but I remember an interview where EH mentioned driving a cab so loud to distort it had to be isolated in a case or something... sounds a bit daft to me! A Gallien Krueger will grunt like that. 

[Rich]

6 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Most of it is Spector on the P pickup only, and digging in hard! 

I can't remember the exact gear but I remember an interview where EH mentioned driving a cab so loud to distort it had to be isolated in a case or something... sounds a bit daft to me! A Gallien Krueger will grunt like that. 

Yes, I remember that interview. IIRC it was a single driver in a not-quite-sealed flightcase, cranked to the edge of destruction & miked up. I think he called it 'The Trunk'. It had its own channel on the desk. You can hear it clearly on some of the tracks on Empire.

Edited June 10, 2021 by Rich

[cetera]

14 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Most of it is Spector on the P pickup only, and digging in hard! 

I can't remember the exact gear but I remember an interview where EH mentioned driving a cab so loud to distort it had to be isolated in a case or something... sounds a bit daft to me! A Gallien Krueger will grunt like that. 

 

His usual recording/gigging gear at that time was Kramer Spector NS2 -> Gallien Krueger 800RB driven hard -> McAuley 2x15 cab. Most of his tone was from digging in hard on the bass and driving the GK.

Edited June 11, 2021 by cetera

[Graham]

I'm listening to Faith No More at the moment and Billy Gould's tone on King For A Day.... is absolutely brilliant

 

[bartelby]

I continually forget just how good that album is.

[Graham]

48 minutes ago, bartelby said:

I continually forget just how good that album is.

It's easy to overlook as it's a little overshadowed by Angel Dust and The Real Thing, but I think it may be my favourite of theirs.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, Graham said:

I'm listening to Faith No More at the moment and Billy Gould's tone on King For A Day.... is absolutely brilliant

 

One of THE bass albums for me.

[MacDaddy]

38 minutes ago, Graham said:

It's easy to overlook as it's a little overshadowed by Angel Dust and The Real Thing, but I think it may be my favourite of theirs.

if it ain't Big Jim, it ain't Faith No More! 

[Reggaebass]

Nice tone and groove here 

 

[Reggaebass]

How about a country music bass solo, this jazz sounds great 

 

[BassBunny]

Loving Sharay Reed's tone on this Cory Henry and Funk Apostles track.

 

[Mudpup]

 

[BobVbass]

I love Duck Dunn's on She Caught the Katy and Sweet Home Chicago just so smooth and full 

 

James Johnstons on Biffy Clyro the Captain is fab too

Edited August 27, 2021 by BobVbass

[Cosmo Valdemar]

25 minutes ago, BobVbass said:

James Johnstons on Biffy Clyro the Captain is fab too

I don't know exactly what he used on the record but whenever I hear that song I'm taken back to my "Precision into Ashdown ABM rig" days 😁

[BobVbass]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I don't know exactly what he used on the record but whenever I hear that song I'm taken back to my "Precision into Ashdown ABM rig" days 😁

Yes!! Sub octave was fab on my ABM

[krispn]

14 hours ago, Mudpup said:

 

Pat has a great tone! Nice grind to it. I think he's been using rack SansAmps for th 25th Anni tour

Edited August 27, 2021 by krispn