PaulKing Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Who hasn't drooled over the bass tone, and Herbie Flowers' gorgeous playing, in Walk on the Wild Side. I had a spare afternoon, so set about doing a cover, testing various mics to see how close I could get to matching the tone. Crazy thing is I now can't remember which mic I used in te end, but probably a combo of Golden Age Project ribbon mic a foot from the bridge at a slight angle, and a little AKG condenser up near the fingerboard. Recorded and mixed in Ableton Live. Basses, guitars and saturated-vocals by me (sorry for the vocal...), 'Brushify' midi drum kit played on keyboard. Midi sax is always a bit lame but it'll do for the run out here. I was pretty pleased. Enjoy, or flame me, as you wish! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Think you’ve done a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petebassist Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Amazing, you've nailed the tone. Did you do the guitar part as well? Mick Ronson's I believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Very very nice work @PaulKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 That's it. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 (edited) 6 hours ago, petebassist said: Amazing, you've nailed the tone. Did you do the guitar part as well? Mick Ronson's I believe... Didn’t know it was Mick Robson. Aye, bit of acoustic strumming from me too. 2 bits in fact. Edited June 11 by PaulKing typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Nice tone Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Sounds good. I heard that the original had db and a bass guitar overdub, and that Herby Flowers gets twice the royalties because he played both instruments. True or urban myth? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mottlefeeder said: Sounds good. I heard that the original had db and a bass guitar overdub, and that Herby Flowers gets twice the royalties because he played both instruments. True or urban myth? David Herbie came to a SE Bash some years ago and confirmed it. He played on it twice and got paid twice. He gave us a rendition of it live with him on DB and with Dave Swift playing Bernie's famous Fender Jazz. Edited June 11 by obbm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Wow ... just wow! Sam x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 10 hours ago, PaulKing said: Didn’t know it was Mick Robson. Aye, bit of acoustic strumming from me too. 2 bits in fact. RONSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 1 hour ago, Beedster said: RONSON Typo! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 17 hours ago, Mottlefeeder said: Sounds good. I heard that the original had db and a bass guitar overdub, and that Herby Flowers gets twice the royalties because he played both instruments. True or urban myth? David This is a nice video with the man himself talking about it 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Thank you @obbm and @tinyd David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blartfactor10 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Cracked the code there Paul! Great work 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 On 11/06/2024 at 08:48, petebassist said: Amazing, you've nailed the tone. Did you do the guitar part as well? Mick Ronson's I believe... On 11/06/2024 at 09:53, PaulKing said: Didn’t know it was Mick Robson. Aye, bit of acoustic strumming from me too. 2 bits in fact. Mick Ronson co-produced the album ‘Transformer’ with Bowie, and also arranged strings on it as well as playing piano, recorder and guitar. Some people reckon Bowie played the acoustic on WOTWS rather than Mick though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 What's the wee switch on Herby's Jazz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Man alive, that was a good rendition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingRayBoy42 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Nice work! Basses sound great, lovely playing and you've nailed all the intricate little bits. 10/10 no notes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Impressive work there. Talent abounds. 👍😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Morris Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 That IS the sound. Amazing. Compression sounds about right too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 That's the tone - absolutely nailed it. Well done sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpc364 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Herbie Flowers died the 5th of September 2024. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 On 14/09/2024 at 02:37, hpc364 said: Herbie Flowers died the 5th of September 2024. RIP 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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