JBassist Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 This is Basically a Forum where you can tell people about what control settings you use to get your favourite bassists tone i know this thread is a bit random but they are loads of bands that i want to get their tone ie led zepplin RHCP jaco etc Quote
Davo-London Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Well I've watched Linley Marthe (Zawinul's bassist) up close and noticed that with a Jazz he played the volume of the bridge PU full on. The tone control was not adjusted but I assume that was full -on and he adjusted tone by bringing in the neck pu volume when he wanted a more bassy tone and turned it down when he wanted articulation. That's one way of using V/V/T on any bass. Davo Quote
alexclaber Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Being told what control settings to use really won't help much, if at all. You have to listen and adjust how you play, and how you set the knobs on both bass and amp. But playing the bass the right way is the most important bit. And the bass/mid/treble/etc knobs all do different things on different amps. Alex Quote
chris_b Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='JBassist' post='523769' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:37 PM']....i know this thread is a bit random but they are loads of bands that i want to get their tone....[/quote] Ears are pretty good for doing that. Quote
EBS_freak Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='chris_b' post='523800' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:55 PM']Ears are pretty good for doing that.[/quote] Yup, rubbing your ears on the strings gives a completely different tone to fingers... Quote
OldGit Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='EBS_freak' post='523828' date='Jun 25 2009, 04:21 PM']Yup, rubbing your ears on the strings gives a completely different tone to fingers...[/quote] Is that "playing by ear"? Quote
thepurpleblob Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Maybe I'm having a hay-fever riddled angry day so sorry in advance... but... this is *really* stupid. What you hear on a recording has got almost nothing to do with what his "settings" are. Live in the something-academy evern less probably. It's down to thousands of pounds of digital processing gear (that you don't have) and a lots-by-the-hour sound engineer. Quote
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