Flea Bass

[stingrayfan]

Love the energy in this - bass sounds good too.

[Lew-Bass]

I think I've just found my new favourite bass line

[Lylodile]

The only thing with that is he's replaced the pickup to an EMG35DC and added a emg preamp .

[51m0n]

Thats a damn fine effort that is!

Mind you if he plucked any harder he'd break the neck

[OutToPlayJazz]

I was just thinking on the same lines... He's a great fun player to watch but is his bass as crap as the ones I looked at and played??

[Geo999]

I watch his videos, and he does modify a lot of his basses. He's a great player and i do believe he has the original FleaBass pickups in there for his newer covers

[Stag]

Its a very early nice Flea sound he has created IMO...

[philw]

I wonder what his headphone monitoring level is like and how long it'll be before he's part deaf?

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[Brave Sir Robin]

AFAIK he went back to stock electronics. This does sound like the original pickup. He is good. You can tell by the fact that he can make a P.O.S. fleabass sounds great. :snob:

Edited November 3, 2009 by Brave Sir Robin

[NickH]

[quote name='Lylodile' post='635525' date='Oct 24 2009, 06:12 PM']The only thing with that is he's replaced the pickup to an EMG35DC and added a emg preamp .[/quote]
I'm thinking, for what he paid for the FleaBass plus that pup and pre, he could have got himself a decent bass and a can of Halfords 'orrible green spray paint.
I guess playing talent and financial acumen do not always go hand in hand.

[AM1]

No seriously, take a look at some of his non-RHCP vids, he's an excellent bass player and always progressing, you can see the progression along the way! Take a look at some of the Stevie Wonder stuff, mature playing.

His passion for the instrument is amazing.

PS take a look at some of his other basses!!!

Edited November 3, 2009 by AM1

[stingrayfan]

[quote name='AM1' post='644855' date='Nov 3 2009, 11:28 PM']No seriously, take a look at some of his non-RHCP vids, he's an excellent bass player and always progressing, you can see the progression along the way! Take a look at some of the Stevie Wonder stuff, mature playing.
His passion for the instrument is amazing.[/quote]
+1. He's a talented kid.

[andy67]

Well, I fairly enjoyed that!

definitely early flea tone! good to hear again and well done that lad!

andy

Edited November 7, 2009 by andy67

[budget bassist]

[quote name='Lylodile' post='635525' date='Oct 24 2009, 06:12 PM']The only thing with that is he's replaced the pickup to an EMG35DC and added a emg preamp .[/quote]
i suspected that sounded a little good for one of those

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Brilliant. Like the green....it's the scratchplate I hate great sound tho'

[funkypenguin]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='648366' date='Nov 7 2009, 08:54 PM']i suspected that sounded a little good for one of those[/quote]

you not like the EMG DCs sound?

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='648416' date='Nov 7 2009, 10:42 PM']Brilliant. Like the green....it's the scratchplate I hate great sound tho'[/quote]


It needs a checkered plate like my Stinkray.

Seriously though that is awesome, I took an hour out the other day to learn it, bit weird playing with my fingers but it's sounds awful with a pick.

[budget bassist]

[quote name='funkypenguin' post='648449' date='Nov 7 2009, 11:54 PM']you not like the EMG DCs sound?[/quote]
No that was my point, it didn't really sound like a £300 bass. That said, i'm not really a fan of emgs.

[AM1]

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='648201' date='Nov 7 2009, 04:52 PM']+1. He's a talented kid.[/quote]

Oh, immensely so - especially considering he's only been playing bass for 3 years!!

I've learned a lot just from watching and listening to his uploads.

When you look at the two versions of Master Blaster he recorded, in the early one you can see him using a variant of floating thumb technique then in the second recording his technique is totally different, thumb anchored on the pickup. I play exactly the way he plays in the first recording mostly out of force of habit but it's proving very difficult to fully break out of it but I know it won't come overnight.

Check out some of his Jamiroquai recordings....there's the makings of a magnificently funktastic player. He has a natural sense of groove you don't see so much of. In time when he leaves just a bit more space, it will be dynamite.

Edited November 9, 2009 by AM1

[Sandmann]

pretty cool guy. good chops and lots of songs i like. he also seems to have some humor:

look at this:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidSinRocks#p/u/21/61jbRjmGBNU"]http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidSinRocks#p/u/21/61jbRjmGBNU[/url]

sandmann

[lemmywinks]

His version of POW is right on the money too, makes that SX sound like an absolute monster!