the tone of all tones

[munkonthehill]

this here my good friends is an amazing band with one of their amazing songs funk 48, Joe walsh at his best with the james gang.

its the bass player tom Kriss's tone that i love.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZepbHIrvE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZepbHIrvE[/url]

now check it at 1:35 for the wee solo parts.

How the hell to i get this tone. I reckon if i can get this tone will never touch my eq or pedal settings ever again hahahaha

[Davo-London]

It sounds overdriven or distorted to me. Maybe he's using a pedal.

Have you googled to see if his rig is defined.

I don't really like his tone. But it's a personal thing.

Davo

[Mikey R]

I reckon hes probably pushing a valve power amp hard

[stingrayfan]

Sounds like a muddy sounding bass like a Gibson EB3, played at the neck, with dead strings, through a curly lead into a homemade amp. Not my bag but I think you could get that sort of tone fairly easily if you went back to the late 60s!

[SS73]

Sounds like most of the gear is being pushed hard or is worn out, especially the speakers, as the tone just isn't coming through, I think it may seem an easy sound to get, but to get that amount of mud even from an EB3, could be a Jazz with really flat flats.

[hillbilly deluxe]

EB3,hand carved by Joe Walsh's dad +50's P.

[rOB]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='661586' date='Nov 22 2009, 10:06 AM']EB3,hand carved by Joe Walsh's dad +50's P.[/quote]

ooo that's pretty, I like that a lot

[Rich]

Pretty bass, ghastly tone. But yep, it is a deeply personal thing.

[Mr. Foxen]

Check out Bill Steer's Firebird, not much except crappy live footage on youtube, but that style of beefy bass.

[MoonBassAlpha]

If you like that tone, you'll probably also love:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4-O8LfwZY"]The bass at 1.36[/url]

This thick sort of tone doesn't really make it on to recordings much these days.

[munkonthehill]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='665646' date='Nov 25 2009, 09:52 PM']If you like that tone, you'll probably also love:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4-O8LfwZY"]The bass at 1.36[/url]

This thick sort of tone doesn't really make it on to recordings much these days.[/quote]


oooohhhhhhhhhh that songs is the mutts nutz.


very good call dude

[Wil]

Very 60s, that tone.

Horrific

[jmstone]

I also like that bass tone...

I think I can get some similar tones to that from my ABM300 15" combo - it has a "grind" setting that blends in a valve pre- as far as I understand it.. Helps if you combine it with a bass with few harmonics.. My Ibby definitely gets closer than the streamer.

James

[51m0n]

That is my absolute least favourite kinda bass snorgle of all

Awful mate, but if it floats your boat best of luck getting it!

I'd advise buying a really nice rig and setting it up next door and turning it up very very loud so the house rattles along with you and the walls cut out all the harmonic content....

[pantherairsoft]

Soft overdrive or fuzz and a Markbass head with the VLE filter (Vintage loud Speaker Emulator) and turn it waaaaaaaaaay up. Just had it now with my SA450 head and Bass Blogger pedal, well close anyway!

[munkonthehill]

kinda harsh comments on ones tastes dudes, however being a sheriff office(bailiff) i get worse comments during my working day.


I love the 60's - 70's sounds, that bas sound is just spot on, howver i do like to mix it up using my bootsy fuzz wah. just tought i should mention it incase you all think i have one sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dumelow]

beefheart for president

[Chris2112]

Sounds like he has his bass plugged directly into a farting elephant!

[stevebasshead]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='677013' date='Dec 7 2009, 07:00 PM']Sounds like he has his bass plugged directly into a farting elephant![/quote]

That'd be the predecessor to ZVEX's Woolly Mammoth pedal, the Flatulent Pachyderm

FWIW I rather like that tone too.