Low End Bee Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I saw Robbie Shakespeare gig with an old Hofner violin thingy of the sort that HJ likes a good few years ago. It sounded like reggae heaven to my ears. Certainly light weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 [quote name='redstriper' post='764338' date='Mar 4 2010, 07:21 PM']I've been there already, with an Epiphone EB-0 which I bought new and sold on almost immediately. It did have a very deep tone, but not quite right for fussy old me - too rich and growly and not clear enough, I find the same thing with precisions. I love the front pup sound of my old jazz bass, just wish it wasn't so heavy.[/quote] I find that with Dub/Reggae, whilst it does matter to an extent what sort of bass you're playing (and the EBs are a good suggestion), for the most part the thing you need to get the proper Dub tone is a decent preamp. To be honest I personally think that you could play most types of bass and as long as its got a decent bass boost and upper/mid cut then it'll be fine. I played a Zoot which had what I deemed to be a dub switch which seemed to cut out all the top end and some high mids and cranked the bottom end and it was bass to the face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Personally I find (with any instrument) the amp will make more of a difference to the sound than the bass. If the bass feels nice and you have the right amp, you're 90% of the way there, if your bass compliments your amp, that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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