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Your favourite bass tones?

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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601


    Sublime playing from Tal ...

    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 4027
    This is my favourite bass sound ever... and has been for a very long time!

    Mikey Dread, "Israel (12 Tribe) Style"


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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7751
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • Glad we revisited this. I don't really play bass now, but really like too hear it properly, it's so often buried somewhere with the bass drum.

    Unfortunately I can't find live versions of all these but they're some of my favourite bass sounds. Really like all the songs too. In no order.

    Buffalo Tom, forgot how much I like this, from their Birdbrain album-

    Probably a Precision & an Ampeg.

    Dead Meadow, great band, but you can't always hear the bass as well as this. Also think Jason Simon (guitar) is one of the best Wah players I ever heard, a lot of the time I can't stand it.

    You can see what it is...makes a change from all the Precisions in the post- which is unintentional, but probably a testament to their success; the Ford Mustang, Toyota Corolla of basses.

    The Screaming Blue Messiahs, "Holiday Head"-

    Chris Thompson sometimes sounded better still, but you can hear the bass really well right through this. Almost definitely another Precision not sure about the amp.

    Couldn't let it go without more JJ Burnel. Couldn't find a decent live vid of Nice N' Sleazy that didn't have strippers, (yawn), don't like, so chose this instead.

    Almost definitely a Precision & I'd guess the Hiwatt lead head.
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  • DeadmanDeadman Frets: 3851
    Good call on JJ Burnell. His bass nearly blew me off my feet at one of their gigs years ago. My hair physically moved, anyway.
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  • historyisjunkhistoryisjunk Frets: 500
    edited August 2013

    Deadman said:
    Good call on JJ Burnell. His bass nearly blew me off my feet at one of their gigs years ago. My hair physically moved, anyway.
    Thanks. They were/are pretty loud. To me bass sounds are before & after JJ Burnel, he completely redefined it for me. Last time we had this thread, in the "other place", I posted a boring anecdote about the first time I heard Peaches on the radio, one of those slack jawed moments of amazement- of the very rare good sort.

    Oh & I forgot to post this, which pretty much always makes me smile** (not easy). In some contrast to the others.
    Nick Lowe- Awesome.

    Think its a Hamer 8 string, no idea about the amp.
    ** the song, rather than the vid.
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  • With ICBM on Argus & In Rock. Turner's bass is IMO idiosyncratic but it works. Glover's bass is just classic.

    I'd vote for just about anything by Lee Sklar, whichever of Sly & Robbie is the bass player, and Jeff Berlin on the Bill Bruford EllPees. And Jimmy Johnson on the James Taylor recordings.
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  • chrispy108chrispy108 Frets: 2336
    edited August 2013
    Can't believe that I forgot Tool, and that no ones posted any Jamiroquai:
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  • So long as nobody says Mark King, or Chris Squire ... 
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  • Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7671


    "I'll probably be in the bins at Newport Pagnell services."  fretmeister
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  • Pending fretmeister's arrival, I'll post this on his behalf.

    Lovely tune in it's own right, and a marvel of bass playing/ technique/ technology come together for a bit of nice :)

    Fast-forward to 02:40 to miss out the tuning up and chat.


    littlegreenman < My tunes here...
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28280
    That Winery dogs clip is AWESOME!!!!!

    I really like James Durand's (heavily influenced by Mark King!) playing style and tone. The main difference being that I find Durand's 1 album more interesting that anything by Level 42 personally!


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  • EvilmagsEvilmags Frets: 5158
    Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clark Carr amazing, as is Dominic de Piazza. Geddy clearly gets a vote and how can anyone not like Les Claypool. The first time I heard Claypool Primus were supporting Jane's Addiction and I was blown away.
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7751
    edited August 2013
    I'd like to resurrect this thread for the bass sound on the album "Going Blank Again" by Ride:




    Punchy and aggressive, and has a bit of grind to it without being overbearing. I like the guitar sounds too.

    It's just a really great-sounding album in general. Good band.
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • EdGripEdGrip Frets: 736
    edited August 2013

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  • PyromanPyroman Frets: 58
      Some interesting stuff in here!  I esp liked the Marcus Miller and Isis clips.  Not heard of either, but will definitely be looking them up now.

     Hey, is that Chris Cornell doing vocals on that Winery Dogs song?

     Here's a few of my faves:

    The Who- esp My Generation and Eminence Front.

    A perfect Circle-   esp The Noose. 

    Peter Steele of Type O Negative.

    Fishbone


    And of course- CHRIS SQUIRE!
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    edited August 2013
    Mark King & Chris Squire  :P
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

    Feedback
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    Actually I'm partial to most stuff by Nathan East.

    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

    Feedback
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 27579
    Curve had some of the best bass sounds.





    And by extension, so did SPC ECO:


    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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