Juancarlin Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Don't know if this has been posted around here before (Maybe in the YouTube Thread).. I thought it might deserve a topic of its own, for the sake of discussion.. Would you take this blindfold test? How much do you get to know about bass sounds? (Any Dutch speaking LowDowners would help with some translation please? [video:youtube] Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 By the way... here is a pretty young and clowny Mark King doing the demonstration. If you want to know how it got to this, the first part of the video can be watched Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I can't imagine an American TV show that would give a shit about bass guitars enough to devote the time to a similar quiz. Still, the guy was amazing. I couldn't do that in a million years. "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 This show ran for a good few years when I was younger. Someone could challenge "the show" by making a certain claim and then they tested it live. I remember one guy could recognize a song by looking at the equalizer image whilst it was being played (without sound). A friend of my fathers is a "living statue". He can lower his heartbeat immensely and remain immobile that way. He was refused from the show because he could remain immobile far longer than it took to record a single episode :grin: I'm off to see Rammstein, but I'll have a look later and translate what needs translating (if anything.) "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 The only basses I could pick out would probably be the Jaydee or a Warwick because they're pretty distinctive. I heard the distict voicings of the basses in the clip but I would do poorly recognizing them in a blindfold test. Any chance to meet Mark King would be very cool though! Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 That was cool. I could hear that they sound different but I couldn't ID them like that. Of course I can't hear the difference between swamp ash and mahogany. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Don't know about you'all, but I'm gonna put some tape on my thumb tonight. Just to try it out. Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Don't know about you'all, but I'm gonna put some tape on my thumb tonight. Just to try it out. You're a sick man, you fetishist! "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy from Motown Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I would take the blind fold test with my basses run through my amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I wouldn't ever be so bold at to do that. But I can generally hear a specific type of bass pretty easily. P, Jazz, Ric is all fairly easy to pick out. Alembics are also fairly easy for me becuase I love the sound of them so much but it isn't as common in popular music. I'd be more interested to have a challenge of "here is a song that is popular, what bass is it?" Basically hearing the bass in the mix of a band setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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