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Describe your ideal bass sound....


Iceman Irwin

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my standards?

here it goes:

-it should fart but not suck

-it should be rich despite being low

-it should stand out in the middle of a frequency-fest

-it should be clear as a bell without causing anyone's eyes to twitch because their ears just got shot with a 16 khz string pop

-it should sound...uhmmmmm probably that's just it.

 

How 'bout you guys?

If Jaco's bass sound farts, please forgive me for doing it always!

 

ONCE A LEVITE, ALWAYS A LEVITE.

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Imagine a lightbulb. Then the litle, litle wire inside of it wibrating. Amp that vibration alot, and there´s my sound! :D Or should I say tube with a mix of bass and treble... ehem,... You probably don´t get the point anyway :)
Lol, my other user (wich I no longer can use) had 27 figures in the name... It was possible to register, but not to login! (MasteroftheGfifthfretDstring btw)
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It should be crunchy like gravel and as mellow and smooth as the fonze and everything inbetween.

You guys can be poetic in a strange Kinda way.

Nic xxx

"i must've wrote 30 songs the first weekend i met my true love ... then she died and i got stuck with this b****" - Father of the Pride
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Bass tone so warm you could take a bath in it.

 

So punchy that it hits you like a baseball bat, but you are wearing Hockie Goalie gear, so it doesn't hurt.

"Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread.

 

Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate.

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You know the sound you get when you drop a handful of raw hamburger on the kitchen counter?

 

Yeah.

 

Not that.

\m/

Erik

"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

--Sun Tzu

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If you've heard Supertramp's "Child of Vision," or Gerald Veasley's track on the Jamerson disc, that's it. Ooooooohhhhhhh yeah.

 

Still tryin' to get it. Advice is sought.

 

What I mean is that it should be like playing in melted butter on .... No, I'm not gonna do it.

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The sound Pino gets when he flips that "great tone" switch on his bass. You know, it's the switch right next to the one he flips to activate "all the cool notes" that only he is allowed to play. :D

 

Oh wait, maybe I'm just thinking of his basses' output jacks... :eek:

spreadluv

 

Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars.

Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk.

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Entwistle, Squire, JPJ, McCartney... all available

on demand. From one bass. And uhhhh, oh yeah I'm awake.

 

It's out there. MOSTLY in the the hands. Helps if crappy gear isn't getting in the way.

 

Big and beefy, clear yet gronky. Twangy but not harsh...ya know? Like that.

 

D.

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Originally posted by Bumpcity:

It would sound exactly like the number 42.

Post of the Day to Bumpcity for the random "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" reference.

"Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread.

 

Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate.

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