recording bass guitar

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:41 pm

Interesting discussion guys. Thanks for the input.

Dave, you're pretty insistent on that Hartke unit, so I'll give 'er a shot.

I think I'll talk to my local music store to see if I can bring home a Hartke, the Radial JDI, and a Countryman. Then I'll record some stuff on each of them, and compare them on their own, and in a mix. Then I'm assuming one ought to pick the one that sounds best in a mix???

It will be interesting to find out if my ears are discerning enough to tell the difference.

I'd even post the results here for you, in MP3 form, but alas, I kinda suck on bass, so to save me great embarrassment, you'll just have to imagine it.

Cheers mates
Keith

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:10 pm

I imagined it was well played and sounded pretty good Wink

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:19 pm

While we're on the subject, can you tell me exactly what piece of gear i have to buy to play like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPGlB8PZ448

...maybe the secret is to play naked.

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:44 pm

Bob, recording bass is made much easier when adhered to with the method you espouse. My point was to those who arent primarily bassists and lack the fundamental approach to the instrument that you and I and a few others on here can apply to it..... As well as the plethora of different devices which enable the sound to be fairly..automatic.

I am the illegitimate step-child once removed of James Jamerson and John Paul Jones with Andy Fraser and Boz Burrell as second cousins, so the bottom part of the music is my realm. And I know where you're coming from, so, we really are in agreement.

Mr.red-pill, all the units you're going to check out are outstanding. If they happen to have an Avalon U5 there, play through it so you know what to strive for in the future.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:18 am

took-the-red-pill wrote:

While we're on the subject, can you tell me exactly what piece of gear i have to buy to play like this?....

A practice room and a metronome...Maybe new strings.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:20 am

Davedog wrote:

... I am the illegitimate step-child once removed of James Jamerson and John Paul Jones with Andy Fraser and Boz Burrell as second cousins, ...

And I am the secret love child of Duck Dunn and Carol Kaye.

Unfortunately I inherited Duck's looks and Carol's memory.

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