Get James Jamerson's Bass Tone! #bass #bassist #jamesjamerson #guitar

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[freddiesoverbite]

Bass 10/ Treble 0… Good God man. James Jamerson is undeniably awesome but being a huge prog rock fan I can’t even fathom anything close to those settings.

[rammknot]

It has just a little too much treble but I couldn’t get any closer

[justins]

i had a P bass back in the day. I let my girlfriend use it cuz she wanted to try bass. I never got it back after we broke up. I didnt know how good they were till years later! It was a late 60's early 70's possibly. I still have a Jensen Cab from that time.

[aridagan]

That fiesta red P would be perfect to demo Nick Simper's bass tone too.

[nylesfrench]

James Jamerson is the Godfather of the Electric Bass.

[sherlock]

Every bass player wants that tone of jamerson





Until they play in a live band

[leeland]

Love the content man! Wow imagine if a behs player does the Jaco' chicken greese lube on the hands and then follows this thinking of never cleaning strings or frets....ha!

[EllissDeeyoume]

I’d roll the tone knob all the way off. Unless you play rock, that knob stays off.

[hf]

i always do bass 10 mid 10 treble 0 on my Cort C4 bc it has a mark bass pre amp inside and sounds amazing.

[lovesgibson]

I hate bass like this. It essentially makes the “purpose” to just add background vibe/boom, and doesn’t let the actual character of the instrument stand out.
That’s why I love John Entwhistle’s approach to bass, having loads of treble so you actually hear what the bass actually is, bass is not the instrument’s full name, it is a BASS GUITAR.

[CassSheldonMisri]

One thing you might want to try is turning. The volume down a bit, it will make it sound ever so slightly bassier

[TheCasaresway]

Day 5 of me asking for Ace of behs behs tone.

[nicopillay]

"Goonk" should be a volume setting on all bass amps and pedals.

Bass Treble Mid Goonk

[martinheath]

If you still have the ashtray bridge cover on you P bass, put the foam *above* the strings ie between the cover and the strings

[MrFuzzleupagus]

I purchased a Fender Vintage Series ‘62 P Bass about 12-15 years ago. First thing I did was swap out the rounds with flats and cut up a piece of foam and stuck in under the strings near the bridge. I haven’t gotten it out and played it in about 8 years.

[DucatiMonster-xk]

I believe when asked about cleaning his strings.
He may also have said,
"The dirt is my sound."
I also believe that it was quite common back in the day.
When recording Bass guitars back in the 50's and 60's?
Engineers rarely gave the instrument any frequency over 500 Hz.
You have to remember 4 track recording was being used from the 40's right up into the 60's.
So the higher frequencies were reserved for vocals and the lead instruments.
Gotta keep em separated
In the late 60's, 8 track recording took over.

[BubbaZen]

the fact Dehv Muustain came up right after this vid had me rollin!

[greevar]

But what speakers was he using? Speakers are literally a fixed EQ curve. So, whatever speaker he was using will get you 90% of the way to that tone. The rest is the EQ on the amp, with a tiny influence from the pickups.

[robertcharvetto]

I got into recording many years ago . I needed a bass guitar. It was the cheapest instrument in the shop, the sales assistant said to me just put some sticky tape over the name and your good to go. I had it for over 20 years, and I never changed the strings. It had three pickups, and it never let me down.

[elianverdoux]

Hey ! A episode on BRMC bass tone ? It is huuge !