Hear my basses ...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:13 pm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/hear.htm

you can hear 13 different basses ...

I was thinking of how Geddy gets a similar sound with a jazz and a Ric ... so I did a test ... I ran each bass through my bass pod ... I have a "Exit Stage Left" patch ... I ran it direct into a Tascam cassette recorder ...

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:23 pm

Cool Jeff,

It must be hard to choose one to play. I like them all. Some sound very similar to each other, at least to my ears.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:29 pm

I thought they sounded a lot alike, but one that was especially distinct was the oil-finished T-bird.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:35 pm

ya they do sound a lot alike ... that shows how playing style has a lot to do with tone ...

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 pm

For the Rick basses, was it all bridge pickup?

clankchris · Post by **clankchris** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:11 pm

My favorite was the Black 4003...it's got the "Ric Edge" to it...

Thanks for that!

P.S... does the natural Fenderbird play a solo at the end by itself? nice feature!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:20 pm

What happened to flush.mp3?? That's the one I really wanted to hear!!

clankchris · Post by **clankchris** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:26 pm

Hahaha!

.. yeah, that was the first one I clicked.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:39 pm

No linkee, no flushee

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:52 pm

ok I fixed the flush.mp3 ...

but what surprised me is how similar the basses sound when I play the over the top Geddy style with the bass pod ... they actually have more differences when I run into an amp instead of going direct ...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:04 pm

Awwww, man, I though we were finally going to get to listen to that thing!!

We are listening to the Pod mostly.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:33 pm

It's fun how they all seem to sound the same.
Well done!

I feel it isn't really Geddy's ESL tone though. I think he isn't using much chorus, except for the intro (the trees).

geddeeee · Post by **geddeeee** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:01 am

If you listen carefully, all of ESL has chorus on the bass. Ged has confirmed that in a couple of interviews.... It is very,very slight though. I found that was what was missing from my tone.
The chorus just brings out the bark a bit more and makes the upper notes more defined.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:17 am

Hmzz I had a better result without chorus. Maybe it's because of my ****** Behringer chorus pedal

If Geddy uses chorus, it's less than the amount in Jeff's recordings, but nonetheless a nice tone

squirefan01 · Post by **squirefan01** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:33 am

How about string differences? Are you using roundwounds on all of these?

Thanks