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Another 2 in 1 bassline, or so it seems to me
Oh, and OYE is so cool - thanks, Billy & Chris!

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link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMFGEwIDY4

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Absolutely fantastic! Love the tone of that 5er!

Miguel, great two for one offer! love the tone on both basses! another great effort - thanks for posting the link what strings do you have on the fiver?

Hi Tom & CJ!

More about that Warwick - it's a bubinga through wenge model, it must be from the early 90's - I got it around 94 maybe. It has bartolini active pickups - btw, Chris has some bartolinis on all(?) of his custom Tobias basses.
The strings are the cheapest I can get at my local music store. Those are (coincidence) Warwick bass strings. The 4 set costs 10€ and the 5 set costs 12€!... Another advantage is that the 5 string set has exactly the same string gauges of the 4 set. Many other sets I saw there from more "popular" (and expensive) brands drop the E string gauge to 100 and I don't want that. So... I got these roundwound stainless steel strings with a pretty decent tone... and I will need them mostly for 2 or 3 days... why spend 4 or 5 times more on a Rotosound set? I wish I could... In fact, after I recorded the clip, I immediately removed the Warwick set and placed there the set I had before. I will save them for my next recording...

Thanks for your comments!

Miguel

Once again, Miguel, you get it right! Very nice job. Separating the two bass lines had to be a challenge.

it's always great to hear some of the "newer" stuff-OYE is such an unusual album for yes,but i really love it,the multi tracked vocals are huge on that album,and chris plays some really interesting bass lines throughout..the title cut is a favorite of mine,as well as "shine",and "the solution"..... great job as usual,miguel!

Great stuff, Miguel. I have a Warwick Corvette fretless and I can't say enough good things about its tone. And yours sounds great also!

FretlessOnly wrote:Great stuff, Miguel. I have a Warwick Corvette fretless and I can't say enough good things about its tone. And yours sounds great also!

I'll second that! The Corvette fretless is, oops, WAS my favorite bass (until I got the 4003 the other day)! The woods, the construction/finish, and of course, the TONE is lovely. Me likey!