tones

Hello all! First post here. I've been teaching myself home recording and mixing over the past year. I also have been writing music for a new project I'm working on. Heavily influenced by one of my favorite bands, NOMEANSNO. I LOVE how NMN uses the bass as a lead instrument and the guitar more to...

Me and some friends are kicking around the idea for a recording project inspired by old 60’s-70’s garage rock. I figured I’d ask here about some favorite recordings, particularly for getting ideas for song structures (and BASS TONES!!!). So feel free to drop links to your favorite examples. If...

First of all, I apologize if this is not in the right place. Moderators feel free to change and sorry for the hassle. I've been busy during these pandemic times. I've been building 2 tools related with musical theory and practice. The first one is Fretful.io, which is a scale/chord/intervals...

Hi everyone I always listen to "live" (I know some times they are re-recorded later) concert versions of songs when listening on YouTube etc, as I usually prefer them to the recorded album version. I was wondering what everyone's favourite "live" bass tones are? Here are mine: Paul Moore -...

Anyone know how Jean Jacques Burnel got his tones when playing Live around that time? I just think the bass on that album sounded awesome. I love the growl of his bass on tracks likeAll Quiet on The Eastern Front and Nice 'n Sleazy plus othes from that era. I know JJB now uses a Shuker and...

I've spent the last few weeks really obsessing over how to go about getting a portable tube tone for live rock shows *and* chill IEM-only no cab performances in one package. Talkbass has been crucial to my research and outcome so I feel I should share my experience for anyone else on the fence...

I recently acquired one of these second hand, and haven't been too impressed with it. I dont like any of the octave up sounds, and the subs aren't overly impressive. Anyone have any tips on how to maximise its potential as a sonic tool? Mooer Pure Octave Guitar FX Pedal - Andertons Music Co.

Hi all, I'm using the book Berkeley Jazz bass to better understand how to build a solid walking bass line. Unfortunately, I don't quite get the need for modal scales at the moment. Take a look at the first four bars of Rhythm Changes coming from figure 2.17 of the book. The progression is...

I've been transcribing a lot of jazz solos over the last few years, dates ranging from the 1910's up through the early 60's (skipping over modal jazz so far). I've gotten to the point where in my mind I pretty much conceptualize everything in terms of passing tones and chord tones and how they...

I've tried so many bass guitars and most sound the same if not alike, even the ones that cost $200 in comparison with pricier bass guitars. I do find the Ashbory bass having a distinct tone. Is it the fretlessness of it or the strings or the pickups that give bass guitars their tone?

What are chord tones and how important are they?

As a guitar player that favors clean to slightly gritty tones, I've got a bunch of mild OD pedals. Now that I'm playing bass a bit more, I'm looking for some pedals better suited for the bass that can get me heavier dist and fuzz tones. Also trying to build up some synth sounds...so far I've got...

Hey guys, I made a video on you can use groupings as a cool effect, if you have make fill ins. Instead of playing notes, use the rhythmic effect of a different grouping and try to move the 16th note group around, to another starting point. When I figured this out it changed my playing, and my...

Just a bit of my experience / may help others in future with active basses / pedal issues? So was going through my old pedals and what I can try and get rid of... I never got on with a few of them with my active basses however had changed my style from going nuts with the eq on my bass to...

Ok guys. I have a bass I am wanting to do an unusual wiring job to. It's a Squier neck with a homemade body. Originally had a Pro Tone neck on it that was broken somehow (story I got anyway) and I decided to slap the special neck on it since they are the same dimensionally and the Special...

I've been bothering everyone here for some time already with my silly questions about EQ pedals, but still. I think I need an advice. I've got a simple passive bass and I'm trying to find new interesting tones and get a better sound. First I thought EQ pedal could help me - at least I tried...

SO in a major scale the chords are 1 major 2 mino 3 minor 4 major 5 major 6 minor 7 diminished root major My question is if I am in C and I play a D minor can I just play a d minor scale there and its still all the same notes of c? same with like an E minor etc

Hi I'm trying to get a wide range of darkglass tones in as few pedals as possible. My plan was to get an vintage ultra as preamp-DI for standard clean/mild drive tones and put an B3K in front of it for heavier distortions. Is this a good plan, will i get most of the vintage and B7k tones this...

They sound nearly the same to me. The Cirrus is lighter with a wider and thicker neck, but the tone is nearly indentical.

I am building a 10 string for a guy that wan't either a volume blend and separate tones or 2 volumes and 2 tones. I have never done that before. Thanks ...tom

I'm not sure where this is best posted - already posted in Pickups & Electronics, but I feel like knowing how pickup coil configurations work can totally alter the character of your bass sound. Anyway, hope this helps a couple folks!

In the last year I've been sipping the octave pedal kool-aid and have really found some interesting sounds when practicing at home. But, of course, once I go to rehearsal or live situations it all goes out the window - even at a recent jam session running into SVT head with an 8x10 bottom I...

This is the bass I've had the longest (~1970 Rivoli EA-260). For years I was using DR Lo Beams medium/lights, but recently switched to La Bella tapewound strings. Also, the neck pup hadn't been working, but I popped the hood and found a broken/missing pickup wire. Anyway, I plugged into my...

Has anyone tried to get these sounds yet? They're all pretty much amazing. I'm super into Mel Browns'. There are some shots of the EQ that quickly fly by, but haven't tried them yet.

Hello, do you know of a spectrogram program that identifies individual tones in a piece of music? The ones I know display a graph of colorful frequencies, yet don't display actual note names. I'm looking for one that does just that, or at least has a note ruler on the Y axis. Something like the...