We used Jazz Humbuckers and lightest gauge steel strings available to record the bass and guitar parts... Fender Jazz was the instrument for all bass and guitar sounds.
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Using light gauge steel string to get "guitar sound"
- Thread starter PUREJOYPEOPLE
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Cool! Do you mean a single setup was used for everything?
As in, no restringing nor retuning (to, I dunno, piccolo?) between "regular bass" and "guitar" parts?
What gauges then, pray tell? Was it the lightest (030-085) Rotosound Swing Bass 66 set (RS66LA), perchance?
Yes, the lightest gauges and the same bass for both "guitar" side and bass side. This is how we do it live so we keep it pretty close to exactly how we play it. I believe the strings were Ernie Ball for this song. The Rotosound is fine, as long as they are steel strings. Really helps get the guitar sound to work. Along with some other tricks.
Thank you! We're continuing to dial in some cool sounds using just a bass and it's super fun.
Cool stuff! What else did you do besides lighter steel strings to get a guitar sound?
I am the entire band, who wants a glossary of tools at my disposal, is my answer. Some basses with flat wound, some with a sharp guitar tone, heck, if I could use a bass instead of a guitar, I'm in the money
I thought it was Ernie ball but it was Rotosound steel strings... 66 swing bass 30-85 gauge. We fel very much the same about using the bass to make all of our sounds
It's two Helix pedal boards. One for the bass side and one for the guitar side. Guitar side has an octave up at all times and then there's another octave on a momentary pedal. Tons of sounds. Bass is a Fender Jazz with humbucker Jazz pickups. Live we use two guitar amps with a split signal and a bass amp on it's own signal.