LazerBeakShiek
Rad Racing Team
When I play my bass rig, my sternum vibrates and I like it.
This. McCartney’s bass lines were an integral part of the song and you can definitely hear them, ESPECIALLY in a song like With a Little Help From My Friends.I read Marcus Miller saying something akin to that many, many moons ago. He said "Black guys don't hear bass, they feel it."
I wanted to chuck him in the river, too !
I definitely feel the bass. But I flaming well hear it, big time. That combo of the tactile and a good hummable line that musically moves a song.
Interesting, are you able to get the initial click or pop from the bass with that method? How can I get more of the bass guitar click, instead of the thump or thud? Like the bass drum impact, how it sounds like a click at first.Record one DI line, one mic on the amp's speaker line, and one mic aimed at the pickup you're using - to capture attack and other sounds.
I suppose doing that and using a pick would do it - I use thin picks and they slap a lot. I don't have a dynamic mic to try this with, but I could try it with my condenser - see what happens.Interesting, are you able to get the initial click or pop from the bass with that method? How can I get more of the bass guitar click, instead of the thump or thud? Like the bass drum impact, how it sounds like a click at first.
That's very much like my story. I went from an Ampeg head & 8x10 cab down to a GK head only into our PA or FOH. Then downsized further to a Roland GP-8 rack unit. Then my GP-8 was stolen and I went to a Boss CS-3 pedal into the PA/FOH. I sure didn't miss having to haul those amps and cabs around - it was the loading and unloading that wore me out.In the band I was using an 8x10" cab and I was loud - remember this was a Beach Boy tribute, so the majority of the baselines go duh, duh, with only a few songs needing attack - and I'd use my finger nails. It was a real pain to take about. I always DI'd from the amp, or sometimes from a DI box into the PA and we moved to in-ears. The FOH guy told me my fader usually stayed close to off - I was loud enough. So I started to use the cable DI not the amp and gradually move the master down over a period of maybe 6 shows. The last show not one Watt of me came from the cab, and the next show, I left the amp in the van along with the cab. The next gig, the keyboard player spotted no amp and cab and said I needed to get it because he'd never be able to hear me across the stage. That's when I told him I'd stopped making any noise quite a few shows back and from that moment, the amp and cab was history and I brought a small 2 x 10" combo with me for emergencies. I haven't plugged any of my bass amps or speakers in now since christmas 2019. For me, I just don't see the need. The music doesn't need it.
Lot's of great, real, experienced advice.I'm often struggling to get a decent bass tone on my songs. They often sound 'woofy' or 'flabby' The strings are in decent nick and I'm not quite sure where I'm going wrong. I record DI into a focusrite solo and have tried a couple of plug ins along with reapers own cockos compression preset for bass. Any tips, tricks and advice would be greatly appreciated!
Mark
you want the bass to sound in some other recording and reverse engineer it.