The Beatles Bible - Topic: Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Joe on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/page-2/#p13867 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/page-2/#p13867 I've never heard of it. Shame it's offline - sounds like it might have been interesting.

Someone called Spinalcrackerbox from Berlin posted on this thread, but that's the only time I'm aware of the phrase occurring on the site. Wonder if that person is related to the site you mention.

]]> Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:06:39 +0100 songcycle on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13741 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13741 well i agree with everything that the person who responded to my post about the effects and things.  i was gonna include a section on how to get the sound out of the recording studio using what abbey road had at its disposal during the white album, i have their entire plugin pack and a fairchild 660 and a pulsetec.  that's all you'd need by the way if anyone's interested out there, but obviously even that would be kind of silly to go into because there are so many ways you could get it that could be done with a ...]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:53:56 +0100 Joe on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13719 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13719 songcycle said:

firstly, hello, i grew up on spinalcracker and it's a real find to have re-discovered its offspring.  hopefully i can be as much help to former spinalcrackers such as myself as its operators were to me.

I have no idea what you mean by this. The Beatles Bible isn't an offspring of any other site.

]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:43:03 +0100 on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13694 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13694 You raise some good points, songcycle.  There were so many different variables in shaping the bass sound, beyond the bass itself: Direct injection, using speakers as microphones, doubling parts with piano or guitar, differerent amps, different basses, different cables, strings, mics, both judicious and wild uses of compressors and eq and echo and reverb; even down to how the bass was played on a particular day, or who played it.  I believe that vintage gear--truly more "fun" than "necessity"--can get you a little closer to the sound of a particular track but obviously falls secondary to experimenting with the recording/effects/mixing/mastering....after all, isn't that the fun part??  (Well, ...]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:21:26 +0100 songcycle on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13691 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p13691 firstly, hello, i grew up on spinalcracker and it's a real find to have re-discovered its offspring.  hopefully i can be as much help to former spinalcrackers such as myself as its operators were to me.

 

firstly, a little revisionism, which i realise is a tall order for a new user.  it must be noted, however, that sessions weren't logged the way they are today.  they kept very meticulous records, but not about instruments and amps and such.  generally an amp would be used for an entire album and you'd pick up whatever guitar you wanted.  the beatles anarchic system of ...]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:15:18 +0100 SgtPepper1909 on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p6701 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p6701 If you're looking for a good bass amp,  I think Ibanez Bass Amps work pretty welll (I have a friend with one).

 

And Your Bird Can Sing has great bass (this was when Paul was starting to use his Rickenbacker [the Revolver sessions]) . Here's a good YouTube video  where you can hear it well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLinqsdW8Q 

                                                                                           a-hard-days-night-ringo-8 

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Great Smilies!

 

SgtPepper1909

]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:16:26 +0100 RonnieRIG on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3173 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3173 sgtpepperbowman said:

As far as I can tell, The instruments used in Rockband Beatles line up with what "Beatles Gear" book says, but I do agree that they shouldn't have had Revolver songs at Bukodan, and I also think that the rooftop concert should have came before the abbey road album in the game. Fender VI Bass would probably be the best way to get that tone, but I see they are hard to find, so what I recomend is getting a Digitech RP effect pedal for your guitar and using the pitch shifter to shift your guitar 1 octave ...]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:29:05 +0100 sgtpepperbowman on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3146 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3146 As far as I can tell, The instruments used in Rockband Beatles line up with what "Beatles Gear" book says, but I do agree that they shouldn't have had Revolver songs at Bukodan, and I also think that the rooftop concert should have came before the abbey road album in the game. Fender VI Bass would probably be the best way to get that tone, but I see they are hard to find, so what I recomend is getting a Digitech RP effect pedal for your guitar and using the pitch shifter to shift your guitar 1 octave lower, this ...]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:06:48 +0100 RonnieRIG on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3085 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3085 I think a lot of the tone you'll be looking for is not only coming from the bass guitar, but also from the amp. You need something that can be pushed hard and be gritty and clean at the same time. Anything Fender makes bass wise is usually a good choice for anything though.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:19:23 +0100 Joe on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3082 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3082 Don't worry - someone posted a spam message in this thread, which I removed. Nothing to do with your questions.a-hard-days-night-ringo-12

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:29:25 +0100 MrBig on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3080 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3080 Wait, this wasn't spam. I was looking for a bass and I wanted a beatles tone. If anything delete the post.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:22:06 +0100 Joe on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3078 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3078 It was a spam message. I'll delete the person's account. I'm not sure what happened with the formatting - it looks like something weird was pasted into the message field, but I zapped it before checking.

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:41:09 +0100 McLerristarr on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3074 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3074 Spam? a-hard-days-night-ringo-8

EDIT: Does the header thing for the above post look weird on anyone else's screen as well?

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:11:31 +0100 Joe on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3052 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3052 I don't know, I wasn't there ;-) As I said before, the musicologist Walter Everett (whose analysis of the recordings I respect far more than most) claims it was a Fender VI on Birthday, played by George. See page 196. There's some more information on the VI on page 297.

Everett's books have been discussed here, and can be read, in part, here and here. They're fantastic if you're really interested in the composition, structure and recording, though perhaps not for the casual reader.

I wouldn't pay any ...]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:40:50 +0100 MrBig on Looking for good bass http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3050 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/looking-for-good-bass/#p3050 Oh, and Joe, all the videos of Beatles: Rock Band show John and George playing the Fender VI on Birthday, Helter Skelter, Back in the USSR, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, And due to a glitch, I saw her standing there. What bass was used for Birthday?

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