Also I know I sound like a broken record, but let’s show the Dead’s Phil Lesh some love. The guy was doing things with a bass that humans had never done before. And in the wall of sound days the height of the speakers correlated with the height of a full bass sound wave. This way the audience could really feel it! Crazy stuff.
Thanks for the track suggestion, you don't hear a lot of southern rock styles with slappy bass lines. Very cool!
I'm not a traditional Deadhead, but I respect what they did. I've heard a lot of Lesh's stuff through his work with the Grateful Dead, but never studied his work as a bassist. Wave dynamics are really a big issue on bass! Some of our lowest tones have a 20+ ft wave length (the distance between a wave's peaks). I've been told when you're tuning in a bass tone you should try to be around 20 ft away to hear the waves develop. There's a lotta voodoo and homebrewed advice in electric tone, but bassists are particularly susceptible to room size, room acoustics, and amp power. Crazy stuff indeed!
“She used to make me feel like the king of Oklahoma, but nothing makes me feel like much of nothin’ anymore.” Sheesh. What a record.
You know the way to Kody's heart, Trey. And so does Jason Isbell.
Bryan,
Check out Trevor Weekz on Goose’s Thatch. He is straight slapping that thing. https://open.spotify.com/track/0sduAtv66U89cmjco6DQ7G?si=KOIibBBvRheErgQ-VbaGjA
Also I know I sound like a broken record, but let’s show the Dead’s Phil Lesh some love. The guy was doing things with a bass that humans had never done before. And in the wall of sound days the height of the speakers correlated with the height of a full bass sound wave. This way the audience could really feel it! Crazy stuff.
Thanks for the track suggestion, you don't hear a lot of southern rock styles with slappy bass lines. Very cool!
I'm not a traditional Deadhead, but I respect what they did. I've heard a lot of Lesh's stuff through his work with the Grateful Dead, but never studied his work as a bassist. Wave dynamics are really a big issue on bass! Some of our lowest tones have a 20+ ft wave length (the distance between a wave's peaks). I've been told when you're tuning in a bass tone you should try to be around 20 ft away to hear the waves develop. There's a lotta voodoo and homebrewed advice in electric tone, but bassists are particularly susceptible to room size, room acoustics, and amp power. Crazy stuff indeed!
Bryan is a subscriber. We'll make sure he sees this!!! Thanks Dead Head