Scarbee MM-Bass – 9
2.1 About the Bass
Since we have no special agreement with the company that manufactured the sampled bass we will not
mention the trademarked name or show pictures of the bass. However, the instrument we used was an
excellent and expensive american bass - an updated but classic sound.
The truth is I didn’t use the exact same bass as we knew was on the beloved recordings from the 70s. I
know exactly what bass was used on songs—and that the strings were totally worn-out roundwound strings,
but when you deal with sounds your ears are more important than pure facts.
The songs had sometimes been through more than one mastering session and the sound of the instruments
changed for each mastering. Therefore the bass sound I was looking for was the one I heard out of the
speakers—the processed sound. So by using an updated version of the original bass—which has a mel-
lower tone as body is smaller, pickup magnets are Ceramic (original bass had Alnico magnets) and preamp
different, and by using atwound strings, I managed to get much closer to the sound I wanted and loved.
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General
