The bass player is like a pilot keeping the ship away from the rocks. A great bass player MAKES a great vocal happen while a mediocre one limits the singer. None of us had a clue about how great we and the studios in Detroit were.ĥ. Because everybody was hearing themselves from the same speaker, you probably HAD to develop a great touch to sound decent to yourself.Ĥ. ![]() If you just did what you really need to do for many bass players the results wouldn't be very good on a great player.ģ. In their defense, I have to admit that I about had a heart attack the first time I tried to record a bass player OTHER than James or Bob. A lot of engineers run on auto-pilot and start turning knobs before they listen. The home brew ones from five years earlier that most major studios used didn't have that problem.Ģ. most early commercial direct boxes were incredibly bad and couldn't handle the level. ![]() HEY MO-FU�S.JAMERSON AND I BOTH HAD.ĪLONG WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERS AND STUDIOS IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!īELIEVE ME WHEN I MOVED TO THE EAST COAST I HAD A HELL OF A TIME GETTING A BASS SOUND, EVEN TO THE POINT THAT I HAD TO BUY A NEW P-BASS.ĪND I KNOW JAMERSON HAD PROBLEMS ON THE WEST COAST.MORE INFO ON ORIGINAL BOB BABBITT THREAD.īy Bob Olhsson (68.53.120.100 - 68.53.120.100) on Monday, Ap03:51 pm:ġ. I know that Jamerson used a B-15 and was photo'd with it, I just didn't know if he used it to record with.īy BOB BABBITT (152.163.206.177 - 152.163.206.177) on Monday, Ap07:11 am: So it was straight into the board? You always hear people refer to the Ampeg B-15 as giving that "Motown" bass sound. It was all direct.īob Ohllson, former Motown super engineer, pointed out on another thread that virtually nothing was done to alter the bass sounds of either Jamerson or Babbitt. Soulful Detroit Forum: Open Forum: MOTOWN BASS SOUNDSīy McCal (66.32.110.169 - 66.32.110.169) on Sunday, Ap06:55 pm:Ĭan anyone give me info on how the great Motown bass sound was achieved? I know some(if not all) of it was recorded direct.
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