Calling CJ - Bass Sound

In Lurches voice "You Rang"

Hmm, that bass guitar sound in that song was one of my best bass sounds I recorded and produced.

I just want you to know that there are more to settings and effects to get your sound. The bass guitar, strings and your fingers play a role in the sound you get.

I used a $229 Bass guitar -Its an Ibanez GSR200 that Ive had for years.
I then proceeded to use my Hartke Bass attack tone shaper DI box and I routed another signal through my bass pod.
I then mixed both recorded tracks together to get one sound.

I used a perfect space reverb and i send both recorded bass tracks to a buss with a compressor and i also send it to another bus with the cakewalk FX chorus. I didn't use any presets for this. I would have to open the project and take a look at the exact settings and that might take me awhile.
I also used EQ on both tracks.
But thats what i used.

Cj

I second this thread!  I was listening to a bunch of stuff on your soundclick page last night & when I got to that song the bass tone was the 1st thing I noticed.  It's clear, distinct, It's solid enough to hold down the low end without being boomy & with that air sound around it... it's very nice.  I was thinking "sounds like a good 10" harke aluminum cone speaker with a good mic in a great sounding room".   

  Bass is very hard to get a great sound recorded.  Guitars can be too, I can get my distorted guitars to sound pretty good but not great. (*OFF TOPIC*) I would love to figure out how to nail that full bodied sound of say... alot of the green day stuff.   I read an article where Billie Joe (of green day) said he often records 2-3 tracks using different guitars & amps & blends them together.  He also attributes the thump in his sound to the way he holds the pick & hits the strings with both the pick & his thumb.  I suspect the also compress the ever loving hell out of it too...

Best post I've read in a while. 
 
Boils down to:
1.  Play the part right
2.  Record with creative techniques to provide desired raw material for mixing
3.  Fundamentally good mixing technique and practice (level and EQ). 
 
The work and polish really shows in this track.
 
"I've been hearing this kind of bass sound even on stuff recorded in the sixties - long before Pods and long before anybody thought to use more than one track for bass."
 
They may not have used more than one track, but recording engineers have always mixed signals pre track.  Like several different mics and effects loops.  

I agree the bass sounds good.. but in all the songs.. but cj... I have a question for you.. is that you jumping off the stage with a full head of hair?  :)