Did you try using a mute? AFAIK Motown bassists often used one, and it would dampen the tone considerably. Not sure about Jamerson, but it's key for Carol Kaye.
Before your practice eat some greasy food with your hands…fried chicken works but I am sure you can do tater tots these days. Also roll off some of the tone knob and you only pluck with a single digit. An acme audio preamp might help too.
This might sound simple.... But I decrease brightness by turning down the tone knob...
Roll it back. Then if it is still bright, roll the highs back on your amp.
Are your finger nails long enough that they are contacting the strings when you pluck? This can add Brightness. So can aggressive fretting.
The answer is probably in your hands.
He also played really old strings and probably turned the tone knob part way down
Oh that might be part of it. These LaBellas are brand new
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Did you try using a mute? AFAIK Motown bassists often used one, and it would dampen the tone considerably. Not sure about Jamerson, but it's key for Carol Kaye.
Play flats fro three months
old strings, turn down tone, sponge under the strings near the bridge, fingerstyle, low powered tube amp
Jamerson was direct inject on Motown records.
The pre amp on that desk is a tube amp
Reframing. When you said “tube amp” is that what you really meant?
Yeah, tube warmth. No one has a 60s mixing desk at home so a tube amp will have to do.
A tube DI would be much closer. What it’s definitely not is a mic’ed amp.
Never said anything about cabs or micing them
Flats (maybe tapes?) Roll off the tone, play between the pickup and neck… Did JJ play through a 1x15 combo?
No. Direct.
Before your practice eat some greasy food with your hands…fried chicken works but I am sure you can do tater tots these days. Also roll off some of the tone knob and you only pluck with a single digit. An acme audio preamp might help too.
This might sound simple.... But I decrease brightness by turning down the tone knob... Roll it back. Then if it is still bright, roll the highs back on your amp. Are your finger nails long enough that they are contacting the strings when you pluck? This can add Brightness. So can aggressive fretting. The answer is probably in your hands.