Duck Dunn or no?

[hieronymous]

These look interesting for the downward tension issue that I often have on the A string...

EDIT: Here is the official website so you don't have to click through.

[Pilgrim]

These look interesting for the downward tension issue that I often have on the A string...

Those make sense...having the built-in spiral to route the string downwards is a nice touch.

[Dave W]

Those look good and aren't terribly expensive, plus there's the reduction of dead spots, at least on the test bass.

[hieronymous]

Finally got to give the Dunn Sig a roadtest - rehearsal with a new band - only one mic picking up everything, recording came out better than I expected but not ideal...

http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/aint-it-jammy-now

[hieronymous]

Took down the soundclip - going to be rehearsing and performing with that band next week and hope to pull some better recordings.

One thing I noticed - the CAR of the Dunn Sig doesn't look so good in low-res pics - much worse than the Oly White of the '70s P or the 3TS of the Bass VI...

[Psycho Bass Guy]

One thing I noticed - the CAR of the Dunn Sig doesn't look so good in low-res pics - much worse than the Oly White of the '70s P or the 3TS of the Bass VI...

It's the jpeg compression not having enough dynamic chrominance contrast, and red is a very dynamic color, the 'upper midrange' of the human visual spectrum. You can literally see the 'blocking' pixellating effect of a too-limited color pallette to translate subtle shade variation.

[hieronymous]

My first decent recording of the Duck Dunn bass!

http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/aka-pdh

Live, I only had it going through my CAJ tube compressor, DI box, then unfortunately I had it going through a mixer just to boost the signal for one of the auxiliary inputs on my MBox - the main ones were being used for the guitar and drum mics. Not sure how much that affected the sound. Sounded good live - just had my amp (Glockenklang Soul Head) running flat - but the recording was a little bit thin - so after the fact put it through my Alembic F-2B preamp with bass boosted, slight mid cut, and slight treble cut (didn't need to cut much because it has flats). I think it came out pretty good! I also videotaped it and used some of the sound from the video camera for natural reverb.

[Pilgrim]

That is a great sound!!! Fat and nice.  The essence of P-bass.

[hieronymous]

That is a great sound!!! Fat and nice.  The essence of P-bass.

Thanks for listening! The Alembic F-2B is my secret weapon...

[nofi]

for the first thirty seconds or so i thought the bass was too loud. then the bass volume went down and it sounded just right.

[jumbodbassman]

great fender sound.  love it.    there is a reason i have been a fender p bass guy for 40 years.....

[Highlander]

Nice one, Harry...

[chromium]

Yeah nice jam!  Sorta made me think of Medeski, Martin, Wood, and Scofield...minus Medeski   ...or the Meters, Crusaders, etc..  All good stuff that I'd much rather be playing instead of Van Morrison, Steve Miller, or [insert requisite cover band music here].

Bass sounds great!

[hieronymous]

Thanks everyone! The guitarist contacted me via a craigslist ad I posted looking for someone I met at a John Scofield show, so there is definitely a connection! Medesky Martin & Wood minus Medesky/plus Scofield definitely captures part of what we are going for! I also managed to videotape the performance:



There's an intro bit that I cut on the soundcloud version...

[copacetic]

hey Harry, are you using the GK back there? sounded good.