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How to get the James Jamerson bass sound

October 12, 2016 by Best Bass Gear

Max Kay’s nephew Jeremy Kay makes an appearance in a Reverb video (seen below) describing how to get that beloved Motown bass tone played by bass great James Jamerson. Something very important to note in the video is that Motown did not use amplifiers for studio recordings. What they used was their version of a … Read more

"Stealing" your guitar player’s effects and getting away with it in the studio

May 10, 2015April 13, 2015 by Best Bass Gear

When it comes to recording the bass guitar direct, a bass DI is the go-to stomp box for that sort of thing. However, if you ever run into the situation where you don’t have your favorite DI box at-the-ready (or if yours broke for whatever reason,) you can plug in to your guitar player’s multi-effects … Read more