1981 Wal Pro Bass II, recorded straight through an Helios Type 69 preamp (EQ off) and an LA-2A tube compressor.

Examples are 8 bars each

Example 1: bridge pickup - "boost" position, tone control open, "pick attack" on
Example 2: both pickups - "boost" position, both tone controls open, "pick attack" on
Example 3: neck pickup - "boost" position, tone control open, "pick attack" on
Example 4: bridge pickup on "cut", tone control half open, neck pickup on "boost", tone control closed, "pick attack" on
Example 5: bridge pickup on "boost", tone control closed, neck pickup on "cut", tone control open, "pick attack" on
Example 6: bridge pickup on "boost", tone control open, neck pickup on "boost", tone control closed, "pick attack" on

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1981 Wal Pro Bass II Samples

3 quick demo clips of the "FAB Bass", a bass guitar I conceived and designed in recent times, built by Erik Furlan of Wood & Tronics.
The FAB is a sort of "best of" instrument, inspired by a number of basses I own or I used to play in the past.
The result is a quite good sounding and good looking all-rounder I'm very happy with.
I'll probably add more clips in the future.
Enjoy.

PS: the signal is recorded straight into a "Metric Halo" interface

FAB Bass Clip #3

FAB Bass Clip #2

FAB Bass Clip #1

These are 3 audio examples of Mick Karn's Style on fretless bass.
The examples are the bassline of the song "Dalis Car" (taken from the namesake album album and project - both chorus and verse), and the main riff of the song "Visions of China" from Japan's last album "Tin Drum").
All tracks are showed at their normal tempo and than slowed down for better understanding. 
I recorded these tracks using my Wal Mk1 fretless, basically the same instrument Mick Karn used to play for the majority of his recordings after 1980.
The signal was recorded using a Tech 21 RBI preamp and a Universal Audio LA-2A opto compressor. 

Enjoy!

Fabio Trentini

Mick Karn's style fretless bass lesson - by Fabio Trentini

A short demo of my Hamer bass, tuned as a "Baritone Piccolo" (normally B E A D - in this case the B string is dropped a whole step down to A E A D)

Hamer Baritone Piccolo Bass (Short Demo)

A collection of short demos I recorded a few years ago for Taranaki Basses from Germany. They used to produce a very interesting bass, somewhere between a Wal Bass, an Alembic and a Jay Dee, with a 32" neck and a very focused, thundering voice.
It's a shame they had to close down...


Taranaki Bass Demo

A couple of samples of my Music Man Sabre bass, played in 3 different styles (fingers, slap & pick).
The signal has been recorded with a Universal Audio M610 preamp and an LA2A opto style tube compressor.
Enjoy!

Fabio Trentini

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