There are some things that can help. One is you can try a fret wrap, which wraps around the neck near the nut. You can buy them, Haraguchi-san of Nemophila uses one from Gruv Gear.
Boh is old school and uses a hair scrunchie.
James Jamerson used a piece of foam under the strings by the bridge to make the iconic Motown bass sound.
I have seen Julia use a knitted sock the same way to sound like Bootsie Collins.
I didn’t really conquer muting until I started noodling on a 5 and 6 string bass. The width of the neck forced my fingers on my fretting hand to be parallel, and the insane harmonics made me pay attention to what I was doing with them.
But the size of the neck really made my left hand into good posture just to reach the strings. It takes some work, but wasn’t too bad
I was never a massive Leppard fan myself but Hysteria is definitely one of the finest albums of the 80s. I think a hit single was coming off it every week at one point…
Lol oh yes…I wasn’t even born when the album came out…my mom has the Cd…and played it constantly, so it kinda is the music of my childhood =3. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it was….a lot of good songs on there, definitely ;3. But I got a couple in mind….I will be very busy with practice! XD. I’d love to see yours too! =3
No, it’s much easier on a 4 string, but the harmonics are much more an issue on a 5 string or 6. and the six forces your hand in a better positionm just out of necessity to reach the notes. At least it did me.
But the harmonics are out of hand on a 5 or 6 so I had to buckle down.
Here’s my attempt at Man on the Moon. Another one from the Hal Leonard First 50, and my first song with pull-offs. It’s dodgy, especially towards the end, but I’ve had enough of this song for the time being, and wanted to squeeze it into November.
Nice cover @akos ,
Love the tone from the Lakland, I’m feeling a lot like John @John_E .
I’m starting to maybe have a bit of Lakland love:grin:as well,
Cheers Brian
Taxman : great cover as usual, it’s still a mystery for me how you obtain such an appropriate tone from a modern bass on an old song. but tone-wise, yeah, it works very well. I’m not digging the mix anyway, sounds too aggressive to me. (but the KRK VXT8 I’m listening on are aggressive, probably it doesn’t help).
Come Together : sorry to say I don’t like the bass tone so much on this one (too dark IMO), even if I think I understand why you choose such a tone. here I wanted something more aggressive well it’s just me …
Great getting your feedback @terb! Couldn’t use either of my “P” basses for “My Girl” since I had both tore apart waiting for parts to upgrade the electronics on both…. I’m sure it would have sounded better with a P bass though…
as well,
well it’s just me …
(but, hell, why not a P ?