Song 6 - "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley

This one gave me some troubles! First, I had the rhythm off, then I programmed the solo bits in my brain wrong. All these missteps led to about 50 takes to get to the one I’m posting here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS7yCapTTPU

When I started I was giving the note on the 1 too much time so it was more like a long-short-short instead of short-long-short. Then I realized I was using the verse ending bits at the end of the solos which is not correct. Timing the notes at the end was kinda rough as well. This take isn’t spot on but it was close enough that I decided to leave it unedited.

So…with that out of the way, let’s talk specs!

I played this with my Fender Fretless Jazz Bass. It’s strung with Labella Low Tension Flats. Neck volume: 8, Bridge volume: 6, Tone: 0

Ran the bass into the Darkglass Microtubes 500v2 head with an Ampeg SVT15E for the cab.


Darkglass settings: Compression 35%, Microtubes Engine ON, Tone 75%, Blend 35%

XLR Out to Volt 276 with Compression set to GTR and Vintage ON. Audio recorded with GarageBand. Video recorded with OBS. Finished in iMovie.

Thanks for checking it out! :dog:

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