Timeline for How is the "fuzzy" effect in Funk bass achieved?
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| Sep 24, 2017 at 23:19 | comment | added | Some_Guy | The tone in these two songs is distinctly fretless sounding. Wouldn't call that a particularly funk specific sound, but I guess it's what the OP was after. | |
| Sep 24, 2017 at 1:56 | comment | added | Boxly Boxington. | Alegria is done with a fretless, and an octaver. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 19:33 | vote | accept | Chuck | ||
| Jul 8, 2016 at 19:33 | comment | added | Chuck | I think @Tim has named the effect I'm going for (mwah). I wasn't sure what to call it. Lefaroundabout answered the question (how to achieve the sound) and posted the (only) answer so I'll accept that. Thanks to everyone for your responses! | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | As Tim mentions, at least the song Alegria definitely has a fretless bass, which starts off with a different tone from a fretted bass. It's not as easy to hear in Funkadelic, so I'm not sure. | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 5:36 | comment | added | Tim | Sounds to me like you'd start with a fretless bass, with that 'mwah' sort of sound. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 21:48 | answer | added | leftaroundabout | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 21:17 | comment | added | Yorik | Bootsy Collins used Mutron 3, wah, and Big Muff. AFAIK, Bootsy was one of the basists on that album. Then again, he used a lot of pedals and liked to mess around with anything. ( bassplayer.com/artists/1171/… ). I think the Mutron adds some "gain/distortion" even when set to non-aggressive mode. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 21:15 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | Try search for bass synth instead. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 20:36 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 6, 2016 at 20:36 | history | asked | Chuck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |