Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Overdrive Special, Steel String Singer, Dumbleland, Odyssey, Winterland, etc. -
Members Only

Moderators: pompeiisneaks, Colossal

Post Reply
User avatar
norburybrook
Posts: 3290
Joined: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:47 am
Location: London
Contact:

Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by norburybrook »

So. I get a call from a friend recently to ask if I want a bass I'd given to charity many years ago back. The charity thing hadn't worked out so I said sure.

I'd used this bass in a video shoot for a record with Emma Bunton from the Spice girls back in the day and it had spent all day underwater. I'd pulled the frets as the song was a cover of 'what i am' by Edie Brickell and I'd used a frettless on it.

i thought it would be junk afterwards but it dried out and worked, so I used it on our live shows.

So 10 years later it's on my couch again. I thought I should plug it in and see what's what.

Now a few people have asked about playing bass through guitar amps, so here you are: My Bluesmaster wet/dry rig , EVM 12L sealed ported cab and alnico 2x12 wet cab. Sounded real nice in the room, the phone hasn't done a bad job of picking up the sound if you use phones.

so a bit of Jaco for you from a rusty bassist :mrgreen:

https://youtu.be/5emGqmR-kaM

So a big yes to using your Dumble amp for bass :mrgreen:
User avatar
martin manning
Posts: 14308
Joined: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:43 am
Location: 39°06' N 84°30' W

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by martin manning »

norburybrook wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:42 pmMy Bluesmaster wet/dry rig...
Hahahaha. Nice fluid playing!
User avatar
xtian
Posts: 7263
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:15 pm
Location: Chico, CA
Contact:

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by xtian »

martin manning wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:48 pm
norburybrook wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:42 pmMy Bluesmaster wet/dry rig...
Hahahaha. Nice fluid playing!
I see what you did there...
I build and repair tube amps. http://amps.monkeymatic.com
User avatar
norburybrook
Posts: 3290
Joined: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:47 am
Location: London
Contact:

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by norburybrook »

a young me here with said bass in the video/track in question. Number 1 in the Uk :mrgreen:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEOeClFSQ1o


M
User avatar
Guy77
Posts: 1006
Joined: Sat May 31, 2014 2:46 am
Location: Toronto, Canada

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by Guy77 »

Very cool! Thanks for sharing Marcus! Your a legend!
I remember this on the car radio back in the day!

Cheers
G
User avatar
didit
Posts: 1115
Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:37 pm
Location: Canada

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by didit »

xtian wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:38 pm
martin manning wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:48 pm
norburybrook wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:42 pmMy Bluesmaster wet/dry rig...
Hahahaha. Nice fluid playing!
I see what you did there...
A spot of dry humour always.

Best .. Ian
User avatar
norburybrook
Posts: 3290
Joined: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:47 am
Location: London
Contact:

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by norburybrook »

Guy77 wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:44 pm Very cool! Thanks for sharing Marcus! Your a legend!
I remember this on the car radio back in the day!

Cheers
G
thanks. A bit of fun :D seriously though the bluesmaster sounds great with a bass through the EVM cab lots of bottom end and a nice clarity in the high end and as much grit/OD as you could ever want. Not stadium levels but loud enough in the studio or for a small gig. Lot's more headroom and tone than the old Ampeg piggy back!

M
User avatar
Guy77
Posts: 1006
Joined: Sat May 31, 2014 2:46 am
Location: Toronto, Canada

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by Guy77 »

Yes headroom is important for a Bass amp and I am sure the Bluesmaster has that. This has me thinking about the bass amps that Dumble made like the Odyssey!
I think Kieth Urban has that one.

G
User avatar
norburybrook
Posts: 3290
Joined: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:47 am
Location: London
Contact:

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by norburybrook »

Guy77 wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:18 pm Yes headroom is important for a Bass amp and I am sure the Bluesmaster has that. This has me thinking about the bass amps that Dumble made like the Odyssey!
I think Kieth Urban has that one.

G
Guy,

A good friend of mine and fellow guitar player said the best strat tone he ever had was when he plugged into the SVT 8x10 bass rig his bass player was using at the time.

I'd be more than happy to have the Bluesmaster pre amp as a bass preamp. Now there's a thought for the future :D

M
User avatar
Guy77
Posts: 1006
Joined: Sat May 31, 2014 2:46 am
Location: Toronto, Canada

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by Guy77 »

Yes that would be interesting. The Bluesmaster front end into an Odyssey (similar to the Ampeg SVT) power section!
I believe these all had the cathode follower after the phase inverter like many SSS amps did.
Not that I needed anymore projects but it sounds interesting!

G
User avatar
drew
Posts: 731
Joined: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:49 am

Re: Bit of Jaco on a Bluesmaster anyone?

Post by drew »

norburybrook wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:17 pm a young me here with said bass in the video/track in question. Number 1 in the Uk :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEOeClFSQ1o

M
That one says "Video unavailable
The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

This one works:


You truly were Spice Girl-adjacent.
Post Reply