what would you use to get this bass tone?

[maninashed]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kDXQRC1JQ[/youtube]

flanger? chorus? I dunno I wanna cop the whole package

[Chankgeez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kDXQRC1JQ

flanger? chorus? I dunno I wanna cop the whole package

Are you sure it's not the synth?

check out the "additional personnel":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_of_Lust

https://www.discogs.com/release/1624904 ... ur-Of-Lust

[qersty]

i agree with chank, it is definetly doubles with a synthesizer. You could get in the ballpark using a fretless with a chorus that has a fairly long delay time though. You wont get that synth "unison" sound though.

Maybe that boss SY-1 has a sound like that? The SY-300 could definetly do it

[maninashed]

dang I didn't know there was a synth

I've thought about taking the frets off of my supro pocket bass but whenever I think about it a little too long I get a tummy ache hah

[qersty]

Honestly I think just saving up for a cheap squire instead. Removing frets will be a pain.

Also you kinda gotta have a bridge pickup to get the fretless-fretless sounds

[Chankgeez]

I mean, Nick Lowe is known for playing interesting basses, but I think there's more than just bass guitar going on there.

[retinal orbita]

I am admittedly hearing this song for the first time and through my shitty phone speakers but wouldn’t an OC-2 type pedal get you somewhere close? Perhaps paired with some modulation effect?

[retinal orbita]

I actually really liked that track - I will check this album out more! Definitely not the sort of thing on my radar.

[maninashed]

haha yeah I've had this power pop obsession goin on for like 3 months now

I do like yer octave pedal + chorus/flanger idea

[retinal orbita]

haha yeah I've had this power pop obsession goin on for like 3 months now

I do like yer octave pedal + chorus/flanger idea

I just bought a MXR Vintage Bass Octave pedal - for that OC2 sound. But I started screwing around with beyond the default sound and found some very cool tones.

I have this Nick Lowe record que'd up on my Tidal for work tomorrow. I’m into giving it a closer listen.

[qersty]

I dont think that an octaver would help a lot since it is the same octave as the bass. You could double track the octaved part an octave higher but i still think a chorus would be more satisfying

[Chankgeez]

Nick Lowe's a great songwriter.

The question now stands whether OP wants to sound like the bass guitar or the synth.

As qertsy said, the bass guitar and the synth are playin' in the same register.

I think the bass guitar has chorus on it and is maybe short scale and/or fretless.

The synth is a little more difficult. It definitely has some extended sustain (sounds almost like a bowed instrument at times). Maybe an envelope filter'd cover that in combination with playing technique on a bass guitar?

Either way, seems fun!

[cosmicevan]

Sounds to me like an upright running through some effects...likely a chorus. Listen at 1:20ish...there is a huge open note. It is without a doubt an upright bass or a fretless that catches an upright vibe. It could just be doubled, but I think a chorus and fretless will get you there. That's no synth.

[maninashed]

yeah the part I want to cop is the upright kinda sound, and the bwowowow

[Blackened Soul]

For what it’s worth the internet’s credit his owning a S.D. Curlee fret less…

Sounds like a fret less with light strings and a chorus to me