How To Get A Hundred Bass Tones From One Bass (FOR FREE!!)

[@denattheoakleyoutpost6740]

I have been playing 40 years now and one has to really appreciate the excellence Mark brings to every video. I’ve taken many of his courses to expand my skill set and even correct bad habits. The only regret I have about Mark is that he doesn’t live next door to me. (He’d probably be grateful that he doesn’t)😅

[@georgeharvey6826]

Thanks Mark! As I practice in my room, I have tried the different pickup mixes. But like you said, it's WAY different when playing out! Great tips...Thank You!

[@kevinlander46]

As always Mark, top tutorial and zooming into a specific technique and breaking it it down with excellent instuctions which are clear and precise. Just Brilliant Thank You.

[@garethevans2650]

Great advice. As a kid in the 70s I had to try to copy tones with only one Japanese copy jazz bass (an Eros) and it's good to know you can do so much with fingers/pick/position

[@OlettaLiano]

I can relate. I got my first bass in 1975. It was a cheap knockoff of a Jazz bass. I grew up playing mostly with a pick as I played guitar before moving to bass, and I was influenced by players like Chris Squire of Yes.

[@garethevans2650]

@@OlettaLiano me too. I saw Thin Lizzy concert and realised bass was cool and nobody else at my school had one. Five weeks after buying it I was in a band to play a gig

[@OlettaLiano]

@@garethevans2650 That's awesome. I had a hard time getting in my first band. None of the metal bands in my area thought a girl could play metal bass so most of then wouldn't even let me audition. The good old 70s. LOL

[@keithbolger5152]

A lot of very good information in this lesson. I will try out these different positions on the pickups. Thanks Mark for agood lesson.

[@thomasfioriglio]

Another fantastic lesson Mark. Some really great advice that some may or may not know. Always good to get a refresher if needed.

[@steveatfullmeasure]

Looking forward to the course!

[@steviemac8075]

Superb analysis thanks 🙏

[@atquinn1975]

Great, important stuff!

[@paulwest5402]

Very very interesting lesson Mark

[@kenneysalters7869]

good lesson

[@Manic_Drone_Idiom]

I'm looking for the tone of either a WAL (for the bottom end) or an Alembic Spoiler out of my Fender Jazz bass. These sounds might be impossible to dial in on a Fender though...

[@talkingbasslessons]

Obviously every bass has it's own character. Every pickup has it's own character. Every amp and cab will have it's own character. You won't change that. But what you can do is use your hands to generate a million and one tones from that initial character.

[@stuartplatt2146]

Thank you again Mark. At the 3:40 point your phrase "that boom" gave the impetus to work on fingering my Precision Bass toward the neck instead of over the pickup. Now how to make it happen 🤔 P..S. I''m a 'mature age' player in a concert band and the environmental acoustics can accentuate the 'boominess'

[@1234drums]

Sweet 😍

[@babayaga1767]

I was in a horrible crash couple years ago. Plates in my wrists. Nearly amputated right arm. Nerves tendons and ligaments all struggling to move and I don't sound anything like I used to.

[@photopro100]

Also Bernard Edwards

[@samsonwoods5448]

Yo to all Ted Talks Bass Folks!!!!!!!

[@Poodrdt]

I need only one tone 😂

[@garychivers6055]

It would be a better lesson had he done it with a beginner bass. He's using a fancy bass that, probably already has a great sound.

[@talkingbasslessons]

I was going to do it with a P bass but the Enfield allows me to be more diverse in the example (both pickups). The 'quality' in tone from different basses can be massively overstated. The Enfield is no better or worse for me than a cheap Squier Affinity. The build is better. The playability is better. But the tone is just plain different. Not better or worse. You've probably seen some of the many basses I use on the channel. I don't use them for 'quality' of sound. I use them because they work better for the demonstration.

[@steveatfullmeasure]

​@@talkingbasslessonsa smashing bass!