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What's your "go to song" to test bass in your rig?

MaxxVolume said:
If you`re looking for that big fat, fuzzy late-`60s bass sound, it doesn`t get much better than this....(thanks to Jack Bruce).

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Where's the bass? I hear plenty of lower midrange/upper bass. There doesn't seem to be any deep bass in the selection.
 
For me it's a toss between OSIBISA's "Dawn" and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture".

Both give the SW a great work out.

Q
 
Hobie1dog said:
75% of everything mentioned so far has zero content below 40hz.:(
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There's accurate bass and there is deep bass. I want my bass accurate in that I want a bass guitar to sound like a bass guitar. And you should be able to hear the difference between a Fender Jazz or Precision bass as opposed to a Chris Squire's Rickenbacker or Paul Mc Cartney's Hofner. And I don't want it confused with electronically produced bass from a synth or analog bass from a Fender Rhodes.

While a JBL 2235 15" goes lower than a 2241 18", the 18" with its accordion edge better reproduces real bass instruments in their timbre and overtones.

Listen to the Doors and while Ray is credited with playing bass on the Fender Rhodes, there are many times when a bass guitar player sat in and you should be able to hear a distinct difference.
 
toddalin said:
There's accurate bass and there is deep bass. I want my bass accurate in that I want a bass guitar to sound like a bass guitar. And you should be able to hear the difference between a Fender Jazz or Precision bass as opposed to a Chris Squire's Rickenbacker or Paul Mc Cartney's Hofner. And I don't want it confused with electronically produced bass from a synth or analog bass from a Fender Rhodes.

While a JBL 2235 15" goes lower than a 2241 18", the 18" with its accordion edge better reproduces real bass instruments in their timbre and overtones.

Listen to the Doors and while Ray is credited with playing bass on the Fender Rhodes, there are many times when a bass guitar player sat in and you should be able to hear a distinct difference.
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So, these posts motivate me to reply on something that I have been thinking about since this thread started.

I think that @Hobie1dog makes a good point. There could be posters here that simply like the bass in a particular song without giving much thought to “How low does it go”.

Then again, I like where @toddalin is going with this as he too is correct in that there are those of us (myself included) that are looking for “accurate” sounds such that one can really hear the differences between the particular bass players (of which I am one), the axes that they are using and in some cases the actual amps that they are using (which tends to happen more on live stuff).

When I posted my original suggestions, I would like to believe that they were a combination of my comments above. I will add them again to provide context to my statements:

- Lou Reed: “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” (original recording or as close as you can get)
- Pink Floyd: “Dark Side of the Moon” (pick it!)
- Michael Jackson: “Thriller”
- Joe Jackson: “Look Sharp”
- Elton John: “Take me to the Pilot”
- Stanley Clark: pick it
- Earth Wind and Fire: Early albums
- Jefferson Airplane: opening track to “Bless its Pointed Little Head”
- The Who:”Who’s Next”, “Behind Blue Eyes”
- Clapton: “Let it Rain” or Bell Bottom Blues”
- Beatles: “Oh Darling”, “Taxman”, “Day Tripper”
- St. Saens Symphony No. 3 in C minor
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor
- Charles Mingus: early albums (if you can get remastered, a plus)
 
Great thread. I too agree with toddalin about looking for "accuracy from bass". Wither bass drum, bass guitar, or any instrument with low frequency, I feel that bass should be consistent and defined even though this could be highly subjective. What I mean by this is that every musician could have there tone and "sound signature" by mean of different guitars and amps heads. Also keep in mind that how it was miced, which mic and placement due play a part to.
 
OK,... here is a acoustic string bass duet, playing Botessini - Passione Amorosa that we recorded back in 2009.
This is in a fantastic hall, with phenomenal sound. The mics, we placed them in the sweet spot, in front of first row, on center.

Royer Dynamic Stereo Ribbon microphone(vertical mic, on center)
DPA 4060 miniature omnidrectional pair, and foam isolating baffle (immediately at, and below the mic above - miniature mics on either side of foam baffle).

Joe McNalley, and Andres Martin, acoustic bass duet, with 7/8's of the Hutchins Consort members as support. Andre and Joe both play the Hutchins 4x bass violin (not featured in this clip though)

whatever happens to these recordings when they go onto the video, and onto these viewing sites, is, well,... somewhat akin to mp3'ing a high-resolution master - acckk!
It just ain't right
 
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runnin' said:
Bass? You don't need no stinkin' bass! To demo your system and actually impress folks, try this one:

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Terrific cut!

However, when you say “You don't need no stinkin' bass!”, not only does it not meet the OP’s original request but, “them’s fightin’ words” for us bass players,;)

Just sayin’…
 
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