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Title: If this bass could only talk
Post by: pastorscott on August 30, 2003, 08:27:50 PM

Howdy everyone.   As a player who doesn't get much time to try new equipment much, I'm really wanting to know how Stanley Clarke gets the beautiful sound on his solo If This Bass Could Only Talk.  

Title: If this bass could only talk
Post by: mattheus on September 01, 2003, 03:27:04 AM

Hi there,
a few years ago I owned a Hughes & Kettner preamp. A great preamp, it had many features onboard. A few of them came in handy for that 'Stan-sound'. It had a 'treble boost' and a compresser onboard. When I used those, I almost had a perfect 'Stansound'! So, I suppose, if you use a good compressor, turn your treble up a bit, use lightgauge strings, turn your neck pickup way up, and most of all play the strings very intense....  perhaps you'll get there.
But I must say, I believe that Stanley has some built-in compressors in his fingertips....
Mattheus

Title: If this bass could only talk
Post by: bbe1020 on September 01, 2003, 04:34:37 PM

I read an article/club post a few months ago where according to Stanley Clarke's guitar technician, he uses two ALEMBIC F1-X preamps in his setup.