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Tone

Cutting Through the Mix: A Comment Response

Bass Juju writes: Hey again… I want to run something past you and get your opinion. A few facts to get started. Issue: lack of being heard in the mix Equipment: various pedals and DI Bass: activ...

All About Tone

We hear this word all the time on bass forums, in Facebook comments and everywhere in between; TONE. What is it? How much does it cost? Where do we get it? Allow me to answer these questions for you a...

JAYME LEWIS SIGNATURE TORILLO BASS | BassTheWorld.com

This one is a double honor; not only was it a joy and pleasure working with Gregor from BassTheWorld.com, but it has also been an extreme honor to work with Tomek from Torillo Basses in designing the ...

Surviving the Tone Zone

Have you ever found yourself spending too much time fiddling with knobs, twisting them this way and that, trying out this bass – no, wait, that bass – ok back to this bass again, before fi...

Game of Tones – You Can’t Buy Good Tone (Week 8/8)

The Quest for Tone is over! Or is it? There are many boxes and wires and gizmos that are on the market these days, and many of them sound really cool! But are they necessary? Do you need them? If not,...

Game of Tones – How to Get a Good Slap Tone (Week 7/8)

The Quest for Tone continues! Ever wondered how THAT bass player gets such a killer slap tone? Well, yes, it’s mostly in his hands, but his signal chain has a lot to do with it as well. We’...

Game of Tones – Parallel Processing (Week 6/8)

The Quest for Tone continues! This lesson might be a stretch for those of you who are not recording/mixing savvy, but I assure you this is nothing new or complicated. Stick with me for the next 20 min...

EQ Nonsense

Mistakes happen, what are you gonna do? Admit your faults and carry on, I suppose 🙂 I don’t know what I was smoking when I filmed last week’s episode of Game of Tones, but I gave some inac...

Game of Tones – How to EQ Your Bass (Week 5/8)

The Quest for Tone continues! EQ is something that every mixing engineer needs to know intimately. Most bass players have a decent working knowledge of EQ and how it pertains to their instrument, but ...

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