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Posted by Silent Bob on January 31, 2000 at 03:05:17:

I noticed that the bass sounds in 70's recordings sound really big and fat even though they don't contain much in the low frequencies. How did they do this? I've heard they predominantly miced the bass cabs but I do that in my own setup and it doesn't sound anything like it.
Any ideas?

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Follow Ups:

• Re: 70's bass Billy 14:36:08 2/01/00 (3)
  • Actually, I use both computer AND 1/2 open-reel Silent Bob 02:49:39 2/02/00 (0)
  • Re: 70's bass, oh dear! JC 16:57:45 2/01/00 (0)
  • Re: 70's bass Bananahead 16:39:27 2/01/00 (0)
• Re: 70's bass BananaHead 17:10:36 1/31/00 (0)
• Re: 70's bass guitarboy 08:15:11 1/31/00 (5)
  • some examples Silent Bob 14:35:18 1/31/00 (4)
    • Re: some examples guitarboy 14:49:41 1/31/00 (3)
      • OK, so just cank it? I'll try it Silent Bob 15:06:47 1/31/00 (2)
        • mixture of all these... JC 15:36:56 1/31/00 (1)
          • optical compressors? how does that work? SilentBob 15:54:48 1/31/00 (0)
• Re: Could it be all of those snappy sounding Ricks they used? Tedster 06:51:06 1/31/00 (0)

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