It is hard to speak of the bass guitar without mentioning the Motown recordings of the 1960's and 70's and their most famous session bassist, James Jamerson. Jamerson played on dozens of number 1 hits and changed the way bass was applied to pop music forever. In this edition of Reverb's Bass Tricks series we explore how to replicate Jamerson's infamous thumpy tone. First there is the ACME Motown D.I. WB3 (http://bit.ly/2cOJ4KA) which was designed to closely replicate the D.I. units Motown had specially made. Then there is how to set up a Fender PBass to Jamerson's specifications. Lastly, there is the picking method that completes the picture.
Read more about James Jamerson's tone and the gear used in this video at http://bit.ly/2dwevtG.

Performed by Jeremy Kay

Gear used:
Fender Precision Bass: http://bit.ly/2dVV0t2
ACME Audio Motown D.I. WB3: http://bit.ly/2cOJ4KA
Ampeg Portoflex B15n: http://bit.ly/2dVVyix
La Belle 760 FL Strings: http://bit.ly/2cEYmhB

0:00 "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by The Temptations
0:59 Signal Chain
1:57 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2:41 Bass SetUp
3:55 "Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
4:30 Picking Technique
5:40 "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by the Four Tops
6:33 "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye