several, but some of the tips I got from:
https://www.bestbassgear.com/ebass/arti ... rrett.htmlhttps://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-end ... sound.htmlA collection of remarks and text I collected from the internet:
• Use old or dead flatwound strings. To get a good reggae bass sound you could use any strings whether flat.
• Use the neck pickup. Again this may have being discovered through trial and error, but the reggae bass sound produce by the neck pickup is out of this world.
• Play close to the neck. Playing too close to the bridge will make the reggae bass sound too high, which is really not ideal for reggae.
• Aston "Family man" Barrett: 60’s Fender Jazz bass with flat wound dead strings
• Robbie Shakespeare: His go to bass is a 4 string Paul Reed Smith and his technique involves playing with his thumb.
• The 4-string Music-Man StingRay is also very good for reggae
• Any good bass amp should do the trick but, if you are in doubt go for something that can give you a very big deep and natural sound. Many reggae bass players back in the day used their bass with an acoustic amp. They used this combination mainly to mimic the upright bass which gave a more natural sound. So you could try an acoustic bass amp so long as it is loud enough.
• Ampeg makes very good amps and their reissue B15 is one you might want to look at. Other makes you should check out are Fender, Dean, Ashdown, SWR , Trace Elliott, Hartke, Orange, Roland and Gallien-Krueger. There are more manufacturers no doubt but, the high end models of these makes will do just fine.
• Reggae bass sound is traditionally very deep and natural - no bells and whistles. These days however, musicians are experimenting with different sounds and settings, so again it boils down to what tickles your fancy.
• So play around with the settings on your bass until you get a deep thumping reggae sound. Basically you want to get rid of the highs and use as much middle as is reasonable without brightening the sound too much.
• Play on and around the one drop. If you are just learning how to play reggae bass practice with a metronome or a drum beat. It is absolutely essential that you do this. The reggae bass line must be synchronized with the drums. Listen to the drums very carefully to hear how it holds everything together. Listen especially for the one drop. This is very important since you are either going to play around the one drop or you are going to play on it so to speak. If you find this hard to understand, listen to Bob Marley’s One Drop song. Hear how the snare and bass drum use the third beat of the song to free up space for the bass and other instruments to do their thing. Learn to play in the space around the one drop and at other times play on the one drop to give that Roots Reggae feel.
