Marvellous people! Please welcome the wonderful Jon Button. Jon is an amazing bassist who has toured and recorded with many of my favourite bands and artists such as The Who, Sheryl Crow and Shakira.
Jon and I have been working together for a many years and he tracked bass for ‘I’ll Be Your Man’ by James Blunt, which I co-produced alongside Kevin Griffin. We recently did a session with Jonah Smith at Sunset Sound Studio 3, so I thought I’d take the chance to interview Jon about his bass recording chain and setup!
Jon has a wonderful collection of basses and an insanely versatile pedalboard. The tones he gets out of that thing within seconds is absolutely incredible. Please enjoy this video! Thanks so much for sharing you knowledge with us Jon, as always it was an absolute pleasure working with you.
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Have a marvellous time recording and mixing,
Warren
Hey Great show. I just now watched the Who at the 2007 super bowl. I love the Who, flat out. The Ox was the first bassist to inspire me. He and Pete, and Moony were an amazing thing to hear and see. But John and Kenny Jones in the Who? I think Ringo’s Kid is amazing! He’s doing a great job filling Moony’s shoes. And I love Pino; a lot. But in the Who? Now this guy, with Zack, Yea maybe! I hope I get to see them! cheers!
Hi @plap-disqus-25df35de87aa441b88f22a6c2a830a17:disqus thanks ever so much! Yes, John Entwistle was AMAZING! I love that Jon said Pete let’s him and Zak play freely because that’s what the band always did! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Nice Interview. I just love Bass.
Normal.. i am a drummer 🙂
Just share a great sounding bass like Jon demonstrated.
Early 80’s Geddy Lee on Bass and BV and Neil Peart on Drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMM6Bhwpy0M
Thanks @plap-disqus-5487315b1286f907165907aa8fc96619:disqus! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
I though for just a moment he was about to play the theme song from Barney Miller.
Hofner bass, afraid to touch it but you wanna nonetheless.
Great demo info. Thanks!
Haha genius that would have been fun @l_scott_knight:disqus!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren