Hi Warren, I hope you're doing marvellously well! Today, we're blessed to sit down with the wonderful Jon Button. Jon is an amazing bassist who has toured and recorded with some 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. In our recent session at Sunset Sound I took 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! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
+lockedowng Not if you check out the Zoom MS60b in its latest firmware version 2 which includes a B15 Flip top amp emulation. You can get very close to the Eventide loveliness, even that exact interval pitch delay and plenty more with a bit of tweaking and for less than 100 bucks.
Thanks. Woooh.....Some lovely old kit there, nice pedal layout too. It's a big ask for the Eventide price - but considering what it does and how good it sounds, you would spend many times that amount on seperate pedals to do it. this channel's never a let-down and always fresh. Well done. Off to check out Noble!
Can someone explain how he exactly he is blending clean with dist/fuzz?". I mean he adressed the modulatin effect being "before the DI" with his splity thingie...., but what about those distortion sounds? I liked their subtlety. Anyways if anyone can explain the signal chain more I would appreciate it alot. Is it simply placing a the fuzz after the DI? Good stuff
Excellent! That was as informative as it was enjoyable.You should have checked out his case! It looks very interesting! Custom made? I'd take one with a '65 P, '62 Club and '58 P with flats! Yes indeed!
Thanks Jon! It does look handy and I like the concept of the upright shell. I've really enjoyed your videos both with Warren Huart and Pete Thorn. Best of luck to you, both.
Hi John when you are recording to you mix a DI distorted/overdrive signal with a dry signal and blend them both together at the mixing stage basically a wet dry mix
warren you know when he turns on the octaver and you say "you could write with that!" well..i rewrote with it anyway... prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com/track/the-lovecats-2 ps i learned most of what i know about production watching your series since about march of this year. thanks!
Hey, I got one question about playing the B 15 live. Jon shows us his DI box on the pedalboard, right ? Does that mean he does not mic his amp when he plays live and just uses the DI on his pedalboard? And does he even use his B 15 for live gigs ? Many Thanks for the awesome interview!
It's just a simple pedal order-switcher, or sometimes it's called a fip-flopper. I forget who makes mine, but several companies make them. They're intended to change the order of pedals in a pedall board. (For instance if sometimes you want your delay before your distortion, or sometimes you don't.) So I just use that to change the "order" of the D.I. and my effects loop. Basically choosing whether the effects come before or after the D.I.
I just spent 2 hours with pencil & paper plus Visio trying to figure this out, I'm I close? Bass in to Flip-Flop In; Flip-Flip right Snd to Keeley In; Keeley Out back to F-F right Rtn; Keeley loop Snd to FX board returning back to Keeley loop Rtn; Flip-Flop left send to DI in, DI Out back to F-F left RTN; Flip-Flop Output to Amp input. I need more coffee
Does Jon ever use a jazz bass in the studio, or primarily a precision? Is that the original finish on his '58 P? Sounds awesome! Thanks for doing these type of videos, Warren.
I have to say that 99% of the time P Bass does the job, as Tony Franklin said the P Bass is the sound of Rock and Roll Bass! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@@jonbutton5963 hi Jon! If you don't mind... What was the missing chorus pedal your buddy borrowed? Always looking for that killer chorus sound. Thanks, man! You're such a talented player...
Hi, great video! Could you please tell me what pedals you use for the loop as well as the switch between amp/DI for your effects? I've wanted to do a setup like this for years. Thanks!
Ah! The flip flopper pedal was the missing piece of the puzzle. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how you’d be able to choose between amp vs amp plus DI. Thanks!!!! Keep rockin!
@jannmaas plug the bass into the right side of the flip flop. the first send and return on the flip flop goes to/ from the DI. the second send and return goes to / from the Keely loop switcher which is weird to/from the pedals. then send the output of the flip flop (left side) to the amp. the flip flop will decide whether the bass goes to the DI before the pedals or the pedals before the DI. It's a complicated setup but worth the convenience.
Great video and some sweet tones & playing! I'm a bit late it seems but I am very intrigued by Jon's pedal switching setup with the Keely & flip flop loopers. I am trying to wrap my head around the signal chain for this setup and I can't quite envision it. It seems that the Keely switches the big pedal board on & off but I don't understand the loops in the flip flop for the amp & DI. Also where does the signal go from the output on the left side of the flip flop. Thanks!
@@mostyncole copied from above... plug the bass into the right side of the flip flop. the first send and return on the flip flop goes to/ from the DI. the second send and return goes to / from the Keely loop switcher which is weird to/from the pedals. then send the output of the flip flop (left side) to the amp. the flip flop will decide whether the bass goes to the DI before the pedals or the pedals before the DI. It's a complicated setup but worth the convenience.
Hi Mwebrania R. Kihwele, Great question, I didn't do any EQ on this recording, I just captured Jon's love sound! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
