The Ultimate P Bass Tone? w/ Sean Hurley, David Ryan Harris and Rich Mercurio

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Every bass player has their heroes, and session superstars like Pino Palladino and Nathan East will no doubt feature somewhere on your list. But if your sights are set on the studio world, having talent is only half the battle.
In today’s video I want to share an exclusive performance featuring bassist Sean Hurley in session with singer-songwriter David Ryan Harris.
Sean is the kind of bassist that makes everything look effortless, but as a studio musician it can be all too easy to play the wrong thing if you’re not really listening to the song.
The good news (yes, there’s good news) is that we’ve an in-depth course in the SBL course library, in which Sean shares his most guarded studio secrets. So if you want to become a regular session player, but you don’t know where to start, grab yourself a free trial and head straight to Sean’s course!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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@Maffy35 4 года назад

Came for the bass stayed for the guitar/vocals/drums. Shit was tight

@jbarsby1 4 года назад

so true.

@marcosnobrebass 4 года назад

Me too, what fantastic group and music and bass tone sounds too, amazing. Anyone here knows the name os this group? I would love to listen more about it.

@vintagelife6879 4 года назад

same here.... some times i hear kravitz tone

@GVIC-tm2nc 4 года назад

I agree!

@artthanos5515 4 года назад

*stayed for the whole thing

@lucasgarcia1146 4 года назад

When you reach this level of mind-bending groove, you gain the ability to sit on thin air

@freeamerica4625 4 года назад

so u see him levitating too? I thought I was seeing things.

@pandorski35000 4 года назад

beeing seated on a solid is so old fashioned nowadays

@johnhenrycurry8209 4 года назад

@@pandorski35000 . . . if I groove like this would I disappear? well, if you did you came back anyway. Proceed without caution Cheers.

@johnhenrycurry8209 4 года назад

@@freeamerica4625 . . . and over-rated.

@josephbruceryan6438 3 года назад

so he's entered the void? (Legend of Korra reference)

@andynelson2340 3 года назад

That P bass tone so good. Sounded good in 1960's, will sound good in the 2060's and beyond.

@och70 4 года назад

That P-Bass tone + headphones = multiple eargasms.

@Metalbass1979 4 года назад

I'm sitting right now with a set of headphones and thinking the same thing. Add a cup of coffee to the scenario and it is life changing experience.

@jarrettbrake8384 3 года назад

Ironically my headphones broke right before i saw this video

@Damsurf77 3 года назад

Yep; noise cancelling bose on my ears. The world around me can fall apart.

@lukasmarti2922 3 года назад

@@Damsurf77 same here

@ricardojmestre 2 года назад

My Grado headphones agree

@drawntothefire 4 года назад

On that topic, the guitar tone was really nice too.

@BlasterJunos 4 года назад

No less from David Ryan Harris himself!!

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 4 года назад

WAY better than the P-Bass tone, in my opinion. I mean, P-Basses always sound pretty good, but they almost always sound just like that. Nothing particularly special about that one, other than being a bit clankier than average. The guitar, on the other hand, is absolutely top-notch.

@r.a.fiallos234 4 года назад

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney Looks like a J Mascis signature Squier Jazzmaster. Man, Squier has stepped up their game, sounds great!

@leoc507 4 года назад

Now that the Ultra Jazzmaster came out he has to play it... It's awesome 🖤

@MuscleDad420 4 года назад

And it's a Squier plugged into a Fender Deluxe 112 solid state amp. Imagine that.

@Milbrandt001 4 года назад

For everyone looking for the song performed: “Yesterday Shutting Down” - but this sounds better than the album recording

@joshrodriguez19 4 года назад

Travis Milbrandt, agreed this does sound better than the album

@seankent1807 4 года назад

Travis Milbrandt thank you! And you’re 100% right: this live version is much better!

@yohans6952 4 года назад

This sound much better

@dmcpopo4027 3 года назад

What a heavy tune…..Soulful

@ralphy3393 3 года назад

This is light years better than the album version.

@tomdesmet5758 4 года назад

Mr Sean pbass , what a bassplayer , perfect sound , now show , doesn’t play a thousand notes like some guys , but playing exactly what’s necessary of bass into a song , bassfeeling 100%😎

@bendintegrativecenter2311 2 года назад

If you listen closely, he plays plenty of notes. He simply plays within the band and not over them. Solid musician.

@jimmyhowe7883 2 года назад

True story Tom.

@cynicalwho4039 4 года назад

The bass tone is like a nice bolognese, meaty but also the right amount of sauce...

@pitmezzari2873 4 года назад

It's called ragù, not bolognese.

@bannanapancake 4 года назад

😮

@pitmezzari2873 4 года назад

@@bannanapancake yep no such thing as "bolognese" as Bologna's mayor says. It's called ragù.

@DrFUNK-zx6gm 4 года назад

On point man.

@OttoStranger 4 года назад

@@pitmezzari2873 Italian : Ragù Bolognese and English : Bolognese sauce! And he can call it the fuck he want. The word Ragù is not even Italian its Derivate from the French word Ragoût and let me tell you a ragoût it's not a Ragù it's far more than just a sauce what a Ragù bolognese is

@thescatman5029 Год назад

This is tight! Sean with the crazy P Bass tone. David channeling Marvin Gaye, Vernon Reid and Lenny Kravitz! And Rich is in the pocket!

@devinebass Год назад

👖🔒🔥

@WatchfulWizard 4 года назад

Disappointed that I can only click “like” one time. That was next level amazing. I came for the bass and was blown away by the vocals.

@cydrums3411 4 года назад

I was like cool,then he starts to sing, I'm like damn this is good!

@dennyrichards108 4 года назад

Sean's bass sounds fantastic and the trio is really on musically, but his tone works here because the other musicians are playing more sparsely. What I consider more "stock" Pbass tone is going to have more mids, which would be a better choice if there were more players and/or the mix was more dense. That having been said, I just figured out who Sean was earlier this year, and I'm a fan. Seems like a great guy, great player.

@jvh8806 4 года назад

I like a growlier sound with less deep

@leonardofelchnervii7905 Год назад

I would really love to see Sean’s EQ settings on his amp and Noble for this recording.

@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul 4 года назад

Singer/Guitarist is off the chain!! 🔥

@bootlebeats6331 4 года назад

Well golly gee whiz, that was just silly how GOOD they are. I'm an old dude who knows that bass tone well. I always called it mud whomp . In the old days the bass drum wasn't mic'ed for live gigs so that bass tone worked in conjunction with the bass drum to make a big sound for dancing. Hofners did the same thing. With the improvements in live sound with sub woofers, that all changed the role of bass tones.

@teddownum7428 4 года назад

"Mud whomp"--that's perfect.

@jaex9617 2 года назад

Another shout out for “mud whomp.”

@davidstroble 2 года назад

I love mud whomp.

@Janisdooms Год назад

I've always called it "rubbery" haha

@HiImSeanIPlayBass 4 года назад

How to get a bass gig with John Mayer: 1) have blues chops 2) be a skinny white guy 3) play a sunburst fender bass made between 1962 and 1965 4) play with flat wounds and the tone rolled all the way up 5) have huge balls

@freeamerica4625 4 года назад

You also have the option to be any color and lay it down brother ... you can optionally be a genuinely badass Bass player.

@Lion_ofJudah 4 года назад

He is playing his signature model P Bass...tinyurl.com/sjzy6nf because, why not? :)

@Schiallo 4 года назад

Having a "four letters name" too could help :)

@brosiii2558 4 года назад

Play a fender AVRI or AO with mutes and Bellas and he would hire you too. But thats true, skinny and sunburst - thats important - olympic white with trotz for me...

@vasilias2230 4 года назад

Knowing how mayer hires musicians, it's about if you're a good hang mainly

@jean-francoismercier707 Год назад

This thing is infectious. Once it gets into your soul it will never get out. So good!

@devinebass Год назад

It's a damn tasty sound, that's for sure!

@martian9999 4 года назад

what's great is that Sean gets the P-bass crunchiness without any of the unwanted upper tones, even though he doesn't use a damper. With his light touch and his use of chromatic lines, it could be close to something James Jamerson did, but his tone is quite different.

@martian9999 2 года назад

@Mike V. really? His sustain sounds a bit lengthy to be damped. Thanks for the string info!

@drewlewis9412 4 года назад

P Bass + La Bella Flats, a winning combination.

@williamwharton1068 4 года назад

That noble DI blended with that Aguilar cab sound helps too.

@keithjohnston5936 4 года назад

Folks who see me live (very few these days) ask how I get that thump. My secret is 20+ year old flats and I stay on the neck pup. I play a Ric 4001 and a Hofner.

@keithjohnston5936 3 года назад

@Majority of 1 Feel better? Here’s something else you didn’t ask for but really need to know. You’re an arrogant little jerk.

@GapeGang 3 года назад

@@keithjohnston5936 Thanks Keith! Majority of 1... Name check outs.

@nated2922 3 года назад

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

@rossinisilva1302 10 месяцев назад

What a perfect singing voice. And Sean's tune, OMG, pure gold

@devinebass 10 месяцев назад

🔥🔥🔥

@4deuce31 4 года назад

I hadn't heard of Sean Hurley until a couple of days ago. He did a vid talking about the P bass. Since then I can't get enough of his playing, temperament, style. He's one classy dude. He's got that Jamerson tone in this video. Thanks Scott.

@RICK-te3qh 4 года назад

In this house we refer to him as Master Hurley. He is so slick and humble and follwing his tips has exploded the level of my own playing far more than I could ever say.

@AndreaAustoni 3 года назад

Sean's tone here is great but it has none of the grit that Jamerson got on the recordings thanks to the tape machines,

@dwightdawson3578 2 года назад

Why does everyone refer to Jamerson when they are referring to the First Lady of Bass Carol Kaye? She taught Jamerson, Donald “Duck”Dunn and that chick from Talking Heads just to name two. She was the fingers AND picks behind the “Motown” sound until she sent her student to fill in while she was hospitalized. No disrespect for Jamerson but Carol is the backbone for that tone. Just sayin.

@johndough247 Год назад

@@dwightdawson3578 ...and then Carol woke up, right? LMAO (I know you're joking...or at least I hope you are lol)

@dwightdawson3578 Год назад

@@johndough247 I met her at the NAMM show. I asked her if she is still teaching bass and she invited me to her home in N. Palm Springs and I had the honor of sitting at the feet of the Master. They don’t call her First Lady of Bass for nothing. She played the majority of the early Motown hits and she created the bass lines for many of the best songs. She had a husband at the time who got drunk and on one occasion he beat her down and she was in the hospital for two years before she could play again. The Motown people had no choice but to call her protege James Jamerson to fill in for her. Nobody knew it would take two long years for her to recuperate. Some people said that they left her for dead. Her husband definitely did. But she was the First Lady and will be until somebody comes along to take her crown away. And yes, the “Duck” and the chick that played bass in The Talking Heads were also students of hers. Let me know if you have any other questions.

@robertoyler551 4 года назад

that is the best tone of a p bass that i ever heard even taking in account being recorded in a studio.

@Tanglangfa 4 года назад

This is a much better mix than the album version. The bass line is better too. I love the groove. These are all very talented guys with good time feel.

@ggman946 Месяц назад

A simple "like" is not a sufficient response to the awesomeness on display here. So glad i just happened to be connected to my studio speakers when I clicked on this video. Absolutely amazing session!

@bassgroove8582 Год назад

Sean make playing bass look so easy, fantastic bassist 👌🏽

@roberthart4160 4 года назад

His tone, other than the fact he's a phenomenal player, and plays what fits a song instead of show boating just because he can , comes from his Noble pre/DI.. you can see it on the floor behind him.. simply perfection in a little box

@matto9734 3 года назад

This... just hit me like a rock by surprise. Goodness, this room in the tightness and the bass TONE!!! Not to forget David Ryan Harris, definetely no slouch either and the drummer - perfect production too.

@Rabbit895 2 года назад

Totally agreed.

@izzuddinzaheid6147 Год назад

Man oh man.. the bass sounds heavenly. Is this the power of bass? Then i humbly bow to it

@tylerthompson1842 Год назад

Maybe the best natural round bass tone I’ve ever heard? Sounds like they’re combining a direct sound with the amp.

@devinebass Год назад

It is a beautiful sound!

@sboy1955 Год назад

Yea.. 2 lines for sure

@wpkg Год назад

if you search for Sean Hurley + Noble you'll find a video where he talks about his set up. Hes going through the noble and a B-15 and a bunch of pedals. at least thats what I recall from that video.

@profile2047 Год назад

@@wpkg Thanks for the info

@dayla8634 9 месяцев назад

You can see him using a noble in the video. At the very least he's getting a very mild overdrive from tube saturation.

@rmbryan9863 2 года назад

Very John Paul Jones "ish". Love the bass sound. I am a jazz bass player... I may have to get one now! Geesh! Awesome Band!

@cmvb 10 месяцев назад

Or use flatwound strings...JPJ uses Jazz bass...

@DrBulbulia 4 года назад

Sean Hurley has such a great, unique sound.

@darwinsaye 2 года назад

Love that DRH is playing through a solid state Fender Deluxe 112 from the 90s.

@BassMeister17 4 года назад

Sean has been one of my favorite bass players, since I first listened to him with Vertical Horizon in 1999. He's always had great tones, and plays with wicked musicians, and this video is no exception.

@Delboydunno 5 месяцев назад

3:05 sticks out to me as being something super simple that’s super important. The bass kind of led the rest of the band to where they were going next in a way that was very easy for the listener to follow but was still a unique harmony we hadn’t heard yet. Really cool.

@FreddysFrets 3 года назад

well, you can tell the guitar player didn't mix this!

@drew6470 3 года назад

Lol was thinking the exact same thing

@Dartania Год назад

I wish more music was mixed like this tbh

@ashtralplane777 Год назад

@@Dartania the EQ in my truck stereo would reflect that lol

@alexandergriggs9934 9 месяцев назад

Truth

@jamesrichardson3322 9 месяцев назад

This sounds great!! You don't know what the hell you are talking about!! 🤡

@captainsanchez4829 4 года назад

i love how the sound has a nice thumpy ticky sound and then it cools down and rings out this lovely soft bassy note, i can only achieve this with a sock around my strings, but this is great

@gregorydaffin2089 9 месяцев назад

Proof that the power trio is all that's needed, when musicians play and sing on this level. The bass sounds as if it's on a majestic journey out of some epic story.

@bensharpe7846 4 года назад

What a voice, what a groove and what a tone on both guitars! 😍

@wiltd001 4 года назад

I play a fender jazz bass. I really like the sound of his precision bass to me this is the most beautiful sound coming out of a precision bass that's just personally what I like clean

@dumaflotchy13 Месяц назад

That is the best “vintage/flatwound” bass tone I’ve ever heard.

@pine3737 3 года назад

For me this is like the dream bass gig, really listening to each other and the difference a nuanced by anyone is significant.

@caseybhouse Год назад

You know...I came here for Sean's big fat bass tone, discovered David, then discovered Rich and how utterly perfect that guy's beat is!

@devinebass Год назад

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@brent3994 4 года назад

I came for the tones and I stayed for the tunes

@marksr12 3 года назад

I've only watched this video about 1000 times! This is one badass Trio!!!

@vanpid 4 года назад

I keep coming back to this video just to listen to this version of the song. I need to get this on spotify

@michaelmartins177 4 года назад

Wow so great, cant believe it barely has 100k views. It deserves MUCH more, you cant get any better than this. Music at its finest form of art.

@migueljimenez1939 4 года назад

The singer remind me Lenny Kravitz... The full band sounds amazing...That is the way of showing how a p bass should sound. Maybe one day I will have one

@vanpid 4 года назад

This sounds so much better than the official release

@josh.t 6 месяцев назад

I first saw DRH playing that J Mascis Squier on a night show with John Mayer... I think Letterman. And back then, among us guitarists, a pro would NEVER play a Squier--it was just unheard of. It opened my eyes and since then I have been totally into selecting the right tool for the job, no matter the price tag. And for American music of all varieties, a Squier Jazzmaster is one of the best possible tools for the job. Of course having DRH's hands helps too.

@Mberdu77 2 года назад

Amazing! What a voice!? I Love P bass. Thank you all. 👏🏻🇧🇷❤

@patrickcalvert6705 Месяц назад

This is honestly motivating me to become a better musician. Wow!!

@thegoouch 4 года назад

David Ryan Harris is the man!

@gcf7175 4 года назад

This promo got me pretty pumped up I tell you what.

@aphexon. 4 года назад

Still needed viagra?

@perrysar5954 Год назад

What a great bass player,drummers love these bassists!

@johnniedelong9322 4 года назад

MR Hurley, Mr tone, foe me Sean is one of the best players in the world.

@sparklymelon3741 3 года назад

I’m so proud to be a bassist right now 🤌✨

@gatoblanco5756 Год назад

It’s crazy how it sounds like an upright

@Blackbeard_Barbell 4 года назад

Sean is also using a Noble preamp - positively amazing piece of gear.

@kevinisaacgarcia5028 4 года назад

LevinS the noble is phenomenal

@TonyBiancoOfficial 3 года назад

Just the comment I was looking for. I saw a preamp on the floor and wasn’t sure which one it was.

@4deuce31 3 года назад

Unbelievable talent sitting in that room. What a great song. And I'm a rock/metal bass player.

@geraldhills41 Год назад

P bass is such a deep punchy beautiful sound ,

@megalodon9039 4 года назад

Great. Need more songs of this guys!

@LuOeAndre Год назад

Verdadero talento,estos son ese tipo de gente que vale la pena ir a ver a qué toquen

@stueynyc 4 года назад

That Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster really is great for such a reasonably priced guitar

@rickporayko880 Год назад

I just listened/watched this video 5 times. Yes, the bass playing is incredible; the bass and drum are super tight, and the guitar playing is likewise fantastic. But the singer is mind boggling. If I had listened to this piece on an iPod I might have thought that there were three different people sharing the vocals. Incredible. And the bass, drums, guitar, and voice came together to make 1+1+1+1 equal 10! Tremendous!

@devinebass Год назад

You're absolute right dude, killer stuff!

@thedondeluxe6941 4 года назад

That dude has a most buttery smooth voice.

@duckyjp17 3 года назад

Just an epic 3 piece combo. Well done guys.

@Jpeterson7 4 года назад

That's how a P-Bass is supposed to sound. Without the mids it's just mud. Great song. Love the vocal. Soulful.

@la196 4 года назад

I am here for a listen to the bass tone but instead I'm blown away by the awesome vocals:). Killer vocal tone! I must add, the three of you make beautiful music together. Very nice:)

@alexandrekhazal5966 Год назад

Crazy mix, so much better than the recording, the bass sound is to die for, multidimensional, physical since we could almost touch it, almost like listneing to great jazz, blues, with some acoustic flavour on the bass

@faithbassed49 4 года назад

One of the coolest songs I’ve ever heard!😎

@alexporter9667 4 года назад

Some scrumptious tunes coming out of that bass... Just a jangleicious delight.

@mokofin5237 3 года назад

My jaw dopped at the first bass note. JFC that tone puts you on a mellow cloud.

@RICK-te3qh 4 года назад

Once again that phat & thick P bass proves its dominance and literally shines when an artist like Sean mixes his gift of talent with proven build and versatile sound. I own both the P and J and I’m obsessed with both. These gents are idols to old and young groove players. Thanks greatly for the post.

@ANNIHILISTIC 3 года назад

This is so smooth I forgot why I'm even watching this. Something about bass tone?

@johnryder1510 2 года назад

A master class in tone, touch & time!

@MactacFPV 4 года назад

That drumming though... wow.

@ichouinard 4 года назад

I can watch/listen this video all day.

@mattseymour8637 4 года назад

Nice bass sound and tight playing! But for me like the bassy less treble approach

@paulcochrane1028 2 года назад

What a great voice! Well done all!

@jrbaruch3011 3 года назад

This could be an oficial live version !! For me, sounds Even better than The original studio version :)

@gessedosacramentojunior1897 4 года назад

Wonderful!! The best sound in this days!!

@TeeCeeBee 4 года назад

Hey Scott have you ever checked out the tone of an Ernie ball Caprice? There isn't a whole lot on RU-vid about them but they have an incredibly good tone.

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 4 года назад

Chris 70x7 Best P-Bass tone in the world. And with the bridge pickup rolled in/soloed, a whole different animal, much funkier and meatier than a normal Jazz bridge pickup. I believe it's a side-by-side humbucker, so more like another P-pickup than a Jazz, really. I have one, as well as my USA Sterling 4 H, USA Sterling 4 HS fretless, and Japanese Fender Jazz neck/Warmoth Jazz body/EMG GZR-P pickup fretless. Between them all, I can't get a bad tone, and all of them are super useful.

@TeeCeeBee 4 года назад

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney that's exactly what I thought when I first played the caprice- I couldn't get a bad sound out of it. I also have a 2001 Stingray H with a piezo pickup in the bridge. That's a weird combo, but rolling in a bit of the piezo adds a woody, grainy tone. They only made those for a couple of years. Definitely not a P bass tone though.

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 4 года назад

Chris 70x7 I briefly owned a Sterling 4 H with piezo. Not for me, my playing's a little sloppy/aggressive and the microphonics were too pronounced, but I've heard other guys make wonderful sounds with them.

@phpn99 4 года назад

Beyond the tone, the subtleties in the bass line are sumptuous

@fletcherkirkland5003 9 месяцев назад

great tune and I love listening to Hurley and that awesome tone!

@basstrom88 4 года назад

Thanks for posting this! I went back to listen to this section from the original video several times because it sounded so nice, but it had the talking over the top of it. When I listened to the album version of this song the bass wasn't as forward in the mix. So this is a treat.