steve harris

[moo210]

whats the best pickup to get if i want to sound like steve harris?

 

[Simon_F]

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Welcome!

Not sure about pickups, but if I remember correctly a key part of Steve Harris's bass tone is flatwound strings (on a Precision).

 

[Davey]

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SD quarter pounder and while you're at it, get a badass2 bridge and a set of his signature rotosound strings. slap it on a P bass and you got a true replica

 

[moo210]

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well, in his interview it says that he used SD-1's not SD-3's

 

[John Wymore]

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The Steve Harris replica bass made by Fender came with a QP but based on his tone I might believe that he could have used a more vintage voiced pickup.

 

[moo210]

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wait a minute, they make steve harris sig basses?

 

[Thames]

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Yeah.. but they dont make 'em anymore. Here's an old article from HC...

http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM01/Content/Fender/PR/Sting-Harris-Basses.html

Maybe the QP is the closest, but his pickups are custom-wound.

 

[moo210]

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hhhmmm well I still can't decide

 

[John Wymore]

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wait a minute, they make steve harris sig basses?

Not in production any more but you can still find them around. I found a new one for a customer about a year ago. Big fat maple neck. BA-II bridge and Duncan QP. I don't think they ever sold real well so they stopped making them. The one I found had been on the wall in a store for quite a while.

You might go to this website and post and ask in the gear wanted forum:

http://p219.ezboard.com/bthedudepit

 

[Davey]

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it was a limited 1 year run in 2001.. japan built.. strat is basswood body . never figured out why they werent usa built

 

[Thames]

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never figured out why they werent usa built

Easy : must be quality, and not too pricey (for those younger metalheads). Two things that dont equal US made instruments.

:laugh2: :laugh2:

Sorry I couldnt resist :fing25:

 

[Davey]

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ROFL

they werent that cheap though.. 1JBJr two hotrails and an OFR is more than 300 on itself... it was close to the price of a usa standard if i remember correctly

 

[ex-250]

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they shoulda made it a white p-bass with a mirror p/g

 

[Thames]

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they shoulda made it a white p-bass with a mirror p/g

+1. You forgot the binding. :22:

 

[Scott Miller]

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No, no, no......the key to the Steve Harris sound is black & yellow striped spandex with white Reboks, and white socks pulled up to your knees (and of course, one foot on the monitor in front of you). Everything else is secondary (but I would go with an SPB-3 if I had to choose).

 

[Davey]

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No, no, no......the key to the Steve Harris sound is black & yellow striped spandex with white Reboks, and white socks pulled up to your knees (and of course, one foot on the monitor in front of you). Everything else is secondary (but I would go with an SPB-3 if I had to choose).

+2

if you dont find black and yellow spandex, checkered will do nicely

 

[TheWall79]

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well, in his interview it says that he used SD-1's not SD-3's

yes is true.. spb-1...

 

[80's_Metal]

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MOST IMPORTANT!

Having Harris' equipment right is a SMALL step closer to SOUNDING like Harris .. . . STEVE is THE BEST BASSIST EVER! nobody writes, plays and rocks out quite like him . . . . nobody.

There I said it.

:newangel:

 

[Davey]

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i tell you.. it's all in the spandex

 

[John Wymore]

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Wow, this is the oldest thread I've ever seem come back to the top here ..... well over a year old!! :beerchug: