How It Was Recorded

Gear · amplifier

Unidentified Bass amplifier (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 2

  • The Dream Weaver

    Gary Wright · Album, 1975

    • Minimoog bass · AmplifierReportedAmp the Minimoog was played live through, then miked, for depth and so the band could feel the bass.
  • She Blinded Me with Science

    Thomas Dolby · The Golden Age of Wireless, 1982

    • Synth bass · AmplifierReportedThe synthesised bass was sent out to Seligman's miked bass amp in the studio to thicken it, rather than going direct.
    • Drum programming · AmplifierReportedThe tom-toms from the Simmons module were fed through the bass amp.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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