Cutlass and Caprice sound clip

[Dargin]

Here is a little recording done by our good pal Cliff Hugo. Best listened to with a good system.

 

[agt]

Nice!

 

[syciprider]

The Cutlass sounds just like the bass that inspired it.

 

[sanderhermans]

the caprice has my preference, definitly a more "musicman" type sound.

 

[djaxup]

cool track! Both basses sound really good.

 

[nhbassguitar]

Listen to how much more solid, seamless, and "grunty" in the lowest register the Cutlass is than a PB -- even the PBs with the top-shelf pickups like the '62 CS and the Pure Vintage 63, both of which I own. Almost has a bit of a Sabre flavor to it down there.

What we don't know is how much of that is the instrument and how much is signal processing. I'd sure like to know what was in the signal chain when this was made.

 

[Big Poppa]

Boys...I want to tell you whats in the hands and mind of Cliff....Awesome my friend. Thank you for spending the time making this for nothing! This was a very nice gesture.

 

[steevo]

Boys...I want to tell you whats in the hands and mind of Cliff....Awesome my friend. Thank you for spending the time making this for nothing! This was a very nice gesture.

They sound great big poppa, lovely even tone across the board and a they have that quality of tone that we've come to expect from musicman.

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[Dargin]

From Cliff:

Howdy
First off,
thank you for the opportunity to check out the Cutlast and Caprice.

attached is a little diddy I recorded
-not mastered
-one take
-done very quickly
they are recorded direct with no compression
straight into pro-tools
I think it shows they record well

Cutlast is full volume tone rolled off 10% ( FAT ! )

Caprice is both pickups wide open 1st half -- 2nd half - back full- front off about 60%
tone rolled off a bit

 

[Tom F]

From Cliff:

Howdy
First off,
thank you for the opportunity to check out the Cutlast and Caprice.

attached is a little diddy I recorded
-not mastered
-one take
-done very quickly
they are recorded direct with no compression
straight into pro-tools
I think it shows they record well

Cutlast is full volume tone rolled off 10% ( FAT ! )

Caprice is both pickups wide open 1st half -- 2nd half - back full- front off about 60%
tone rolled off a bit

That makes the tone (and playing) in these clips that much more impressive - both basses have a very "finished" sound to them. If you had told me that had been recorded through a nice DI, compressed and mastered, I wouldn't have questioned it in the least. Very curious to try one of these out in the wild.

Thanks for posting these clips - both basses sound fantastic.

 

[bovinehost]

Good Lord, Cliff!

Good Lord, Scotty!

I guess this means I'm selling the children and taking lessons.

 

[JayDawg]

Nice work Cliff! The basses sounded great. I really liked the tones.

 

[Gyoon]

will the caprice come out as a five string? You will have my money if you do (I have been saving for a jazz style fiv'er with musicman spacing for years: my dream bass)

Glenn

 

[OldManMusic]

That's a great side by side comparison. Thanks for posting! Two different voices from the same "family" of sound.

 

[steevo]

Every musicman bass ive had (2 stingrays, a sub5 and my latest sterling 5HH) have sounded amazing when DI'd, amazing all round sound without the need for a big rig.

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[Oldtoe]

Awesome! Thanks, Cliff for making the recording; and thanks for sharing, Scott!