Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
"The bass sound on "Continuum" is pretty special. Can you tell me how that one worked?"
"I played the whole tune twice, note for note—that's how I did it. Everybody thinks I've got all sorts of electronic gear, but I don't use any pedals, no electronics." Jaco Pastorius interviewed by Tony Bacon in 1976.
Source: reverb.com/news/jaco-pastorius-on-how-he-learned-bass-and-composition-bacons-archive
So can that same vibe be captured live and with modern gear?
I decided to try with the Keeley 30ms Double Tracker.
With Track 00:00
Bass Only 00:52
Pedal Settings:
Dimension Mode
Tuning - 10 Cents
Time - 20ms
Reverb - 9 o'clock
Level - 1 o'clock
2008 Fender Highway 1 Jazz Bass
Nordstrand NJ4SV Pickups
Ernie Ball Super Slinky 45 - 100
DI - JHS Punchline
Backing track courtesy of: youtu.be/anyrk1vd8S4?si=LeJQ3riJwHvVxWnF
Recorded in Brisbane, Australia
July 2025
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
"The bass sound on "Continuum" is pretty special. Can you tell me how that one worked?"
"I played the whole tune twice, note for note—that's how I did it. Everybody thinks I've got all sorts of electronic gear, but I don't use any pedals, no electronics." Jaco Pastorius interviewed by Tony Bacon in 1976.
Source: reverb.com/news/jaco-pastorius-on-how-he-learned-bass-and-composition-bacons-archive
So can that same vibe be captured live and with modern gear?
I decided to try with the Keeley 30ms Double Tracker.
With Track 00:00
Bass Only 00:52
Pedal Settings:
Dimension Mode
Tuning - 10 Cents
Time - 20ms
Reverb - 9 o'clock
Level - 1 o'clock
2008 Fender Highway 1 Jazz Bass
Nordstrand NJ4SV Pickups
Ernie Ball Super Slinky 45 - 100
DI - JHS Punchline
Backing track courtesy of: youtu.be/anyrk1vd8S4?si=LeJQ3riJwHvVxWnF
Recorded in Brisbane, Australia
July 2025
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
