Larry Leon - M A S K Theme Song (Bass Cover)

M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand) was an animated television series that aired for two seasons from 1985 to 1986, back when I was only 3 to 4 years old, but continued to be replayed in the '90s. I'd rush home from school just to catch episodes on the television, and the rock theme song was one of the tunes that '90s kids sang back in the day.

Larry Leon was the singer who performed the song, but I don't know who recorded the original bassline that was also overlayed with a synth bass line.

I learned everything by ear, and used my DGCF tuned 'Frankenbass' to allow me to let the open low D ring, while I slide down to the D an octave up, just like in the original recording.


Equipment used:

Bass:
'The Frankenbass'
Early '90s Fender Japan Silver Series Jazz Bass body (alder)
Warmoth wenge neck with brazilian rosewood fingerboard
Stainless steel frets
Dimarzio Model J neck and bridge pickup (off)
Seymour Duncan SPB-2 middle pickup (full on)
CTS 1 Meg volume pot (SPB-2)
500K volume pots (Model J)
Dimarzio 1 Meg tone pot with 0.01uf tone capacitor (wide open)
Leo Quan Badass II bridge
Hipshot Bass Xtender
Fender Fat Finger
Stringjoy custom gauge strings (0.050 to 0.120 for DGCF tuning)

Audio:
Zoom B3 used as audio interface
Aguilar amp sim with Ampeg B15 cab sim
Diamond compressor patch
Edited in Reaper

Video:
iPhone 7
Edited in Davinci Resolve 16