Ampeg SVT7 Pro Bass Guitar Amplifier Head want the King's X Sound what to add?
 

Hi fellow bass players I am new to this site and have some questions:
I've been playing bass now for over 28 years and want to get a different sound all-together

I have this new Ampeg SVT7 Pro Bass Head and have a Peavy 4x10 cab and I want to get that Doug Pinnick sound so I heard that adding a Bi-amp and maybe a Mesa Boogie head for the distorted sound is the way to go but any suggestions would be appreciated.:D

You'll find some information on dUg's rig here...

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/do...ig-pic-113057/

Essentially the best way is to run two rigs, one with massive lows with all the high end rolled off, and one with just mids & highs with overdrive or distortion.

FWIW, I recently added a VT Bass to my pedal board and using it in conjunction with my BDDI using the settings in the image below, I'm able to get fairly close to this tone...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiFq...e_gdata_player

dUg gets his sound by combining SVT/810e's with guitar amps into 810e's. Don't know what he uses now but he was using Fender Dual Showmans for a while. If you wanted to get all deluxe, you could add a guitar amp into a small bass cab and roll off some lows. Or you could just run a distortion pedal. I opt for the pedal myself. There are a million pedals out there, but the VT does do a good job at copping an overdrive sound similar to dUg's.

King's X is my favorite band---so if you roll the lows off, you can use a guitar amp for the mids and highs without blowing the speakers, and just run a bass amp for the lows? I think Tom Peterson (Cheap Trick)and Entwhistle (Who) did the same sort of thing, right?

There is also some technique to achieving DUg's sound as well, such as his use of a pick, fresh strings (I believe he uses DR High Beams .040-.100) and low action (listen closely to most live clips and you'll hear a lot of fret buzz).
Oh, and slinging that bass way down around you knees :smug: ;)

@JimmyM I was surprised not only at how well the VT does at copping the sound, but how well the overdrive responds to playing dynamics. With the drive at around 10 o'clock, I hear just a tad when playing lightly, but boy does it roar when I dig in hard. I find that when used together, the BBDI gives me the heavy deep scooped lows while the VT provides that gritty top end associated with DUg's tone.