Bass sound help!!!

[The Mad Is On]

ok so this is my first ever post. i have been struggling for at least a month to get a certain sound out of my amp for shows and recording purposes. i use a fender standard p-bass MIM and i play out of a 4x10 ampeg classic series cab and i use an ampeg svt450h head. now the kind of sound that i want to have is hard for me to explain with words so i will post this youtube video of a song by brand new so you can listen to the bass in it and hopefully help me out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrTEoHVYMk

i also have three pedals that i plug into i have the boss bass overdrive odb-3 pedal and the boss limiter enhancer pedal. and some old school phaser which i dont know the name of the company. so if you could help me out that would be great

[VinKreepo]

turn the treble and upper mids up on your amp or bass or both

[kevin newsham]

Round wound strings, use a pick.

Ampeg set with upper mid and treble boosted, a little low boost for some presence in the bottom. Drive the input gain a little, and dont worry about the pedals for that sound. That is just the normal picked P bass through an ampeg sound.

[The Mad Is On]

yea i knew it was bein played with a pick but ill def try those out tomorrow... ill just use the standard knobs on the head and not mess around with extra eg settings on the amp itself

[GroovinOnFunk]

Originally Posted by The Mad Is On

yea i knew it was bein played with a pick but ill def try those out tomorrow... ill just use the standard knobs on the head and not mess around with extra eg settings on the amp itself

you'll probably find that you actually want to mess with the EQ on your amp and use the EQ on your bass for minor tweaks.

i agree that you need to turn your high mids up and play with a pick to get that sound.

[The Mad Is On]

Originally Posted by GroovinOnFunk

you'll probably find that you actually want to mess with the EQ on your amp and use the EQ on your bass for minor tweaks.

i agree that you need to turn your high mids up and play with a pick to get that sound.

now if i didnt want to use a pick would it still sound close to that sound or would i have to change the settings

[kevin newsham]

Not really, because the initial attack is where the pick makes it's presence known. You could boost treble a bit, and use fingerstyle plucking with very low action. The clacking of the string against the frets with a light touch might approximate the picks initial attack. Very similar to fingerstyle funk players, that attack and presence is there without a pick.

[Kingkananga]

as suggested, pick play, high mids, bit of gain.

if your not going to pick play try out a sansamp in a shop on your setup, that might get close without using a pick.