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12-13-2010, 08:54 AM
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Anyone have any tips on how to get a tone what sounds along the lines of Meshuggah? I play a 6 string tuned F#BEADG. And I play thu an svt 3 pro/classic 4X10 cab. I also use a sansamp bass di,dbx compressor and a sonic stomp. thx
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12-13-2010, 09:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington, Pennsylvania USA | | | your tuning, is it LOW F#, as in below B, or F# tuned to match the pitch of a 8 string guitar?
are you playing with a pick, or finger style? |
12-13-2010, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: northeast Ohio | | | I picked up an MXR M-80 DI that absolutely nails the meshuggah tone. Haven't used it in about a year though because i don't want a meshuggah tone. I should put that thing up on ebay.
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12-13-2010, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa | | | Meshuggah has a bass tone? That band is all about the guitars IMO, they may as well just put an octave pedal on one of the 8-string guitars and be done with it
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12-13-2010, 02:36 PM
| | | | The bass tone is pretty awesome actually, even if the band is just about the guitars.
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12-13-2010, 02:39 PM
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12-13-2010, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Son of Bovril  Meshuggah has a bass tone? That band is all about the guitars IMO, they may as well just put an octave pedal on one of the 8-string guitars and be done with it | i couldn't agree..........less!
the bass is about 70% of their tone. watch the bass and drum vid, that is what convinced me. |
12-15-2010, 05:12 PM
| | | | Don't know why they call it a bass solo. It sounds like one of the usual songs without guitars and vocals. I am in fact a Meshuga fan . Listened to them since 90 at least.
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12-15-2010, 06:57 PM
| | | | I heard they fired the bass player because they don't need him anymore with the 8-strings... I need to research...
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12-15-2010, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin89 I heard they fired the bass player because they don't need him anymore with the 8-strings... I need to research... | He doesn't record, but he plays live. Listen to a Meshuggah song without bass, or listen to the bass and drums jam.
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04-10-2011, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Gorgasm69 Anyone have any tips on how to get a tone what sounds along the lines of Meshuggah? I play a 6 string tuned F#BEADG. And I play thu an svt 3 pro/classic 4X10 cab. I also use a sansamp bass di,dbx compressor and a sonic stomp. thx | Much as I hate to zombie-thread, I was wondering this a while ago and came up with a reasonable solution.
Distortion up so it's just clipping on a hard plectrum-attack, turn up the lower and high mids, have the bass and treble around default setting (trying to avoid an overly muddy/glassy tone), have the bridge pickup mostly solo'd and play near the bridge. Harsh attack and palm muting are your friends.
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04-10-2011, 06:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East Oakland, California | | | Not a huge Meshuggah fan, but have been in bands with folks that are.
That tone woudl be a cinch to nail with a decent Rat box. pretty much all controls at about 2 oclock.
And is it just me or are drums solos like that the most unmusical things that you can do with a musical instrument?
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04-10-2011, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by runmikeyrun I picked up an MXR M-80 DI that absolutely nails the meshuggah tone. Haven't used it in about a year though because i don't want a meshuggah tone. I should put that thing up on ebay. | +1 on that idea. the mxr m-80 definitely nails that meshuggah sound. some people likes this pedal for it's clean sound. I dig it too(even though I never own one), but I do dig the grinding distortion sound it delivers. |
04-11-2011, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by KratosNL The bass tone is pretty awesome actually, even if the band is just about the guitars. | Actually, to me, the band is all about the bass! |
04-11-2011, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Calaverasgrande And is it just me or are drums solos like that the most unmusical things that you can do with a musical instrument? | Why would you say something like that?  |
04-11-2011, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by KratosNL The bass tone is pretty awesome actually, even if the band is just about the guitars. | +1
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04-11-2011, 09:25 PM
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04-11-2011, 10:27 PM
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04-11-2011, 11:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northwest Indiana | | | He tunes up to F standard to meet the guitars that are tuned DOWN to that note on the same octave. Cool sounding, but I wish he'd tune an octave down from the guitars instead.
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