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12-18-2011, 12:12 PM
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12-18-2011, 12:17 PM
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12-18-2011, 12:20 PM
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12-18-2011, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by IntrepidCellist Active bass, G-K amp, set for growl. | Tried one. Cool, but not OMG. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Piper I always thought mike from AIC was a cranked svt sorta guy | Same as above. Also, Mike Inez has a huge pedalboard. Maybe he's using a Sansamp BDDI with blended overdrive?
You guys both have experience with Sansamp stuff, whatdya think?
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12-18-2011, 12:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan | | | That recipe up top is pretty much Mindcrime-era Queensryche. | 
12-18-2011, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by IntrepidCellist That recipe up top is pretty much Mindcrime-era Queensryche. | Right, but the "recent" sound of the live video was sadly absent from their classic studio sound (= blah, imo). Similar deal with AIC.
Studio comparison clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3g6tTYoxM
Yep, def ok-ish GK sound, a bit dated & synthy too, rather than growly, modern, and mean...
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12-18-2011, 12:40 PM
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12-18-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tocs100 ....Also, Mike Inez has a huge pedalboard. Maybe he's using a Sansamp BDDI with blended overdrive?
You guys both have experience with Sansamp stuff, whatdya think? | .
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12-18-2011, 02:35 PM
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12-18-2011, 04:29 PM
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12-18-2011, 05:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Central FL | | | Spector + ampeg svt (2, 2 pre, or 7 pro) + svt8x10. Gets that tone all day , no effects.
He's running a distortion (bddi?) On a wick for AIC. The Spector does that naturally.
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12-18-2011, 05:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | Mike Inez plays a Warwick SS1 with a pick into a pair of SVT-II Pro's feeding a pair of Ampeg 8X10's.
As mentioned above, he also uses Spector. His SS1 has EMG PJ's with a P reversed and an EMG preamp. The NS2 and SS1 are fairly similar construction and wood wise.
No clue about his pedalboard.
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12-18-2011, 07:37 PM
| | | | My newer bass is a nice custom bolt-on 4-string that has EMG P/J pickups with a bass/treble preamp. It's not a hefty beast, but it has a mahogany body and maple/rosewood neck. It could get me a whole lot closer to that sound than my passive J-bass for sure.
Careful with the BDDI. While it can get up toward an overdriven sound, it can also bury a lot of mids that might be not so helpful with trying to bring out that big diesel tone. | 
12-18-2011, 08:36 PM
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11-11-2012, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ogden, UT | | Here's a new/working link for the AIC Sonisphere fest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-1IYgZ0Ec
Anyone got info on Inez's pedalboard yet?
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11-11-2012, 09:55 AM
|  | Registered Spector Addict | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO. | | | As Grendle stated, Spector + overdriven Ampeg or GK = the Queensryche & AIC sound.
I'll add that having low action & a touch of fret buzz is also important, and so is using a strong right hand picking or fingerstyle attack, and fresh nickle or steel roundwound strings.
IMHO, the # 1 ingredient is active P/J EMG pickups & fresh strings.
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11-11-2012, 09:58 AM
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11-11-2012, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by superdick2112 As Grendle stated, Spector + overdriven Ampeg or GK = the Queensryche & AIC sound.
I'll add that having low action & a touch of fret buzz is also important, and so is using a strong right hand picking or fingerstyle attack, and fresh nickle or steel roundwound strings.
IMHO, the # 1 ingredient is active P/J EMG pickups & fresh strings. | Then how does one explain the HUGE pedalboard (see vid)?
I have a USA Peavey Millennium with active Music Man/J-Bass pups that sound better than any EMG's I've played. Then I bought a Sansamp bddi too but it doesn't get enough gain and and the gain farts-out w/o a huge bass cut first.
So I'm running two paths made easy with a Boss LS-2:
1) EHX steel leather into Zoom Sansamp sim with tons of processing
2) Tech 21 Blonde into Behringer blendable bass o.d. (Boss ODB-3 clone)
That's 3 levels of freq-dependent grind and it kills. No single ch. of gain is gonna get that sound. 
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11-11-2012, 01:04 PM
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11-11-2012, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick Spector NS2/NS4 is the sound, they have that awesome grind tone. Amp is really unimportant. | Agreed. Spector is the key ingredient. Pick not necessary. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | |
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