The best bass overdrive artist/band,album,song either or or all?

[chaosMK]

Meshuggah - Chaosphere. I love the OD on this album. It sounds like a tank rolling and fits perfect in their all mids mix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDKVQiT0aE

To get this sound he used a Mesa guitar head (I think a 50 caliber).

I've liked this growly OD too. Chevelle - The Clincher (from a Big Block 750)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3Yhs8q7oM

[BKBassDude]

Originally Posted by chaosMK

Meshuggah - Chaosphere. I love the OD on this album. It sounds like a tank rolling and fits perfect in their all mids mix.

YouTube - ‪Meshuggah - Neurotica‬‏

To get this sound he used a Mesa guitar head (I think a 50 caliber).

I've liked this growly OD too. Chevelle - The Clincher (from a Big Block 750)

YouTube - ‪Chevelle - The Clincher‬‏

Maybe I'm wrong here but I thought Meshuggah didn't record with bass guitars ever, just uber detuned 8 strings, and that Dick Lovgren was purely a live member of the band?

[TaySte_2000]

You guys really need to check the tone of Jeph Howard of The Used, their last album Art Work had awesome tone especially on Empty With You.

Other than that Jack Bruce and Felix Pappalardi really do it for me

[chaosMK]

Originally Posted by BKBassDude

Maybe I'm wrong here but I thought Meshuggah didn't record with bass guitars ever, just uber detuned 8 strings, and that Dick Lovgren was purely a live member of the band?

There is bass on all of their albums, it's just not so present on their newer stuff where they are using 8 strings. On their last few albums (None, Catch 33, Obzen) Frederick Thordendal (guitarist) recorded the bass tracks. I am certain their older albums had an actual bassist doing tracks (Gustav-something on Chaosphere, Destroy Erase Create- has a real Pantera sounding bass tone).

[zachoff]

Originally Posted by kenstee

Not sure this qualifies, but listen to Jack Bruce on "Crossroads" on Cream's Wheels of Fire And then there is Live Cream Vol. 2. In fact, his bass on every track sounds on this one sounds amazing as well. I believe it is via a Marshall guitar amp full out not a separate OD per se. But, the overdriven sound is astounding.

Totally qualifies. This is what came to mind for me as well.

[bassteve]

JFK from Death From above 1979
Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine
I will die happy if I ever find a way to emulate either one of their tones

[zachoff]

Not sure it's the "best" but it's definitely unexpected and good... A total sleeper: The newest Flaming Lips album, Embryonic.

[SoComSurfing]

Anything off of Thrice's "Artist in the Ambulance" album, or "Lakini's Juice" from Live's "Secret Samadhi." The grind in that one floors me just as much today as it did when it was first released in '97.

[hachi kid]

Originally Posted by AcidFripp

Jesse F. Keeler from DFA1979.
DAT TONE.

YESSSSSSSSSSS

[Journey55]

Paolo from Trivium on Torn Between Scylla And Charibdis, and obviously Hysteria by Muse

[timbob1986]

Originally Posted by ZanaZulu807

+100. I'm still trying to get that nasty, trebled punch Billy has. Even though I prefer my tone to have a huge, low, grumbling, punch that hugs the guitar's sound, Billy has this cutting overdrive stabs it right in the gut!

I was told by a friend that to get that sound he used 8x10s and stabbed the speakers with pins, although its just something I heard along the grapevine so I don't know if its trustworthy.

The very best bass distortion I have heard so far is Jon Stockman's on the new(ish) Karnivool album, its super overdriven without losing its clarity and is growly as hell, apparently he used a Blackstone Guitar od pedal. This is the first song on the album, as soon as those drums kick in its a full blown kick in the teeth with bass od.
‪Karnivool - Simple Boy‬‏ - YouTube

[agreatheight]

I fancy myself a bit of a connoisseur of bass distortion and can wax ecstatic about it for hours, lol, but I'll keep this limited to:

an old favorite, King's X: Pretend
‪King's X - 3/14 - Pretend‬‏ - YouTube

here's something new, Fair to Midland: Musical Chairs
‪Fair To Midland "Musical Chairs" official video / Album July 12th‬‏ - YouTube

another from the vault, Galactic Cowboys: You Make me Smile
‪Galactic Cowboys - You Make Me Smile (Audio)‬‏ - YouTube

something you've probably never heard before (this tone blows me away), Dredg: Symbol Song
‪Dredg - Symbol Song‬‏ - YouTube

Good stuffs.

[ibassmonster]

Check out "Tokyo Police Club" easily my favorite band. Dave Monks lead singer/bassist is a boss. Check out "In A Cave" by them Sweet Bass. All their songs have really strong edgy Bass. Being a Bass player I like to really hear the Bass. Plus dave has badass lyrics.

[NightTripper]

Jack Casady in Jefferson Airplane.

[CrewsControl]

I just discovered this gem from Curtis Mayfield's self-titled 1970 album. Heavy fuzz bass on a Chicago soul number? You betcha!

Curtis Mayfield - If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go - YouTube

[Gunnerhea86]

Glassjaw

Glassjaw- Two Tabs Of Mescaline - YouTube

[Quall of DUTY4]

Audie Pitre on Acid Bath's "When the kite string pops". One of my all time favorites! I almost have it perfect using a Zoom B3***



***Almost!

[tomnomnom91]

Loads of stuff by Muse! Hysteria obviously springs to mind, but I prefer the Black Holes & Revelations album to Absolution. Starlight is already iconic for its bass tone (I mean, how else does it set itself apart from anything else, playing straight quavers on one note in 4/4 for 4 bars at a time?). Also, the bass tone in Invincible is quite a subtle one, but I love it.

[EcoMatt]

Originally Posted by Unrepresented

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire CD.

I'm a big fan of Robert Deleo's tone in the stp and army of anyone albums. Tool, Cream, Down, The Who and Kings X come to mind when thinking of great overdriven bass.

Evil Empire however features some of the most nasty, grinding tones you dream of making with your bass through a wall of speakers. Then there was the renegades album and the speaker blowing sounds on Housing and How Could Just Kill a Man are immense.

[zachoff]

This one's pretty good...

http://www.spin.com/articles/pissed-...w-album-stream