How to make bass and guitar sound as one?

[Shroom]

So I've been wondering, what would you guys recommend to get a sound like the Foo Fighters' rhythm and bass when recording (and live, if you know about that too)? I noticed that in most of their songs, at least during the more intense sections, the rhythm guitar and the bass and sometimes even the lead guitar all meld together in one giant, solid sound.

It seems like something that takes more than playing the same notes to accomplish, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips as far as EQing and producing and whatnot.

If it makes a difference, I'm curious because I want to record a few songs at my woman's home studio this summer that I've been cooking up, and a couple have a pretty similar style.

Thanks to those that reply!

[Number27]

Get an 8 or 12 string bass, lol, then you will be playing the bass and guitar at teh same time

[lambro]

there is a lot more that goes in to it than you might think

first off to be as one they need to play as one, and that means being tight as a vacuum

then this is where having a great studio engineer can pay huge dividends

2nd thing is the tracking eq needs to be done right, which will vary with the sound sources
3rd tracking compression, if this is decided to be used, then it really needs to be done correctly
4th mixing, needs to be done with the end result in mind, not a performers ego
5... the mastering house needs to be competent

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if you do this at home the thing you can control the most is your playing and the tighntess of the performance

hopefully you have a good recording platform, mic pres and mics.

you might want to experiment with tracking eq and compression before you record for keeps - dont over process on tracking, watch the low end on the bass

[Shroom]

Hmmm... sounds like good advice. I forgot to take compression into account.

To anyone who knows the band's sound, I would guess the bass also seems to be mostly, well, bass. No treble, and no really discernible mids to clash with the guitar in that section of the frequency spectrum. Does this sound right? Also, I don't know anything about guitar EQing, and I'm bad at listening for it, so I don't know how they do it. If I had to guess though, I'd say it's generally pretty well rounded in the cases I'm focusing on. Whatchoo think?

[TeeMartin]

Mids on bass don't clash with guitar. Mids on bass are the reason why you can hear bass at all with guitars.

[roflol]

play tighter