Korn-Fieldy's technique

spectorbass83 · #1 06-06-2005, 08:50 PM

Hi everyone, I am new to Talkbass.com. I have been playing bass for about 5 years now and the other day my band decided to cover "Got The Life" by Korn. I never was into Korn too much. How the hell does Fieldy get the sound we hear? Any Korn fans out there that can help me? Does Fieldy use any kinds of effects? How does he get that clicking sound (besides the fact that his 5-string is tuned down 1 whole step)? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

7Stringer · #2 06-06-2005, 08:58 PM

Please do a search on the forum, we have beat this subject to death

:: honkers down for the Fieldy flame war ::

**embellisher** · #3 06-07-2005, 10:02 AM

Boost your lows, cut your mids all the way, boost your highs all the way, and make sure your cab has a tweeter. Turn the tweeter all the way up too.

sotua · #4 06-07-2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by spectorbass83

How does he get that clicking sound?

Tune down. Loose string click easier.

Put a smiley in your eq. Boost the highs, drop the mids, boost the lows. And then boost the highs. And push that "bright" switch in your amp if it has one.

Play aggressive. Really dig into those strings. Try to force the strings to hit the fretboard (quasi-slapping). Low action would be nice for this. Pretend that you are an alcoholic monkey that doesn't know how to play bass, and spank that bass.

If you are miking your cab, put the mic closer to the tweeter