How do you get this tone?

kevin1659 · #1 03-18-2011, 08:04 PM

YouTube - Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil live US Festival 1983 - High Quality

does anybody know how to get an amp to produce the sound that nikki does at around 1:01?

bottomend! · #2 03-18-2011, 08:09 PM

thats the sound of a double stop being played. It's also the direct feed from the bass in to the mixing board.

faulknersj · #3 03-18-2011, 08:15 PM

I'm not sure what kind of bass that is but you could cop that tone out of a Jazz Bass or a P Bass with a pic no prob imo. They sound like total shi*# by the way imo (especially Vince..ouch) but the bass sounds cool.

erock0138 · #4 03-18-2011, 08:17 PM

kevin1659 · #5 03-18-2011, 08:46 PM

so a p or j bass huh? I never tried a bass with those types of pickups the ones I got have soapbar. Do you think a crappy bass with those pickups would sound close?

CBRXJ · #6 03-18-2011, 11:23 PM

Dang I was there...I can still feel the sunburn. That sounds like my old Hondo bass with my old Musicman amp. I couldn't get it to not sound like that.

kevin1659 · #7 03-19-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRXJ

Dang I was there...I can still feel the sunburn. That sounds like my old Hondo bass with my old Musicman amp. I couldn't get it to not sound like that.

Lucky! I wish I was there. So your hondo bass sounded like that? How much do they cost?

dukeorock · #8 03-19-2011, 03:15 PM

Yep...just double stops...the sound is directly lifted from the soundboard...betting what people actually heard from the PA was very different...Board mixes always tend to sound a bit dull