How's he get that tone? Rob Wright, Nomeansno, edition...

[Din Of Win]

I've dug Rob's playing for years now, but i've never really looked into his set-up, or how he got his tone.

YouTube - Nomeansno - It's Catching Up

I know he uses a P bass... haha...

I'm not really trying to cop it. But, for having this tone 20 years ago, before the dirt-panacea thet IS the VTbass, i'm mighty curious as to how he got it......

[kedo]

I'm pretty sure thats just P straight into a a Marshall half stack. When I last saw them, that's what he was rocking.

[The Lurker]

Some of it's discussed here:

NOMEANSNO article from bass player magazine

"
wright plays stock fender precision basses. " i like the new ones with the cheap mexican pickups. those pickups are the greatest- they're so hot they're microphonic. the trouble is i sweat so much on my bass that i kill it within a year, and i have to get all the guts replaced because they're completely corroded. i work my bass pretty hard but that's what a hammer is for." he drives a marshall 4x12 guitar cabinet with a 300 watt marshall 3530 solid state head, which includes one tube " to soften the waves". the amp is not common. "everyone else has trace elliots and gallien kruegers; they're great; but that's not my sound. i'm not looking for fat , clean lows.i'm looking for mid range growl- basically a lemmy tone." rob uses a pick on .045 - .105 rotosound strings. his only outboard effect is an eq pedal he sometimes steps on to cut all the highs, turning his sound into "a complete dub bass."

[Din Of Win]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

Some of it's discussed here:

NOMEANSNO article from bass player magazine

"
wright plays stock fender precision basses. " i like the new ones with the cheap mexican pickups. those pickups are the greatest- they're so hot they're microphonic. the trouble is i sweat so much on my bass that i kill it within a year, and i have to get all the guts replaced because they're completely corroded. i work my bass pretty hard but that's what a hammer is for." he drives a marshall 4x12 guitar cabinet with a 300 watt marshall 3530 solid state head, which includes one tube " to soften the waves". the amp is not common. "everyone else has trace elliots and gallien kruegers; they're great; but that's not my sound. i'm not looking for fat , clean lows.i'm looking for mid range growl- basically a lemmy tone." rob uses a pick on .045 - .105 rotosound strings. his only outboard effect is an eq pedal he sometimes steps on to cut all the highs, turning his sound into "a complete dub bass."

Awesome! Thanks!