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08-18-2011, 05:27 PM
| | | | I need help getting a Krist Novoselic bass sound
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Hey,
I don't know if this is the right place for this topic, but I need help getting a better Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) bass sound. I'm playing Lithium and I have a RAY34 and a Fender Rumble 75. What settings can I change on either my bass or amp, or both to get a better sound for Nirvana songs?? Feel free to move this thread if its not in the correct category. |
08-18-2011, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: under the stairs | | | I'd say a better amp would help. Krist used an Ampeg SVT in Nirvana. A tiny combo is never going to sound the same as a proper stack setup |
08-18-2011, 05:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | Different bass
Different amp &
Different hands.......
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08-18-2011, 06:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | take your bass to a store and try some overdrive or tube type pedals
when i don't want to use my mesa tube head i just use a pedal with my pignose amp |
08-18-2011, 07:02 PM
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08-18-2011, 08:47 PM
| | | throw the bass way up into the air, then catch it with your head; only then will you sound like krist n.
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08-18-2011, 09:30 PM
| | | | Hmmmm
I don't think he uses a dirt box at all for the recording, and being it's on Nevermind I think he was rocking a Gibson bass with humbuckers and Ampeg.
Try everything at noon, and adjust your mids and treble by rolling back on them and also play with your tone knob to take away some bite but keeping a little bit of it. His tone was rather smooth on the recording but rather raunchy and wide open live.
Good luck! |
08-19-2011, 10:14 PM
| | | | IDK about the specifics, but out of all the basses I've played, the Fender Jag sounds a lot like him. Just pick really close to the bridge to get a surf sound, and it sounds real close. |
08-20-2011, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Robotsatemygma  Hmmmm
I don't think he uses a dirt box at all for the recording, and being it's on Nevermind I think he was rocking a Gibson bass with humbuckers and Ampeg.
Try everything at noon, and adjust your mids and treble by rolling back on them and also play with your tone knob to take away some bite but keeping a little bit of it. His tone was rather smooth on the recording but rather raunchy and wide open live.
Good luck! | He does use a Rat on the album, but not on that track.
I agree with most of the posts here that an SVT-II is going to sound different than a Fender Rumble. What kind of eq settings are you using? Are your strings fresh? Are you using a pick?
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08-21-2011, 11:49 PM
| | | | get a fender jazz bass. my friend's in a nirvana cover band and he uses a mim one and he sounds just like him. he leaves all the eq dials on 5. he even gets the sound when he plays out of his crappy little silvertone practice amp |
08-22-2011, 06:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cairns, Australia | | | Get a Tech 21 VT Bass pedal to give you that STV sound, and of course play with a pick.
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08-22-2011, 09:12 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | played some nirvana songs on saturday at practice, mij62ri jazz, mesa boogie d180, orange obc 115 | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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