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12-27-2010, 02:45 PM
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What are some of ur oppinions on him, and pick bassists overall
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12-27-2010, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonerific  What are some of ur oppinions on him, and pick bassists overall | Can't really hear him too well, Chris Squire's bloody good though.
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12-27-2010, 08:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | I'm not a LOG fan, however, I've heard isolated bass tracks and that guy's tighter than a frog's a$$. 
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12-27-2010, 08:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | Just search for his name on the forum. You'll find plenty of opinions. He's an under rated bass player in my eyes. I have a lot of difficulty just trying to duplicate some of his stuff. How the hell he keeps up with Willie and Mark, I'll never comprehend. It's why I've been working on speed drills lately. Almost exclusively because of him. |
12-27-2010, 08:57 PM
| | | | He's got some impressive skills, but is totally drowned out when I listen to LOG.
He deserves some more credit in my opinion.
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12-27-2010, 09:25 PM
| | | | I haven't heard anything from him that 'impressed' me. Since it's LOG, I shouldn't have been expecting it. Not trying to say that LOG is terrible or anything, just that they're style isn't the likes of some of the musicians I am 'impressed' with.
I've seen him play live, and he is a solid player. He does what he does, and he does it well.
Squire is one of my main influences, and I never played a song with a pick before... so there ya go.
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12-28-2010, 11:06 AM
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Endorsing Artist: HCAF | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Woodlands, TX | | | Campbell is pretty FTW. I can hear him just fine on "Sacrament" and "Wrath". Before that yeah he was pretty buried but when you see/hear their earlier live stuff and the riffs he has to match it's freaking sweet.
Imma big LOG fanboi though so any LOG or any member I <3 x1000. Plus imagine trying to keep up with Chris... :lol: *head asplodes* |
12-28-2010, 11:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fareham, England | | | I think he is a great bassist, Impressive speed and complexity wise but not so much on fancy stuff. I really like his sound, especially on Wrath.
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12-28-2010, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TomA1234 I think he is a great bassist, Impressive speed and complexity wise but not so much on fancy stuff. I really like his sound, especially on Wrath. | Well honestly it's not like there's a lot of room to "wing it" with LOG or much any thrash... 
For Wrath there's a cool BP Mag article on how he got the tone. IIRC it was bass-->BDDI (as effect pedal only-not DI'd)-->400+-->Powerhouse 810 and miked with a Senn 421 into an 1176 compressor and straight to the board. No DI'd tracks or anything really which is how they got that raw aggressive sound. The iso'd tracks from Wrath sound glorious. |
12-28-2010, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pittsburgh pa | | | Campbell is perfect for the type of music the band plays. He does a great job with his bass live in bringing out the guitars and bass drum, studio sound isn't the best, but what he does is perfect for the band and I really like Lamb of God.
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12-28-2010, 11:38 AM
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Endorsing Artist: HCAF | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Woodlands, TX | | | When I saw them in May '09 you could actually hear him in the live mix as well, which I thought was cool.
His mix on Killadelphia is actually fairly high for a live album. |
12-28-2010, 11:43 AM
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12-28-2010, 11:58 AM
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Endorsing Artist: HCAF | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Woodlands, TX | | That tune is awesome. Easily my fave riff of '09.
Also listen to his Wrath tracks vs. his tone for Sacrament and earlier and yeah- all big and beefy!
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12-28-2010, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonerific What are some of ur oppinions on him, and pick bassists overall | Never noticed him until the Wrath album ( not that I was listening to much LOG ). That is a great album for metal bass. Thick and crunchy tone. And up in the mix.
Pick bassists have their place, and I think everyone should be able to play with a pick when called for. But I also feel the same way about tap, and slap technique.
And for metal you need a pick 99% of the time. For that attack and tone. Sure you can get away with a finger style, but playing with a pick has its advantages when it comes to that style of music.
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12-28-2010, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bonerific | | | Sweet atleast i know isn't shunned! Only reason is cus my bros (guitar and drums) want me to do some covers with them and I've been practicing some but can't even keep up on RedNeck which is one of the songs were doing but it's hard as helllll!!!!!, and for those who can't really hear him try using better headphones like noise cancelling, or put the treble/bass up in the EQ if u got that feature on ur players
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12-28-2010, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY | | | Although buried in the mix (hello!) John is very very good, plays some tough lines. A BIG problem w/ modern metal: Bass is assumed in the mix and hardly audible, but that's for another post
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12-28-2010, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TheVoiceless And for metal you need a pick 99% of the time. . | To quote Alan Partridge, "Actually, that's bollocks".
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12-29-2010, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by TheVoiceless And for metal you need a pick 99% of the time. For that attack and tone. . | Metal is too broad of a genre, maybe thrash/speed metal and other sub genres, but metal itself can be both, especially with experienced bassists. I know a couple finger bassists who can play and make it sound as attack like as if they had a pick.
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12-29-2010, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Qvist | Killer sound!! And in the pocket | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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