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11-09-2006, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana | | | Mark King's tone
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Ok so Mark King is amazing and i love his tone on this video playing Mr. Pink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI8pFqWm0s
Any suggestions on how to get that tone. any effects?. What equipment? |
11-10-2006, 08:46 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | A Status Kingbass Artist for a start!
Fresh strings are also an essential item. Looks like he was using Trace Elliot there, but his Ashdown head will also suffice (the only Ashdown product I like!).
So, all in all, a Status andd some Trace Elliot gear will be a good start! |
11-11-2006, 05:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Liverpool | | | His Status has a lot to do with his sound. If you get the chance to try one, they have a very 'hi-fi' sound, and very punchy. I heard a guy demoing one, and that was the sound.
A Status, a good clean amp, a low action, the Mark King touch and shiny blue LEDs! |
11-11-2006, 06:15 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | | i think the most important parts of getting a tone like this are BRAND NEW light strings (i think Mark uses 35-95) and a real low action, i guess you could get a similar tone on a jazz but you wont have that real hi-fi tone that he is getting here but i think you would be in the right ball park.
if you listen to that clip especially what i would call "controlled" fret buzz is a big part of his tone as well, so maybe a fret stone on your bass would help you get that into your tone.
Dave |
11-11-2006, 09:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana | | | fret stone? |
11-11-2006, 09:13 AM
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11-11-2006, 10:03 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | | a fret stone is where you have youre frets filed so that they are all the same height allowing you to have a low action without buzz in certain places.
but your bass may not need it, i know mine did when i wanted to drop the action right down low. but it is not a definitive thing, you may be lucky
Dave |
11-11-2006, 02:39 PM
| | | | Bob you need to ditch that pick of the
Overwater...
its creating havoc with my future bass plans! |
11-11-2006, 07:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana | | | thanks Gomez for the link. It was very helpful and i think its true what he says on there. That its not o much the guitar but thee settings. I already have low action on my bass but i lowered it more so that i have some fret buz, at least form the 11th or 12th fret and higher. This gave me a pretty similar sound. Also using the bridge pickup. i only have a 4 band eq though so that information didnt help much, so i just fooled around with my eq. by the way Gomez, thats my last name too. |
11-12-2006, 04:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Birmingham UK | | | The closest that I got to his sound, was a Status kingbass through an EBS HD350 and a couple of neo cabs.
I'm not a big fan of his sound, but I know someone who is, and he's found the same thing, he uses an HD350 throiugh an EBS 2x10.
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11-12-2006, 05:23 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by lambro Overwater...
its creating havoc with my future bass plans! |
not a chance 
Dave |
11-12-2006, 09:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisiana | | | Do any of you know where i can find tabs for the solo before the song starts? i want to learn that. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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