Mike Dirnt sound

[akaTRENT]

Originally Posted by Auzzie-Phoenix

Green Day tunes in drop D as well, so best to keep that in mind. If I remember correctly, mike tends to pick behind the pickup when he plays, or at least used to when dookie came out (gives a higher tone), but then again back then he used to use a gibson ripper or grabber (different tone entirely). As for software and eq settings... I don't know about that, so I won't try to give any comment on those things.

Actually the play in Eb.

[akaTRENT]

Originally Posted by foomanfat

I'm pretty sure he tunes to E flat standard.

+1

[danniee]

Great guy's, a lot of good information which has been really usefull.

[Vic Winters]

Not sure about live (only seen them once) but they record in E standard, E flat and Drop D (at least on Whatsername).

[KPAX]

Yeah, you're getting close!
I don't know if I'd set mids to zero though. Try bringing the mids up a bit. When you do that, you might want to bring that 800Hz down a bit on the eq.
I would also try pulling the treble down some too.

Originally Posted by danniee

Alright, I boosted a bit at 2KHz with the EQ and pull back the treble knob slightly, mids knob set to zero and only 3 on the bass knob. I boosted a bit at 800 in the EQ. I think I got a pretty ok sound, but I don't know if it will hold in the mix. Maybe I am doing something wrong with the frequencies that I dont understand.

Please take a listen and tell me what you think.

www.soxicmusic.com/bass.wav

[dangerkirk]

p-bass/pick/rotosounds/tube amp/10's

[KPAX]

Yeah, all the Green Day I've learned for bands was Eb standard (all strings down 1/2 step from standard).

Originally Posted by foomanfat

I'm pretty sure he tunes to E flat standard.

[danniee]

They played 1/2 step down on Dookie and Insomniac, but after that they tuned "normal". Now day's they play in E, except maybe when BJ swaps guitars to play old Dookie songs.

[Greenuk]

Originally Posted by TribalEagle

It was in total guitar bass special where he said something like " I love that 2khz".. but he has allso said that now days eq on his amp is set allmost flat. I saw a picture of his current setup (fender) and eq was flat except bit reduced at 300hz.
I have that total guitar somewhere.. I try to find it cos there he speaks a lot about his signature bass and how he gets his tone.

Where did you see that picture

[zatan130]

Heh, I just plugged a Gibson Grabber into a guitar amp at GC and pretty much got his exact tone.
I have an unhealthy obsession with Green Day.