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12-17-2008, 06:32 PM
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Hey all,
I've been searching around but cant seem to find much anywhere....
I was wondering if anyone knew what bass effects georg holm from Sigur Ros uses.
Or gear for that matter, cant seem to find a good shot of his amp, he gets some great deep rumbles i'd love to emulate.
I have my suspissions but im probably wrong
Any info would be greatly appreciated! |
12-18-2008, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: san diego, CA | | | sigur ros was featured in tape op a few years ago. i believe he uses a jazz bass, with a pick. but that's all i remember about his gear. and it may be wrong! dooooh! their studio space is very very cool. it's a converted swimming pool!
try asking this on the tape op forum. i bet you will get lots of replies. |
12-18-2008, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bowling Green, KY | | | He uses Fenders, a Jazz bass and a Mustang. I've seen pick and fingerstyle playing out of him. Typically he uses Ampegs, I've seen a lot of B-15s, but I don't know when they were used in relation to Sigur Ros' history, if he still uses him now or if they were early on, etc. I've seen pictures of their studio, but the only thing I know for sure that he uses as far as pedals go is an EBMM Volume and a Boss RC20XL looper.
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12-18-2008, 10:27 AM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | the fenders are cool--i really like that hollowbody he plays--anyone know what make that is? |
12-18-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SnakeAnthony He uses Fenders, a Jazz bass and a Mustang. I've seen pick and fingerstyle playing out of him. Typically he uses Ampegs, I've seen a lot of B-15s, but I don't know when they were used in relation to Sigur Ros' history, if he still uses him now or if they were early on, etc. | When I saw the Takk tour in 2006, he used a Fender Jazz and the Ampeg B-15. Sounded great. I recall seeing him play Fender Precisions and an acoustic bass in the Heima video, which documents the band's tour of Iceland in 2006 at the end of the Takk tour. It is an incredible film, which any Sigur Ros fan should experience.
Wow, I've gone from a reading a Gene Simmons thread to a Sigur Ros thread. It's a little disorienting. 
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12-18-2008, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Nedmundo Heima video, which documents the band's tour of Iceland in 2006 at the end of the Takk tour. It is an incredible film, which any Sigur Ros fan should experience. | I agree with Nedmundo, Great Film, Love the whole vibe. love Sigur ROs also.. |
12-19-2008, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Spartanburg, SC | | | I really really like the tone he seems to get out of that acoustic bass. I seem to remember someone from the band saying that a lot of their sound comes from the mics that they use, and how they are positioned. But I could be mis-remembering. I'm good at that.
Regardless, I really enjoy his playing.
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12-19-2008, 06:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Leuven, Belgium | | | He also uses drumsticks to hit the strings on at least one song. |
12-19-2008, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Kentucky | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Syeknom He also uses drumsticks to hit the strings on at least one song. | in Olsen Olsen.
When I saw them a few years ago, Goggi used a Jazz Bass. There may have been something else, but I was kinda far back. All I know is it sounded massive. |
12-20-2008, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The cold part of California | | Since I'm obsessed with this band, I'll try to offer some insight:
He uses the drumstick in Hafsol, not Olsen Olsen, but in Olsen Olsen he uses a combination of pick and fingerstyle. He also plays Ebow on a few songs, most notably the song "Ebow." Such a fantastic track.
He has used a lot of Ampeg B15s throughout the years, usually with an octave pedal for stuff like Glosoli and Takk... (the intro to takk).
He also has a Jaguar...love that bass.
This is from an interview that they did a few years ago:
georg: "i use a pedal from EBS called an octobass - it,s an octaver. i don't really use it that much, but i sometimes use an e-bow and that takes all the bottom end off the bass. i use a regular e-bow - i don't understand why they don't make one for the bass. this pedal is a drive but you don't have to use it as s drive; it can be just a great sustain and then it sounds fantastic."
Here's the whole interview: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/articles/sound0.php
They also mention Eventide Harmonizers (so, so sick) in that article. |
12-21-2008, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by i like tictacs
He uses the drumstick in Hafsol, not Olsen Olsen, but in Olsen Olsen he uses a combination of pick and fingerstyle.
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12-21-2008, 05:10 PM
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The work that Goggi and Jonsi do in Hoppipolla - Med Blodnasir is lovely. I love how they play 2 basses together! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvzkagVvOxs |
09-19-2009, 09:59 AM
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09-19-2009, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by magnus90 | Looks like a Tu-2 boss tuner, ac/dc box, ebs pedal but it could be any ebs pedal, a boss digital reverb rv5 and the light blue not sure what that is |
09-19-2009, 11:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tallinn, Estonia | | | The blue box is a mystery to me aswell, it's probably a Boss pedal (Chorus, Compressor or a Pitchshifter).
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12-03-2009, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by magnus90 The blue box is a mystery to me aswell, it's probably a Boss pedal (Chorus, Compressor or a Pitchshifter). | Yeh im thinking the blue is his compression pedal, CS-3, CS-2, Probably my favorite aspect of his bass playing. |
01-04-2010, 06:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Port Williams, Nova Scotia | | | I've seen him using a sunburst Fender Precision bass with a jazz pick-up installed in the bridgeposition, a regular sunburst Jazz bass (with pickup cover), and a Black Fender Mustang bass with a white pickguard. He also uses a EBS Fafner bass head sometimes or a old fliptop Ampeg like the B-15.
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