Are You In, Incubus, played on a Jazz bass!?!? Tone question content.

[OptimusPrime]

Well, I always assumed Are You In was played with a Warwick, like most Incubus songs. And I also always assumed that that's why it was so growly. But I just learned that it is played on a Jazz bass. How do I get my Jazz to do that? That tone is freaking amazing to me.

[OptimusPrime]

Bump...

[The Lurker]

no, makes sense to me... Dirk's main warwicks were Streamer Stage IIs, which had jazz-style pickups. You'll likely wind up with generally similar results out of each.

[OptimusPrime]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

no, makes sense to me... Dirk's main warwicks were Streamer Stage IIs, which had jazz-style pickups. You'll likely wind up with generally similar results out of each.

The tone in that song has 10x more growl than my bass. I have an ash/maple jazz bass with Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings, with the bridge pickup full and the neck at about 1/2, tone at 1/4. I can't seem to get my bass to do that though.

[walruswaspaul]

Originally Posted by OptimusPrime

The tone in that song has 10x more growl than my bass. I have an ash/maple jazz bass with Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings, with the bridge pickup full and the neck at about 1/2, tone at 1/4. I can't seem to get my bass to do that though.

Have you tried soloing the bridge pickup and boosting the bass on your amp , that should get you a bit closer

[arjune]

You can actually watch him play his Jazz bass on the DVD that came with Morning View.

[OptimusPrime]

Originally Posted by walruswaspaul

Have you tried soloing the bridge pickup and boosting the bass on your amp , that should get you a bit closer

Yes.

Originally Posted by arjune

You can actually watch him play his Jazz bass on the DVD that came with Morning View.

I saw it in the music video ... it's a nice bass.

[SwamiRob]

From what I remember it sounds like the tones down a fair bit. Been a long time since I heard anything other then science so I might check it out again.

[Enden]

I don't know, I can nail that tone with my 5-string ESP, but not my jazz. Oddly enough, that bassline is what inspired me to pick up bass.

[fenderphil]

high gain!!! good compresion

Dirks rig is really incredible (well it used to be). he used(uses) a subharmonic synth on his rig. its not like a bass synthesizer, but its a subtle effect that really shapes bass tone. behringher used to make one, but its discontinued now.

open the pickups all the way and the tone knob as well. turn down the volume and crank your input gain. start with that.


also the bass he played was a 60's or 70's model jazz. its hard to get any modern bass to sound like vintage wood.

[OptimusPrime]

Originally Posted by fenderphil

high gain!!! good compresion

Dirks rig is really incredible (well it used to be). he used(uses) a subharmonic synth on his rig. its not like a bass synthesizer, but its a subtle effect that really shapes bass tone. behringher used to make one, but its discontinued now.

open the pickups all the way and the tone knob as well. turn down the volume and crank your input gain. start with that.


also the bass he played was a 60's or 70's model jazz. its hard to get any modern bass to sound like vintage wood.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...7&src=3SOSWXXA

That's what he used. Is it a useful thing to have? Might buy one because I like that tone so much.

[SwamiRob]

I always found that sub harmonic thing to sound pretty unnatural, sounded very obviously like some sort of octaver. Didn't sound like they'd put much effort into making it mix into the clean signal very well. Maybe his was better, but I didn't think much of the Behringer one, Ashdown has that sub harmonic thing but I can't really remember what it sounds like too well, I seem to remember i being a little more organic though. Dirk's one's probably a fair bit better though.

Originally Posted by OptimusPrime

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...7&src=3SOSWXXA

That's what he used. Is it a useful thing to have? Might buy one because I like that tone so much.

See the review at the bottom by kickdrumman? What a dick, obviously doesn't know how to sort out a proper bass tone

[Ryan Mohr]

Being a huge Incubus fan, I find it interesting that you think that tone is very growly. To me it is warm and tubey, there is some growl, but not close to other Incubus songs. Well anyways, he recorded that track with a 60s Jazz Bass strung with Super Slinkys into a demeter tube DI.

[BuffaloBass]

Some of that is defintely the tube stage of a pre amp. E.g. on my Mesa, I get "growl" after about 1/2 throttle on the preamp. Gotta run dem tubes out a bit...

[The Lurker]

he also had a Sansamp in his rig.....

[MoD_Scotty]

OP: what volume are you playing at? YOu might need to really cranks the gain on your amp, and turn the volume up a little. I'm sure in the studio, he had his amp cranked in an isolated room.