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03-11-2010, 10:51 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Honestly, 90% of his tone in that vid is just clean bass. Obviously he's using a Ric modded with a P pup in the normal P position; IMO any P bass could get a very similar tone. For the first 3/4 of the video, his tone has the treble rolled off some, and the only break in that is during a couple of very short passages where he steps on what looks like a Boss DS-1. During the last 1/4 or so of the vid, his overall tone gets dirtier, and sounds more like the classic "P bass through overdriven Ampeg head" sound that everybody wants. I don't know if he just turned up the treble on his bass, or if he stepped on an effect or clean-boost pedal not shown, or if he's just playing more aggressively and that naturally pushes the amp into more dirt. If it's a pedal, again either it's a clean boost that is getting more OD from the amp, or it's a dirty-amp emulator like the BDDI. |
03-11-2010, 10:57 AM
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Yes,apart from the obvious distorted tone,I also love the "dirty" tone he mantains throughout the whole song...regarding the BDDI,which kind of effect is it?I already looked around for it but I can't find it where I live,would you happen to know something that sounds close to it?
thank you very much! |
03-11-2010, 11:01 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | If you listen carefully, he does not have a dirty tone throughout most of the song. What you are hearing is the guitar, which is playing the same notes as the bass. For info about the BDDI, it's a Tech21 product. Search here on "tech21", "Sansamp", and "BDDI" for thousands of posts about them. If you want something that sounds close, Behringer makes a copy of it. |
03-11-2010, 11:11 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I should mention too that he's playing with a pick, behind the pickup. That's a big part of his tone. |
03-11-2010, 11:13 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | Linus is a TB'er here too, don't know how frequent he's here, but he has a profile. |
03-11-2010, 11:21 AM
| | | | Aight,I'll try out the BDI 21 (just to make sure,that's the one we are talking about right?) |
03-11-2010, 11:21 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | Yep.  |
03-11-2010, 11:23 AM
| | | Thank you very much for the help Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickett Customs  Linus is a TB'er here too, don't know how frequent he's here, but he has a profile. | Man,who's not on TB nowadays???  It'd be great asking him,I'll see if I can find his profile. |
03-11-2010, 11:24 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sbociol Man,who's not on TB nowadays??? It'd be great asking him,I'll see if I can find his profile. |
It's something Similar to his name, IIRC. |
03-24-2010, 06:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pelham, AL | | | anyone figure out what is up with that bass? I've always wondered where he got the bass from. is it a one off thing? or is it a true Ric that's been modified? |
03-25-2010, 01:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Switzerland | | | I love that video. It's just great. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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