Hints at achieving this, if not similar tone?

gab3739 · #1 06-22-2009, 12:20 PM

http://www.myspace.com/suffocatefor****sake

(replace the asterisks with the F word to get to the link)

the beginning of the top song "I got worried".

to me, it sounds overdriven with a pick but I'm not sure. any other insight?

TOOL460002 · #2 06-22-2009, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gab3739

to me, it sounds overdriven with a pick but I'm not sure. any other insight?

yep, that works for me. the treble sounds up a bit, more than the mids, and, as always with myspace, i cant hear the lows, but im sure theyre prominent given the style.

bassman1185 · #3 06-22-2009, 03:00 PM

That's a pretty killer sound. I would say yes, it is overdriven, but it also sounds like there might be a second track going through a guitar amp. Anybody else notice that? I'm pretty sure I could get a pretty close copy of the overall tone with my VT bass, a StingRay and some new strings.

J. Crawford · #4 06-22-2009, 03:02 PM

And it sounds to be crisp, new roundwounds too.

Thats definitely not a band my grandma would listen to! AFAIK..

gab3739 · #5 06-23-2009, 09:37 PM

Ah thanks! The idea that there might be a second track going through a guitar amp is interesting.

bovine mind · #6 06-24-2009, 02:14 AM

Ah yes, i've been looking to find this tone as well. reminds me of Bob Weston of Shellac.

bassman1185 · #7 06-24-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by gab3739

Ah thanks! The idea that there might be a second track going through a guitar amp is interesting.

I could very well be wrong. It just sounds to me like there is a nice solid, thick overdriven bass tone underneath a thinner, raspier, guitar like tone. It might just be two tracks, one with more distortion than the other, or a bi-amped or blended rig.