How do you make this sound? It's driving me nuts!

[spinnerrulz94]

So I went to a concert a week ago and their bassist had a really cool sound. I have a solid state amp and have been playing around with the knobs trying to imitate it, but I haven't found anything close. The only way I can describe it, is a "vintage" sound that is almost "hollow and toneless". Any ideas for settings to get this tone?

Here is a youtube video that is making the sound I want. There doing it on guitar, but I know it can be done on bass. Just listen to the slide in the intro and that is the sound I am after. YouTube - Wednesday 13 - God is a lie

[stflbn]

LoL.


Guitar Pick... slid sideways along the strings from high to low frets. Called a Power Slide or some such of multiple variants.

[spinnerrulz94]

No no no, I know how to do a slide! It was like it didn't have any tone to it at all. Like a "hollow" sound.

[bigchiefbc]

metal distortion or graphic eq with the mids scooped out like hell ?

[stflbn]

Sounds like it sounds when a guitarist makes a sound by sliding a pick down his strings to make a sssShhhRrrrraaahhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrr sound. To me. Which sounds like all the other times i've heard guitarists doing it over and over and over and over and over.

[theretheyare]

Sorry if Im stating the obvious-but are you using fresh roundwounds?

[BruceBass3901]

Just sounds really mid scooped to me

[Nev375]

Originally Posted by spinnerrulz94

No no no, I know how to do a slide! It was like it didn't have any tone to it at all. Like a "hollow" sound.

Just for clarity, he is not referring to sliding your fretting hand down the strings after you pluck it.

He's talking about a pick-slide where you scrape down the string using the edge of a pick. THAT is what you are hearing in that you-tube clip.

[BruceBass3901]

I don't think the OP is at all interested in the pick slide... I think that he was more wondering how to achieve the bass equivalent of the tone that the guitar is achieving