meshuggah bass distortion effect ?

[apixx]

hi there!


i´ve got a question about the meshuggah bass.
I found this video ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0h...eature=related

after about 1:10 the bass beginns. And I just love the sound!

Does anybody know what Dick (the bass player) use as distortion/overdrive or whatelse? How can I get the same (similar) sound ?

Thanks for your help


cya

Chris

[McSpunckle]

I've read he uses guitar heads...

That's all I can offer, though.


Seems like a Rat or similar could get it. Might have to try it out on my Rat2 and see.

[BassJunkie730]

I do not know what his rig is - but that is a very cutting distortion.

Sounds like a fulltone bassdriver on a high gain setting with the tone on the treble side.

you could also get that sound with guv'nor and a blend.

[EBMatt]

2:41 you can see an EBS Fafner in the background. So I'm assuming that. You could get that tone out of a a high gain bass distortion like a fulltone bass drive.

3:33 you can see the EBS cabs too...

[apixx]

ok so its not just a "simple" boss effect or something?

[EBMatt]

Originally Posted by apixx

ok so its not just a "simple" boss effect or something?

Probably a combination of using a hot and hi-fi Warwick, a high distortion (probably a pedal, don't know exactly what one though), and using a pick.

[diechris]

Originally Posted by apixx

ok so its not just a "simple" boss effect or something?

sadly, never is with dirt boxes....

[Ric5]

I can approximate that sound with my pedal board ...



I run 4 effects in parallel ... the line6 bass pod, ech21 vt bass, mxr bass di+, and the Marshall guv,nor. Usually I mix clean and slightly distorted signals together. But when I set the marshall to a very aggressive overdrive and mix the other 3 milder signals in I get a nice overdriven sound.

Also playing with a pick helps get that sound.

[apixx]

hu
so´d have to spend some money to get that sound

any chance to get a sample ?

[Qvist]

That's a pretty cool tone! But no wonder he doesn't cut through in the meshuggah songs that much, he barely has any low-end to his tone.

Guess you can't have it all, man that is a killer distortion (or is it overdrive?)

[McSpunckle]

Originally Posted by Ric5

I can approximate that sound with my pedal board ...

http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/d...le.php?id=4867

I run 4 effects in parallel ... the line6 bass pod, ech21 vt bass, mxr bass di+, and the Marshall guv,nor. Usually I mix clean and slightly distorted signals together. But when I set the marshall to a very aggressive overdrive and mix the other 3 milder signals in I get a nice overdriven sound.

Also playing with a pick helps get that sound.

How are those little mixers?

That's a cool idea that I never thought of...

[BassMonstrum]

Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3baLNG-10

Very similar.

[apixx]

@BassMonstrum

very good! Thank you very much

[KromaatiKlauun]

With all the low tunings in Meshuggah, shouldn't Dick Lovgren use a Warwick Dark Lord? Just a thought

[Ric5]

Originally Posted by McSpunckle

How are those little mixers?

That's a cool idea that I never thought of...

The little mixers are great.

They are made by Rolls. They are passive and require no power. They can go 4 to 1 or 1 to 4.

The cool thing is now I can run effects parallel. Then if one signal is overdriven I can still mix in a clean or moderate signal so i don't lose any low end.

[jollygiantchris]

I thought everybody in Meshuggah used all Line6 rackmount gear???

Just saw them with ministry on the 10th didn't see any pedals but than again thats his tone the entire show.

[bongomania]

+1, I'm not a Meshuggah expert at all but I have read many threads about them here, and the word from the "experts" is consistently that they use all Line6 modeling gear for all of their tones.