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09-17-2007, 11:20 AM
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Is anyone here familiar with the type of distortion Muse's bass player uses? Think "Time Is Running Out" for example. It's a great tone and almost synth-like. Also, it's a very similar bass tone to the bassline on "Exit Music" by Radiohead. Thanks
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09-17-2007, 11:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Do a search on the effects forum. You will find some pretty comprehensive discussions on exactly this topic.
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Wow. That is the first time I have done that....
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09-17-2007, 11:31 AM
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I´m going to see Muse in a month. Frakking expensive tickets too.
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09-17-2007, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | The three most talked about bass players in this thread:
Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
It won't take you long to find some helpful threads here. Heck, even Bass Player magazine has an article online with useful info!
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09-17-2007, 11:41 AM
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09-17-2007, 11:45 AM
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09-17-2007, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bongomania It's funny, I've never listened to even one minute of their music, but I saw one of their concert posters on a telephone pole yesterday, and I thought to myself: after reading the dozens (hundreds?) of threads about the bassist's distortion/rig here in the fx forum, maybe I should just go to their show? | How the heck have you managed to dodge the endless playbacks of "Starlight", "Knights of Cydonia", and "Supermassive Black Hole" on the radio for the past 6 months? 
Moreover, how did you manage to never hear "Hysteria" or "Time is Running Out" when they were on infinite repeat a few years back?
Do you not listen to radio at all? 
(IMO, two of the three new singles are lackluster; "Knights of Cydonia" is awesome, though!) Quote:
Originally Posted by DbNBassist AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! |
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09-17-2007, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MysticBoo Do you not listen to radio at all? | ding ding ding! |
09-17-2007, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn | | | I don't listen to radio at all.
That's why I didn't hear about Muse until this forum.
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09-17-2007, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by bongomania ding ding ding! | Come on, modern radio isn't that bad... if you ignore Britney Spears' latest lackluster comeback, the Kanye West / 50 Cent battles, the latest Fall Out Boy album, Good Charlotte's single featuring Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed and Korn's latest awful songs...
...I need to stop listening to radio, too. It's awful now! 
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09-17-2007, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | I like the new Korn album, but im not a korn freak so I don't have much of their discography to comprare it to.
And Boo....
HOW THE FLIPPIN' #*!( did you forget about Justin Chancellor?! Do I need to tell you about the dream induced from Nicotene Patches I had? |
09-17-2007, 12:06 PM
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09-17-2007, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticBoo Do you not listen to radio at all? | Between XM and my iPod, I haven't listened to [i]commercial[i] radio in well over a year. I don't miss it. |
09-17-2007, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | There really are only 4 questions here that get asked more often than not:
What does <insert artist here> use?
What's the best Flanger? (The answer is the Maxon FL-9 BTW)
Can I hear a soundclip of <insert boutique fuzz here>
How do I arrange my pedal board.
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09-17-2007, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania but I saw one of their concert posters on a telephone pole yesterday...
...maybe I should just go to their show? | Their show in Portland was last monday (9/10), so you missed out. Freakin' awesome show BTW! Me and the guys in my band all drove down to Portland for that show.
I can never say enough what a phenominal and extremely talented band they are. I've been into them since '99, but the boys in my band are just bowled over by their talent. |
09-17-2007, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada | | Alright, so I will attempt to actually answer the OP's original question, which is.. what distortion rig does Chris Wolstenholme use...
The answer is rather complex (there is a good page called Muse Gear somewhere on the internet that breaks down exactly what he uses and also a bit of a timeline according to albums - I will attempt to summarize the most pertinent bits).
Anyway, he uses a number of different effects to get his signature sound(s), but the most prominent to my mind, and hopefully to the OP, is this:
- Akai Deep Impact Synth pedal (very rare, out of production model, frequently seen on Ebay for up around $400-500). A good, readily available substitute would be an EHX Bass Micro Synth.
- EHX Big Muff Pi (possibly modded, or he would lose all of his low-end.. at least that is my experience with the Big Muff Pi)
- Boss Bass O/D .. can't remember the model
- Various chorus, octaver, phaser, etc, type of modulating effects.. can't remember which in particular
- Some kind of compressor
Also, live (and possibly in studio?) he uses two gigantic Marshall rigs, one set for massive over-drive, and one clean.
Apparently he also uses a Digitech Bass Synth Wah.. who knew??
Here is a good link - http://www.musewiki.org/Bass
There used to be a better one out there, but this will have to suffice for now 
Cheers!
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09-17-2007, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Lowpro psycho rant> | Heh... I did forget Justin, which is pretty sad since I'm a Tool fan. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowpro There really are only 4 questions here that get asked more often than not:
What does <insert artist here> use?
What's the best overdrive?
Can I hear a soundclip of <insert boutique pedal here>
How do I arrange my pedal board? | Fixed!
And don't forget number 5: Do guitar pedals work on bass? 
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09-17-2007, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | ::Saint::, the Boss OD he uses is the ODB-3, IIRC. He also uses the Human Gear Animato Distortion, but on what song, I have no clue - I've never heard a sound clip of it, so I'm not sure what that one sounds like...
For the more famous songs like "Time is Running Out" and "Hysteria", it's always a clean signal on one rig, and some combination of the Big Muff and/or Deep Impact on the other, I believe.
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09-17-2007, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticBoo ::Saint::, the Boss OD he uses is the ODB-3, IIRC. He also uses the Human Gear Animato Distortion, but on what song, I have no clue - I've never heard a sound clip of it, so I'm not sure what that one sounds like...
For the more famous songs like "Time is Running Out" and "Hysteria", it's always a clean signal on one rig, and some combination of the Big Muff and/or Deep Impact on the other, I believe. | Well, I have a HumanGear Animato, but I don't have recording equipment of any sort, so I can't help you there either... But it's a killer distortion for bass!! It's an important point with the clean signal on one rig - if you do this with the Animato on the other signal, you get really close to the sound on "Time is running out" and "Hysteria" 
That's also the reason why he doesn't lose any bottom end when using the Big Muff.
I don't really get the BMS as a sub for a Deep Impact as someone wrote above, though... Mine for sure doesn't sound like one. |
09-17-2007, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Basdyret Well, I have a HumanGear Animato, but I don't have recording equipment of any sort, so I can't help you there either... But it's a killer distortion for bass!! It's an important point with the clean signal on one rig - if you do this with the Animato on the other signal, you get really close to the sound on "Time is running out" and "Hysteria"
That's also the reason why he doesn't lose any bottom end when using the Big Muff.
I don't really get the BMS as a sub for a Deep Impact as someone wrote above, though... Mine for sure doesn't sound like one. | Massive +1 to the BMS/Deep Impact comparison...They really are nothing alike...
The Animato is what I believe he runs on Hysteria, along with the Deep Impact.
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