Hi all, a few months ago I stepped up from a dumpy starter pack 4 string to a nice 6 string
Ibanez SR506. One thing I've really been trying for is a specific heavy, snarly tone that I hear in a lot of bands with more prominent bass presence. I have a Boss ODB-3, going into a Line 6 Toneport with the bass pack expansion, so I have around 22 bass amp/cabs to experiment with (and have done so for a while). This combo seems to get me part of the way there, but I feel like I'm missing something, possibly in the EQ department.
There's a cleaner sound that you'll hear below in bands like Ruins, and a more distorted sound from the other bands. Here's some examples of what I mean:
Ruins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ5c7IHFm9Y#t=3m19s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me-Yc2llcEU
Behold the Arctopus (Warr guitar, not bass, but the bass SIDE of the Warr has an amazing tone):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEX4BQ72lNA
Dysrhythmia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkbML0gZkvY
Taras Bul'ba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G9SLef5nq8
...and there's many others with similar sounds, but these sort of epitomize the sound I'm after. I've tried multi-amping, tweaking the distorted/clean signal ratio, boosting mids in my eq to try to get that stringy sound, tried the modelled Sansamp pedal in the Line 6 Gearbox software, but for the most part I'm just getting a bassy low end combined with a sort of raspy overdriven high end instead of that throaty, stringy mid sound (or at least it sounds mid-y to me). My ODB-3 settings are usually level at 12, treble/bass boost at about 1, wet/dry at about 8 or 9, gain at about 10.
Has anyone managed this kind of sound and has eq settings/amp setup/pedal suggestions? The clean bass sounds pretty good, I'm using stock gauge strings, would a lighter thickness lend itself toward this sound? My bass is 34 inch scale and is using standard 6 string tuning (BEADGC). I usually play with a pick for this sound.
I've tried my pickup selector closer to the bridge and the neck and it seems like settling a bit closer to the bridge sounds a bit better. I'd like to keep my hardware as is if possible since this sound seems to be attainable via a variety of approaches (none of those bands use the same gear that I'm aware) but I feel like I'm missing something obvious.
Sorry if this is a bit wordy but I'd appreciate any tips you guys can offer...
