For Whom The Bell Tolls Effects

Ondskan56 · #1 03-08-2011, 09:45 AM

As you can hear here on the master track of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM0cdYVNXB8

You can here distorted bass guitar now here is the thing:
i know that Cliff Burton used Electro Harmonix Big Muff and Morley Power Wah Boost but i think he also used a reverb or something like this and i really want to figure out what he used.

2-Sticks · #2 03-08-2011, 09:54 AM

I believe for the distorted "lead " section they used a marshall guitar head on the album, I may be wrong though.

The easiest way I have found to cop that tone is using the distortion in my Morley Pro Series Distortion/Wah into a tube guitar pre-amp with a Marshally tone stack, and then add some reverb.

There must be lots of tube drive pedals that can easily cop this tone....I just happen to have more pres than drive pedals.

rob_thebassman · #3 03-08-2011, 10:00 AM

experiment with amps and effects :P

Ondskan56 · #4 03-08-2011, 10:07 AM

My question is:
Does he really use reverb? what do you think that his exact pedal was?
Or what is the best reverb i can get?
Thanks

bigchiefbc · #5 03-08-2011, 10:43 AM

I've never seen a picture of his pedals that included a reverb. The video of him playing it live on Cliff 'em All doesn't sound like it has any reverb on it. So I'm going to assume that reverb was added in the studio, and he never bothered with it live.

Ondskan56 · #6 03-08-2011, 10:53 AM

I really like the sound of the distortion with the reverb. the reverb add alot.
any recommended reverb for bass\guitar?