After reading TB for almost a year

[B-Lo]

I bet your P bass doesn't sound as good as my Squire nor my Squier .

 

[bluesblaster]

I bet it makes a bass like sound too.

 

[bobba66]

What's an octave?

 

[5StringBlues]

You need high pass and low pass filters.


Then cut your mids on the EQ.

 

[MD]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

I know one thing, you could have avoided all that if you had used cut down sheet rock screws w/ black cup washers when you swapped in the tort. Sheesh.

 

[4001]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

Dude, that tort pickguard gives your bass sooo much mojo and the flats...?? Icing on the cake.
Now go sell some beer with that bass.
Forget about complex musical passages. Drunks get annoyed when they have to use their brain to figure out why they cannot tap their toes listening to anything other than 4/4 time.
My vote for best bass for metal is an old BC Rich Eagle.

 

[DirtDog]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

Typical TalkBass!

 

[Snibborwocky]

 

[somebrains]

You need high pass and low pass filters.


Then cut your mids on the EQ.

...but use a P with flats bc it’s the middiest bass in mids land and an Aguilar gs cab that’s scooped so you are flat.

Always be flat, 6 o’clock is the best o’clock, it always means neutral so I can hear the sounds of my tones breathing thru my roasted and hand rubbed oiled woods.

 

[rjake007]

What type of peanut butter? Its important to use the right one. I think crunchy gives a better tone. Others with more experience might have other ideas.

Almond butter has even better tone. You can gargle and say "Aguilar" at the same time!

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

What I find totally amazing is this; In our society everything from cigarettes and alcohol to power tools and paint are covered in warning labels alerting us to the dangers, the addiction, the birth defects, the bodily harm, and the negative mental effects these items have on the population.

And yet, bass players are allowed to walk around with no restrictions.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Typical TalkBass!

Indeed!



Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[EatS1stBassist]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

Lmao!!

 

[dhagopian]

Unless you're using a HPF, you'll probably blow up your entire rig, the front of house, and probably the whole city's power grid!

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I wanted to make my bass play better so I roasted a baseball bat in butter. I wanted it to sound better, so I put on a tortoise shell pick guard. I sold everything but my P bass and bought 4 more P basses so I could have one each with different kinds of flats and different tone woods on the fret boards. I routed chambers into all of them because some of them weighed more than 8 lbs 6 oz. Tone wood makes all the difference, but you don't want too much of it! I spent thousands on boutique cabinets and high-end heads and use DI live with IEMs. I obsess over minor tonal differences in pickups but still can't play two-octave arpeggios in 12 keys without losing my place half way through the circle of fifths.

And after all that I still can't figure out the best bass for metal. Can anybody help?

Play whatever ya got, but throw those stinking flats in the trash and get some round wounds for crying loud!!

LOL! Good post guy. Got a good chuckle out of it.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Unless you're using a HPF, you'll probably blow up your entire rig, the front of house, and probably the whole city's power grid!

Oh man... Where can I get one of those??? I got a bone to pick with the electric company...

 

[Gord_oh]

All this time and this is the post I needed. I had no idea. I'm done with talk bass. I've gotten everything I have ever needed and more.

 

[40Hz]

what kind of flats though

The flats aren’t that important. Tort however is.

 

[40Hz]

funny stuff. now all you need is a P-bass.

And to fire the drummer.

 

[turcmic]

And to fire the drummer.

You were faster than me!

Firing the drummer is the only thing missing... and it will make you happy