Alex Webster's tone

I'll ask him next time he's in the shop....


...Alex is a real nice guy, by the way.

 

Alex's tone is a combination of 3 things:

1) his technique/attack

2) Ampeg

3) Modulus

I love the bass part on 'mutation of the cadaver'...I like that staccato part he plays in the main rhythm.

 

Shut up!!! You keep rubbing it in and im not buying you sushi.

 

i've talked to Alex when we were blazin a doobie before they went on in LA, he told he puts the bridge pup on and fingers really close to the neck, and i pushs low mids and bass on the eq to get the tone he does.

 

he puts the bridge pup on? You mean the pick up right?

 

Although these days he is using a Spector in the studio.

 

detune
mid scoop
bash bass
?????
PROFIT!

 

This isn't Fieldy we are talking about, this man is actually very talented. Even if you don't like their music, saying he just bashes his bass?! Give me a break.

It's been posted a bunch, but

There you go, you can ignore the vocalist. Please, post a video of you playing along to that... you know, just bashing your bass.

 

Alex Webster interview:

Some gear talk.

 

I saw that interview, but, he never really talks about how to get his tone. His tone in Blotted science is totally different from his tone in CC

 

It's a combination of his attack, tube amps, and active pickups. Here is a picture of his amp for the KILL sessions. It should give you an idea of what he is doing to certain frequencies.

 

the dvd that comes with evisceration plague shows a great close up of the settings he has for his svt4. i asked him a few days ago about his tone and he said that he is actually playing SWR instead of ampeg now. he thinks they sound better than the newer ampeg stuff.

 

wow, i've never heard that Alex play SWR instead of Ampeg, very exciting news

 

His pickups are made from shredded human scraps

 

I know that on the last few albums he has used a Spector Euro 5, Ampeg svt 4 pro, Ampeg 8x10 cab. I only think he used the Modulus bass on earlier albums. And just attacking the strings. No soft plucking going on there. Alex is just an amazing bass player. I got my three finger technique down from watching watching him live and on the bonus dvd's.

 

I was taking a look of the SWR site and I noticed that they have Alex in the artists list.

Does anybody know since when he started playing SWR

 

I once asked him and he wrote that his personal choice for sound is the Spector Euro. He widely uses the Quantum because it is an indestructible ultimate gigging machine

 

sorry to revive a dead thread but im siging that